The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-12
CITY JUDGE IS
| HARD ON vAGs
SMOOTH TALK FROM ITlNERANT
! MISCREANT WAS Of NO
/ AVAIL,
Two Members Of the vagrant Glass
Were Given Thirty Days Each After
An Earnest Appeal for Freedom
| A Variety Of Cases Came Up
in the City Court at the
Monday Forenoon
| Session.

! Once in awhile the robust and youth
full hobo who wanders into Butte and
undertakes to beg his way into affluence
on the streets and byways of the city
runs against blockade Of an unspeak-
ably disagreeable character to the men,
bers Of the free and easy fraternity, who
so delight in fiowery fields and spicy
hedgerows and the crystalline air of the
open country.
Frank Evans and James Stewart, two
members of the begging tramp species,
were up before Judge Boyle this MORN
ing to answer to charge of vagrancy,
aggravated by begging on West Park
street. Neither Of them was over 80
and they had every mark of good health
and muscular strength. One of them was
evidently the orator for both. He was
a man Of very smooth and facile speech
and he talked with the eloQuence of
Cicero. coupled with the low voice and
modest demeanor of a Catherine. He
made very touching plea for his liber-
ty upon the ground that he had just
arrived: had looked long and laboriously
for work which he could not find; would
gladly 20 away at once IL allowed to
do so and was a good moral person
placed In an unfortunate position.
But his talk did not strike through the
ffinty arInor that encases the heart of
Judge Boyle when he has reason to be-
'lieve that he is dealing with the spuri-
GUS article in the way of plea for dis
smissal. Assistant Chief Young explained
that the defendants had been doing a
thriving business on Park street begging
from pedestrians and were entitled to
treatment for this performance. Judge
Boyle decided that they should have the
treatment, and he gave them 30 days
in Jail; at which pale and slckly cast
of disgust spread over the face of the
orator, and the silent partner. who had
stood hat in hand through all the talk
and never cheeDed once and was. per-
haps. tongue-tied, looking as if he had
lost faith in the hypotic power Of human
speech.
James Smith was arrested on Sunday
for breaking a window at 81 East Park
street. The complainant in the case was
Charles Blume. The defendant paid for
the window and Blume withdrew the
charge.
Maud Ray of 6s East Galena street
was arraigned in Judge Boyle's court
this morning, charged with being an in
mate of forbidden house and with hav-
ing taken $40 from man named ]. Will
liams, who visited her place. She plead
ed guilty, and Judge Boyle postponed
sentence till tomorrow morning.
Harry Korne, who was arrested on
Sunday for making a display on the
street of a razor, was arraigned to plead
to charge of carrying concealed
weapon. He pleaded not guilty, and his
trial was set for Friday afternoon.
Sarah Knowles and Annie Larney, two
colored women who are charged with be-
ing inmates OF prescribed resorts and
with having relieved man who gave his
| name as J. Smith Of $50. were up before
| Judge Boyle to plead this morning and
entered pleas Of not guilty They will
be tried on Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock
! Ruth Barnett. charged with street
+; walking, forfeited her cash bond of sc
/ this mc~ning by failing to appear to
answer to the charge.
| William Ryan, arrested Saturday night
on charge of interfering with Officer
! Moore in the discharge Of his duty,
i pleaded not guilty and his trial was set
| for the 18th.
/ Annie Lacey, who created considerable
/ truable on Sunday morning, was arrested
then by Officer McGillie on three charges
/. The woman lives at 4S East Galena
! street. and she was charged with as
! saulting the officer, disturbing the peace
and living In a disorderly institution
She pleaded not guilty to all three
/ charges and will be tried on next Fri
| day.
There were four DRINKS to be rubbed
! down in the police court training room
this morning, by name Jim Finn, James
/ Berg, Alex Simpson and Owen Callahan
: The quartette pleaded guilty and were
| fined the regular IS.
| Frank Cash, G. ]. Cole. Lille Rivers
and Lawrence White were arraigned be-
! fore Judge Boyle this. morning on a
/ charge of disturbing the peace on Sat-
+ urday night at 432 South Wyoming
! street. The trio first named pleaded not
] guilty and their trials were set for Fri
! day. White admitted the corn. and was
fined SO.
| Dora Shaw pleaded guilty of disturb
! ing the peace at the corner of Utah and
! Wyoming streets on Saturday night, and
/ Judge Boyle sentenced her to pay a fine
of SO. When she was being taken down
/ to Jail from the court room she nearly
] collapsed in the Jail alley from the eff
! feet of the drink she had imbibed be-
! fore her arrest. She was on the verge
! of delirium tremens.
Steve Christie wept when he was called
| before Judge Boyle's bar this morning
to plead to a charge of disturbing the
| peace on East Mercury street on Satur'
I day night. He said that he was on the
/ night shift and had Just come honat
| when the trouble began which resulted
in his arrest. Judge Boyle concluded tha
he had been the victim Of misuse and or
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