The sun., 1901-03-18
COURT is DOWN ON CRAPS.
SWEET SONG or HARD TINES FROM
JEFFERSON MARkET JAN.
but Il Vail, TO soften the Magistrate Toward
Eleven Members Of the Hest 'oiored
society In Ninetta Lane. and There Are
Good church Regulations In Danger.


Now and then when the door between
the Jefferson Market police court and the
jefferson Market prison was opened yes
terday there hOated into the court room
the soft strains Of black mems svolces Every
body In court knew that a crap game had
been raided al 10 Sixth avenue on SATURDAY
night, 80 the singing was easily explained
The court was three-quarters filled with
colored men and women All OF them were
rather nervous. but no one could repress a
smile when the gambling case was called
and the door was opened and these words
we're heard chsnted bv the coming prisoners.
Hard times. hard tines, d"y1 come again m mo"
IL old laShlunsd homestead well % remember.
he magnolia blossoms
Dey Gaug beside lie doc Or
Then marched in cheerfully, representa-
tives Of the best society of Minetia lane ana
Jones street and Cornelia street They
were not in their Sunday clothes. They
rolled their eyes in most unfriendy sluncc'
toward the witness bench whero sat David
N.rriulsu the man who brought on the raid
A,thoy glared AZ him ho turned from brown To
yellow and then to paIlest sanroh and fem-
blcd VIslbly ,
Nerriman went to tho Mercer street police
station on Saturdayevening and said that q
m An named Freeman had attempted 10 shpot
him in a billiard room kept 10y Arthur ana
Walter Wales They are two wlcBed-l9oklhg
black men with CauCn slan feature peteC-
tive Martlneau. who l. one OF capt chap
mans bright young men IN Mercer street
va, sent to arrest Freeman lie went INTO
the Nsles's place ana iouIu a wnP sgims
part in It. They we're 80 much absorbed
that none Of them noticed him, he says. IN
explanation Of the ease Tltn W'h ne sST ns n
that he was To bs transferred tp JON map
man In the Tenderloin YESTERDAY, MaTuncau
was duly Mortified He returned 10 the sta
ton without Freeman, got the patrol wagon
and went back and raided the place, MAKING
eleven prisoners Among them were TIE
Wales brothers
to be- witness against the gamblers In court
Yesterday.
GOOD Lord, a mercy, man he said TO
M9r,InsriH n aln' s2' hoIhI IboT TSfn Ssys@ ge
ontei | done los To- dollars. which mo- dan
any gentleman had a rlght ter 90 inter airy
samhlin house wild MahonlieS bJectlon
was ter de.wHy dey took NAH maxim. KICK
ovah nah losins. Amt II gen Ieman :
privilege ter kick, Wharo, den dey wanter
ihow me on de fo. an pull gun on me-.
lie showed So much reluctance 10 testit'
that he was kept In custody and sent TO tfs
House Of Detention.
A lawyer had told the prisoners that all
OF raut tie urOpriotors would bs released at
once But Martineau charged the whole lot
with being common gamblers. While they
were still whispering 20 one another nolsily
and exchanging signal greetings with COM
panlons m the court room their attention
was called 10 the Magistrate. They all
grinned in joyful anticipation of liberty til
he began.
1t ~ Impossible TO complete This casa here
now | therefore hold You all in 81, 600 bail
each until tomorrow AT 10 O'Clock
when the Magistrate said one thouso md dol
lor" "grins changed 10 blank horror. one very
tall man with a face foot across, opened
cavernous mouth and let ont "A whistle like
that Of n steamboat. ending IL with q hnlf
smothered. "Oh Nah dear lord'" There
was a unanimous echo of groans ono man
shook his fst under Walter Wales's nose
You. Wales. he grOwled, you Rotter get
me outer dis, Dis yer ring II splle nah
.tandln' in nah chu'ch II All stay away rom
dcTe tonight
There was almost stampede of the darker
skinned part Of tho audience to got out of the
court room The sight of their friends scat
terIDg from tho scene Of disaster moved tho
mermIrlal spirits Of the prisoners 10 laughter
As they marched ont 20 the prison again tho
doors closed on the mourninl strqlns
I'm comm I'm comm, and my hald Is bend,d
low