The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-03
FLOWER GARDEN HAT
MRS. cox WILL WEAR 1T FOR 80
DAYS AT THE COUNTY JAIL.
MOURN LOSS OF HIS MONEY
Nor Eat Since He Was Robbed
of His Hard Earned
Cucats.

1t was long s.rng of cuipritS that fill
ed inio The police 90 .rt tn 5 nlorn.n.. Tie
satheiing Of t..r,e days was to be cleared
from the docket. and most of the cases
We're up fJr set te.re.3t. Some of the pri5-
oners had lived on jail fare for three
days, there having been no court on Sul-
day. or yesterday. which a holiday.
The suspects We're all a a.iN.uuS to know
what was com IL t. them in the way Of
s2nten x. aud they marched 10 the bar
as ID idly as if IN y hal bsen going t.
a hanH ing. or circus. or dog fight.
Thee was so dly number of plain
drunks. the fruit of thYee days vigilance
of the officers. They Were assessed 81
each. some OF th n had already pleaded
guilty. raid the.r fine. and gone their
way. But enough Of them showed up in
court to make a Strong showing.
George M,lnt sh. Of Dillon who
eame up to see tbs Dillon team play bail
on sunday, and uied TO drown her sor-
rows OF defeat in deep potations. which
Led to a double charge of drunk and dis
turLance, was out on bail. She had put
uo so to insure her disappearance. The
bond was declared forfeited, as the lady
hsd LEFT town imme, lately on her release.
The bond Went to swell the city treasury.
Nick Holbeck who was arrested on
sunday for al unnameahle offense,
pleaded guilty after heart-to-heart
talk with the court. in which he learned
more Of the law than he had evidently
known. He was up once before for the
same offense. The court took his case
under advisement. and Will pronounce
sentence tomorrow.
Abel johnson. pleaded guilty to having
y 1jStI b, st Ia al he
Wyoming and Cialena street corner, and
got a $40 fine. He assured the court that
the fun came rather high, but he had
partaken of the bowl, and this was noe
the time to squirnl.
Mrs. Cox, charged with vasrancy. came
into court wearing a veritable flower
garden of hat. She smiled conhdingly
upon the court not at all embarrassed
by her surroundings. The court listened
to her explanation of how she had her
belongings all packed and down at the
derot and was just ready to leave town
when the law sWooped down on her. The
jndge decided that the railroad company
would be responsible for the goods for
short time longer. and asked her to be
the guest of the county for short visit
say thirty days. Perceiving the judge
was really insistent, and that no good
reason appeared for refusal. she con-
sented and she viii remain in the city
for that length Of time. She wore
smiling face as she started from the
court room. When the street was reach
ed, and the other prisoners We're turning
down the familiar alley to their old quar-
tels, she nonchalently started to walk
past; evidently wishing to go up to the
county Jail a : soon as possible. But the
easle-eyed jailer was not ready to es-
cort her thither just then. Not just
vet. honey" he said. and finally the lady
consented to stay for a few minutes
longer.
Joe Antoine, who claims to have been
robbed of S75 by TWO colored courtesans
on West Mercury street Sunday night.
was in court, heart-broken over the loss
of his wealth. Il haf not sleep slnt yes
day | hat not eat noting. boo-hoo. boo
hoo" said the weeping Joe. 'Es lsst
q tam shame. I haf not one cent of
,roneye," he continued in lugubrious ac-
cents runctu..ted with sobs. walls, tears,
sighs and other of the sign manual OF
woe Every one agreed With him, save,
perhaps. the two women who were
charged with the robbery. Antoine was
much in earnest over the case and want
ed some one to point out to him the way
for the recovery of the money.
May Wilson and May Moore. the >Wo |
colored women held for trial for the
robbery of Antoine. We're IN court, gay
and debonair as the sorroWful victim
was cast down. They asked for "A hours
In which to plead, and the case will
come up tomorrow.
Helen Woods vas in court TO answer
to the charge of completely in touch
down on Gaena street last night. The |
fudge overruled a demurrer when the !
defendant plead not guilty and the case |
was set for trial Friday
''Jew Jess Lester appeared through |
her attorney and her case was set for |
FRIDAY. She is alleged to have partic- |
pated in n touchdown last night. She /
and Helen Woods are alleged to have |
gotten $50 from Frank Denbow. |
A large number of curiosity seekers
and court habtues We're on hand to see |
the disposition of the cases. Some of
the audience We're Interested in the cases
and some came for mere vulgar curl
osity, but the court room was pretty
well filed.