The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-14
WANTED TO ORATE
DOUGLASS PITT REFUSED HONOR
OF ADDRESSING THE JUDGE.
MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
Stepfather of Abused Colored Lad
Wants Boy sent to Reform School
and Pleads Not Guilty to
Charge of Cruelty.

j. Douglass Pitt Is nursing feeling OF
soreness IN mind because he was arrest
ed. Then j. Douglass has more sore
ness because he was not allowed to
exercise his oratorical ability in police
court this morning. For full hour fol-
lowing tie Jail deJeuner did j. Douglass
rene arse speech which " ts calculated
to spellbind the judge and tear open the
network of legal quibb!es which mad
brought about his incarceration.
When called before the court J.
Douglass. with few preliminary -four
ishes OF the mass meeting sort, gras2ed
his iuttons with both hands and pegan.
Il have "a
Are you guilty or not guitiy?" asked
the piosac clerk.
Il desire to state that have few
rerlGrks to unburden before Soiry into
the question of guilty. | have a.
Grafton Deferred.
"Well youn have to plo,i guilty ?r
not guilty and then you caa make your
spe' ch some other time
But Mr.. Prosecutor have a few words
to say. | want to deliver these re-
maiks to the court and"
1T won't do you any good, Pitt" dryly
remarked the court. Are you guilty or
not?"
We'll, can't plead guilty to the charge
of using abusive language. l."
Defendant pleads not guilty, your
honoi." said Clerk Winn.
go sit down, Pitt" ordered Court Of
ficer Young and the orator sadly took
his seat protesting against the tired
feeling which the court gave him. Pitt
was arrested for creating a disturbance
..y... Lee. .i..l,t
will be tried next Friday.
Jewell Erick pleaded guilty to being
drunk and Mike Laffey sent word to the
court that he was feeling bad down In
the Jail and would the court kindly con-
slider him guilty The court was kind
and entered fine of $40 for disturbance.
A Cruel Stepfather.
Sell Reeves appeared in court with
his wife to state that he couldn't plead
| guilty to cruel and inhuman treatment
| in whipping his stepson, Charles Mar
| shall. Reeves and his wife apparently
wanted to get rid of the little victim and
wanted the court to dismiss their case
and send the lad to the reform school.
Downstairs the little mite of colored
humanity was fearfully watching the
entrance for the dreaded appearance of
| his stepfather. The case against Reeves
was set for next Saturday and then the
family went down stairs to see the vic
! tim of brutal whipping.
The boy had been tenderly cared for
| by City Jailer Sol Levy and the officers
| about the station who were touched by
the sight OF the wounds inflicted during
| the terrible beating given him.
| When told he would be taken to the
| reform school young Marshall visibly
frightened. The idea of getting away
from his stepfather robbed the school
| of all terrors.
James Sullivan, who was recently re-
leased at the request of the Miners
| Union made to Judge Boyle, who had
| sentenced him for vagrancy, was up
| again this morning on the same charge.
Sullivan was TO have gone to work, but
was picked up again last night by the
police. He Will be tried again next Sat
urday.
c. /. Lewis, the hackman arrested for
| not using lights on his hack, did not
| appear and was given "a hours in which
to plead.
George Schrader's trial for carving
concealed weapons was set for Friday
| afternoon.