Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-12-27

contract on hand last week, drew par:
of his money, gambIed and lost it. got
drunk, got his face disfigured, got in
Jail. and finally got suspension of sem
tence on the sacred promise that he
would stay in Phoenix all winter IL he
could keep employed ana would never
look through the bottom of a whisky
glass from the top of it till the spring
time comes again. gentle Annie, or
longer If he remained in Phoenix All
this happened on Monday. but Tuesday
found him back IA jail again with a
bigger load on than ever and nothing
to base an argument on.
officer Porter found him drunk and
sleeping in a chair at the Star lodging
house and arrested him on complaint of
the proprietor. He had nothing to offer
in his own defense. The court then
proceeded to say things He said In
part: ~ am never greatly disposed to
leniency. and when / am lenient and
promises to me are broken it makes me
harder toward mankind in general, 50
that By your broken promises you have
not only aggravated your offense. but
have unconsciously perhaps sinned
against others. There is but one charge
against you here. that of drunkenness.
and that is the only one we shall pass
upon. But personally I feel that there
might be several others. 1 feel that
you might properly be charged with
the rape of the three graces. For when
sentence was suspended last Monday
on your sacred promise to do differ
entity. Faith was placed in you. there
was Hope that your word was good.
and Charity prompted the kindest
treatment But in your later c0nducT
you have violated all three. I feel also
that the charge of murder might right
fully be lodged against you, for have
you not murdered our confidence in
you? When you We're here before told
you that if brought before me again
your situation would be more hazard
GUS than when you were first arraigned.
therefore sentence you to a fine of
800 or 1G0 days in the city Jail. and
shall instruct the police force that no
credit for good conduct shall be given
on this sentence unless it comes
from me-"
Bert McCord pleaded guilty to the
charge of vagrancy. He is good
natured sort of a fellow and said that
he was ballooaist by profession and
that his last appearance in Phoenix
was year age the 4th of July. when
he did a stunt somewhere between
Phoenix and the milky way. The court
told him he was sorry there are no hal
loon factories in Phoenix and the best
he could do was to put him below for
teri days. where he would have plenty
OF time to study cut new theories rela
tive to aerial navigation.
r.. Lee, colored. was pulled out of the
Capitol saloon Christmas. full of Tom
and Jerry and quite noisy. But he was
meek in court and sentence was sus-
pended until next Christmas.
Sam Wilson had n hard luck story.
He first got to town thirteen days be-
fore. Fifteen minutes after he was
Jailed Tor vagrancy. He had served
twelve days of a twenty day fine and
was released on Christmas morning.
There was no chance to get work at his
trade on a holiday and by night some
cne accused him of begging. which he
denied. and had him jailed again. He
was given eight days, which would
make the total of service in Jail up to Il
completion of the first me.
\ lad named Coleman, charged with
vagrancy. said he had arrived here
with a brother to whom he had given
all his money just before being arrest
ed, For some reason his brother has
failed to call a t the Jail and get him out
of trouble. His case was carried over
till today. it being suspicioned that he
is an ally OF the petty thieves that have
been operating here recently.