El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-01
THE COURTS
GRINDING
"A Heavy Police Docket This
Morning.
BIG FEDERAL DOCKET
And There Will Be All Sorts OF
Business For The Lawyers From
Now ON.-Blind Boxers Arrest
ed.-pIenty OF DRINKS.
BIG FEDERAL DOCKET

ed.-pIenty vi DRINKS.
Eo.n me federal court and the state
district court opened fer the October
term this NOR ming. Botn have large
dockets to dispose of but that of the
federal is the heavis Oh record and
the number OF railway oamage suits Is
uppreced Tented.
MANY DAMAGE SUITS.
There are t~enty-one suits against
tie Mexican Central railway alone,
now pending, nine against the South
ern Pacific and several against other
railway corporations. All these suits
are for sums ranging from $1,000 to
s25 ZOO and the plaintiffs are nearly ell
railway employees or their heirs.
OF course only q few of these suits
but as 10 IL the sslaried corporation
lawyers will be overworked.
The district court was opened this
morning by Judge Walthsll. The
grand jury WAS sworn in and charged
orally. After six indictments had been
returned the jury adjourned until o.
clock Thursday morning.
Following are the names OF the
jurors: A Krskauer, foreman; w w
Coffin, T 9 Kerr, r B Bias, o g Sector,
M L Cadwallader, E E Russell, Gus
Nomsen, G Penne baker.
Indictments were returned as fol-
lowe:
CO Allen, burglary; Msroelino
Pensids, burglary, MarcelinO Mendez,
urxlsry: Buela Mathews, burglary /;
Pascual Mitre, theft OF officer Nit
chell's horse.
The federal court did not meet and
organize until this afternoon, owing to
delayed train.
POLICE COURT.
One of the largest dockets that has
been called up in the police courts this
year came up for trial this morning.
There we're just thirty-four cases on
the docket and some of them were to
answer for more than one charge.
MIGRANTS ARRESTED.
Any number Of people were stopped
on the streets lass night by young men
begging for some money to get some
thing to eat. They were all able
bodied men and the police soon got
onto the fact that the city was Infested
with big gang OF hoboes and they
started In to clean them out. Nine of
them were arrested last night and
placed in the police station charged
with vagrancy and this morning were
fined So and put to work on the streets.
DRINKS AND PEACE BREAKEaS.
II Z Benson was arrested last night
for being drunk and carrying conceal
g / weapons but his case was con tpued
until five ihis evening.
Ben Brooks, 8 colored driver OF one
she FL Paso Transfer >mpany's floats,
was arrested fur b-ing drunk and dis
turbing ths peace. When asked in
police court this morning what his
plea was be said, well Judge, l guess
you is right for l shore was full" he
was fined 81
Oae of the Mexican "beer gaugers,"
who served time last week was arrest
ed again last night on the came charge
and was put to work again this morn
ing.
There were thirteen cases for being
drunk and all were fued.
A man named Jackson was arrested
last night charged with being crazy
but was dismissed this morning. He
says that he drank three glasses Of
beer last mig ht and that the third one
had been doped and that he was out
of his head little when he was ar
rested.
SERIOUS CHARGE
Bell Connolly, character from
Utah street who spends about half of
her time In Jail for various petty often
co5, l6 10 Ino Clty jail DOW on . Cn8rR6
that will likely hold her for awhile.
E ,rly last night she was arrested for
conduct but was released
O her promise to behave herself; It
was not very long however, until she
Vas arrested again and this time for
bsing drunk aud distur binR the peace.
This time she was locked up and
~hile court WAS in session this morn
ing Charles Miller, hs~ber who has
only been Ia Ell Paso Z 81 ort time, came
in and wanted her searched. stating
b II she had gone to his room Lass
night ana stolen Sll il money and
ed at The station bit noihlng was
found, bus shortly afterwards Miller
went in to her cell and she ga. 9 him the
emerald and told him IL be would not
make complstns against her che
would get him the mo ey.
But he went be ore Justice Spencer
and swore out warrant on the charge
Of theft from the person. She vii
have her preliminary hearing at four
o'clock this afsernoOn
BIND BIKES
Chic: of Police Lockart stated
morning that the blind BIZ
cycle ordinance would hereafter be
enforced TO the letter, and the
HERALD warned the public that even.
Ing but nevertheless twelve people
We're arrested for riding their wheels
BIT night without light and each was
fined.
FAST DRIVING
The young Mexican driver of one of
G ocd mans Produce Company's wagons
who came go near running over she
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