The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-31
WASAhARD WORKER
JUDGE GAVE ROGERS A CHANCE
TO PROVE HIS WORDS.
WORE THE WRONG CLOTHING
Cooks Wardrobe Exchanged for Other
+ Wearing Apparel-Court Allowed
Him Sixty Days to
Cogitate.
WORE THE WRONG CLOTHING

; Police business was bad last night.
Only three names were entered on the
register. and they We're not important
cases. Soils punk has lost it's virtue,
evidently. Il believe the vags and 9TH
lefs are afraid Of soiling their immacu-
;late shoes and trousers in coming up the
alley" said Sol. Guess Well have to
have the alley cleaned out and make the
way little easier. That comes under
the head of gyrationous multiplicity"
land he smiled as he sprung this new one
ION his little audience. I'VE have given
SO many diplomas to the county Jail that
There isn't enough to keep a man warm.
'It's'omniverous longitudinality, case Of
some aggravated somnolence, superin-
iduced by symptoms of prolixity.' And
Indeed, such seemed to be the case.
Robert Rogers was brought up before
the" judge on a charge of vagrancy
I'Eonest. jedge, I amt no vag. I'm a
iwor-r-kin' man, see?" and he showed his
toil-stained hands. They We're calloused
like toad skin. Yes, l asst a man for
the price Of a drink. 1 had a jag on the
night before, an I was feeling pretty
bad, yer honor. I will git out of town
this minute, yer honor, if We will let me
gQ.s Yes, indeed, will, for I'm a har-r-d
wpr7r- kin man." The judge took in the
mans appearance, which evidently bore
out the story he told. The court sem
fences you to, sixty days in the county
jail, and gives you until 6 o'clock to-
might to get out of town. Thank you,
jedge,'s said the grateful man, as he seiz-
ed his battered old hat and sailed for
the door, his closely cropped grey hair
ia-brstle with the excitement of his de-
liverance.
Jim Ward. a cook was brought in,
charged with the larceny of suit of
clothes. and sundry underwear. He wore
the articles in question, having dis
, charged his own tattered garments when
he made the involuntary exchange. In a
Voice as soft and tender as the hot soda
biscuits and honey it was his pride to
serve out to weary warfarers. He ex-
plained to the judge how it happened.
/ s'There's a whole lot of cast-away
clothes up there in the lodging house, ]
Thought no one was a-caring. so took
the stuff. But I never thought of steal
Ing never thought of it. Why, I left a
pair Of shoes twice as good as the ones
took" which showed poor judgment on
his part. in the eyes of the court, for a
man who would take poor shoes when
better ones We're to be had on the same
terms might forget just exactly what he
h4d do. 1.-THE complaint shows that the
garments were taken from the clothes
line" remarked Clerk Winn. 1.-THE court
imposes sentence of sixty days in the
county JAIL" was the decision of the
| judge. and the little man accepted the
verdict without word.
Lawson, the pugnacious bill poster
asked that sentence be deferred in his
case until next Wednesday, which was
granted.
Fat Jack. it's your turn" called the
| clerk, and the well known transfer man
| stepped forward to the Judge. He was
charged with driving too fast at the
| corner of Main and Broadway. He plead
ed not guilty, the case was set for tria
en- Tuesday. He acknowledged that he
| had driven faster than walk. but want
| ed trial.