Evening star., 1902-08-16
ENJOY HALF HOLIDAY
UNEMPLoYEDNoT NUMEROUS IN
POLICE COURT DOCK.
Two colored Damse1s the First to Face
Justice Today-The Penalties
for Wrongdoing.

1.-THE early closing movement has spread
| to class OF the unemployed" was the re-
mark OF Policeman Flynn this morning
when only fourteen prisoners answered roll
call at the Police Court. '"The boys and
girls who patronize his honor believe in
the Saturday half holiday" he added. "and
they know that there can be no holiday
II they get arrested In time for court Sat-
urday mornings. Whatever bad may be
said Of the people who pay so much per-
sonal tax the year round, their conduct
during the latter part Of the week shows
they have some consideration for the peo-
pie who are employed every day in tho
year. except Sundays, in the courts"
Pearl Roberts and Mary Garter. two
colored damsels, were the first to face
Judge Bundy when the wheels Of justice
began to revolve at $50 o'clock.
policeman told the court that the wo-
men were fighting with a colored man,
while near the corner of 21st-and X streets
northwest, about II o'clock last night.
Were they drunk or sober?" Prosecutor
Pugh asked.
Both of them had been drinking, but
they were not drunk"
~ our honor" Mary said, when she was
called on to make an explanation, Pearl
and L were walking on the street last
hlght When colored man came up ana
struck me In the face and Pearl took my
part by telling him that he ought to be
ashamed to strike a woman
asked.
Yes, sir; he used to be a friend of
mine was the answer
Pearl made a statement of a like charac-
ter, but 1t failed to secure their release, for
they We're each taxed So, with fifteen days
on the farm in default
Lena West, another colored woman at
tired IN faring red waist, was the next in
line, and she acknowledged that she was
a 6r1at ~
northwest last night
THE court fines You So Clerk Harper
told Lena.
1--WE got her fine" spoke up coored
woman ir the audience.
The woman was instructed to deposit
the money at the office of the collector Of
fines, and Lena was released from custody.
Two Sans Disagree.
Sam Gordon and Sam Briggs, both col
ored, Were friends until last night, when
they had misunderstanding at a colored
picnic grounds in Anacostia. They clinched
and were taken into custody by Policeman
King.
When they were arragned in the Police
Court this morning Briggs laid all the
blame on Gordon
II was dancing with a lady friend and
Gordon ran against us,' Briggs declared,
and when l called his attention to it he
got mad
u LdiiiSu ttlds iSSS WAS ieSI)OH-
sible for the trouble, and the court dts
posed of the matter by assessing them each
$3 II they fail to pay they VIII each spend
ten days on the farm.
You are charged with being a vagrant:
an idle and disorderIy person; a person OF
evil life and evil fame; a person without
visible means Of support; a person re-
peatedly drunk in and about the Streets"
Clerk Harper read from an information to
William Wheeler, colored, who is about
thirty years old.
Tell the court what you know about this
man. Prosecutor. Pugh told Policeman
Johnson.
Il picked him up on the street dead drunk
last night" the officer testified.
How often have you seen him under the
influence of liquor during the last month";"
the officer was asked.
Ten times, 1 guess, u. was the response
Indeed, l wasn't drunk" Wheeler de-
clared. Il was only resting when l was
arrested
What about your constant drinkng?"
ITS not so; l haven't been drunk that
many times but l take a drink now and
then"
Three dollars or ten days" was what
the court said.
Court Adjourns Early.
The remaining cases that were called TO
the attention of the court We're of the ordi-
nary kind, and were disposed of according
to the evidence and court adjourned early
Edward Fernebaugh, rather than appear
in court to answer to a charge of fast driv-
ing, forfeited $40 collateral.
He was arrested on Pennsylvania ave
nue. northwest by Policeman Kearnston
pioht