The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-18
A HEAVY POLICE COURT
UNUSUAL NUMBER OF JUVENILE
CASES On THE DOCKET.
Many Persons Interested i'm Youthful
Criminals Present-In the
Other Courts.

Police Court. including the juvenile court,
yesterday lasted until $50 y. m a large
number Of cases were handled. Those
against Ed Ford and ollie Lanham re-
suited IN their discharge. They were
charged with operating policy games. but
Detective Morgan, who made the arrest,
had no direct evidence against them. Their
arrest was at "A time when orders 10 arrest
all policy men was given. and they were
arrested as much because of their repu-
tatiOn as anything else.
Seyfried and Marshall. lawyers. appeared
20 defend Ford and Lanham. Their cases
were continued from last week. Judge
Stubs denied the application yesterday for
a jury trial on the ground that the rule
OF the court TO give notice Of jury trials
must be asked for at the first continuance.
The lawyers refused 10 enter a plea and
notified Judge Stubs they were there only
as spectators. Judge Stubs asked the
state prosecutor if he expected To convict
the men on the testimony Of Detective Nor
gan The prosecutor replied that that was
all the evidence the State had, and both
were then discharged.
Arthur LOcklear, charged with peeping in
at windows Of residences not his own. was
discharged for lack of conclusive evidence,
although the court said the natural pre-
sumption was that he was guilty. but he
could not be convicted on the evidence pre-
scented. Ephraim CovingtOn, a negro. liv-
ing at 919 Camp street. In the same square,
said he saw a man who he was confident
was LOcklear, prOwling about in a nearby
yard. COvingtOn said he had known the
prisoner for twenty-five years. Detective
Colbert also testified that LOcklear had
been arrested eight years ago as a pepper.
Con Shine. charged with selling liquor on
Sunday. was fined $40 and costs. John
Brennan. on the .ua~ge Of interfering with
an officer, was fleC $50 and costs and sent
10 the workhOuse iOr thirty days.
William Morris. who was arrested early
yesterday mornin4 on a charge of at
tempted criminal assault upon a young
woman at Walkers restaurant at South
and Illinois streets was fined $50 and costs
Thomas COrydOn. charged with the same
onense. was discharged. Edward Wilson,
found guilty Of petit larceny, was sent to
the workhOuse on a fine of $25 and costs
and thirty days Imprisonment.
oscar Lyman, who bought a ham that
had been stolen by John Huffman and
twelve years OF age, was held to the action
OF the grand jury on the charge of receiv-
ing stolen goods. Huffman and Southern
were tried IN the juvenile court In the aft
ernoOn and each fined 81 and costs, the
judgment in each case being suspended
during good behavior.
LEU NOOAAClr ia = VII HtLlN 6AGdl-
ings, was fined s. and costs. Judgment in
his case was also suspended
II JUVENILE COURT.
The juvenile court was the largest since
its inauguration. Fifteen cases in all were
tried. VERNE Morris. Bert Kelly, Roy
Suclon. Louis SuclOf. John Jameson,
Grover Sturgis. Oscar Allis, George Cork
ins, Reuben Wright. Lon Ryan and Wal
ter Gibson were charged with lettering.
Several of them were also charged with
disturbing a religious meeting on Columbia
avenue. The evidence presented showed
that the boys habitually attended religious
services there and cOngregated on the cor
ners, greatly annoying citizens and wOr-
Slippers. The SuclOff brothers, Lon Ryan
and Walter Gibson were discharged
for lack of conclusive evidence. The others
were each fined 81 and costs and Judgment
in each case was suspended. Judge Stubbs
promised each Of the boys a workhouse
sentence or a term at the Reformatory If
they We're brought in again and found
guilty.
The courtroom was crowded. Attending
the trials of the boys were about eighty
persons. thirty-seVen of them women. who
were interested in the disposition of the
cases. Crowded about the Judges bench
We're a large number of representatives OF
the public schools, and the charity organ
i~zatiOns. taking an interest in the reforma-
ton Of crtminally-inclined boys and girls,
who made notes with a view TO following
up the cases. After the trials Judge Stubbs
said the work OF the persons outside the
court and police department was effective
work for good in bringing influences OF
different kinds 10 bear upon the children
and the parents. He thought many mere
persons cooperating with the authorities
could do a vast amount of good.