Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
BIC GR|ST IN
POLICE COURT
THERE WERE SEVENTEEN AR
RAIGNMl NTs BEFORE JUDGE
SULLIVAN TODAY.
THEREsULT OF: AN 0RG|E
IN A LODGING HOUSE
Three Colored Men and Mrs. John Day
Taken to Jail-Severai Other
Cases Disposed of.

There We're II people arraigned In the
police court this morning on various
charges. but only six of them We're fined.
All the others denied their guilt and their
cases were set. OF the six who were fined
three were DRINKS and three created dis
turbances. The city did not get any rev.
enue from them.
Will Young. Fred Scott and Lewis
Cooper, all colored. and Minnie Williams
were arraigned on charges Of disturb
ing the peace. The first two denied that
they were guilty but Cooper and Minnie,
who is a white woman. acknowledged
their guilt and We're fined in the sum
of $40 each. The ouartette was drinking
in one of the rooms of a South Main
street lodging house when Cooper took
it into his head that the woman needed
a beating. He gave her one and tore
her clothing and she called for the as
sistance of the police. The whole outfit
was taken to Jail. The woman is better
known as Minnie Rodgers, but her true
name is Mrs. John Day, and she is the
wife of one of the men who was tried
for the murder of old man Lee in Mead
erVille several years ago. Her uncle.
whose name is also Day, was sentenced
to 80 years in the penitentiary for the
crime.
Lewis James and George Owens. both
colored. We're arraigned on charges of
malicious mischief for the alleged break
ing of dishes in Chinese restaurant at
LOO South Main street. James said he
was not guilty and his case was set
for tomorrow afternoon. Owens said
that he threw a glass at James. but
that was all. The Chinaman was called
upon to tell what he knew about the
matter, and he said that he did not
know Owens at all as ne was not in the
house, but he recognized James as the
man who had broken a number of his
dishes. Owens persisted that he threw
glass at James, but the Chinaman
said that he was not in the house. Judge
Sullivan took the matter under advise
ment and will unravel the mystery at
his earliest convenience.
Charles Fogel entered a plea of guilty
to breaking window at Al East Park
street but he said it was an accident
and he had offered to pay the owner for
the damage and had. in fact given him
50. all the money he had on his person at
the time. The window was valued at $12
and Fogel said that hi would pay the
balance on Saturday night. Judge Sui
Ivan took the case under advisement
Charles White was arraigned on a
charge Of malicious mischief for break
ing window at so East Galena street
and entered a plea of not guilty. He
will have a hearing tomorrow after
noon.
May Williams was arraigned on a
charge of being an inmate of a house
o. prostitution and she wanted to know
how it was that she was arrested on one
charge and arraigned on another. She
was arrested on a charge of robbing
William Stevenson at II East Galena
street OF the sum of $25. She said that
she was an inmate Of house of the
kind mentioned, but she would enter
plea of not guilty. Her case was set for
tomorrow afternoon.
Eva Reed was arraigned on similar
charge but it has back of it the allega-
ton that she robbed J. Harkins of 1925
She entered plea of not guilty and her
case will be heard Friday afternoon.
John Williams, a 17-year-old boy, was
araigned on charge of malicious mis-
chief for breaking window at Il East
Galena street. He said that there was
crowd on the street at the time and
some one pushed him through the Win
dow. He was with friends at the time
eAiANA his lilClluS went 10 raise the mon
ey to pay for the glass and while they
were gone policeman arrested him. He
was given "a hours to plead and in the
meantime to pay for the window.
William Mccarthy was accused of be-
ing vagrant and living with the wom-
en- of the town. He entered a plea
of not guilty. He was also accused of
breaking door at IL Little Terrace. To
this charge he also entered q n1aa NJ not
guilty and both cases will be heard to-
morrow afternoon.
John Beebe was arraigned on charge
of disturbing the peace and entered a
plea of guilty. He was fined in the sum
of $40 but. failing to produce the amount,
was led down stairs.