Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30
POLICE COURT.
Tramps and Drunks Entertained by
Judge Crawford.
THE USUAL FINES.

A convention of hobos and drunks
was held at the police station this
morning, at which nine of the rowing
order answered the role call After
each members, name had been record
ed in the police records, the judge
proceeded to assign them to special
work Several worthy members were
released on the strength of the strong
life's history presented.
r. V. Taylor, well dressed sport,
presented the court with $40 bill, that
the disastrous attempt to break up a
Chinese restaurant might ne branded
upon his mind.
j. W. Linnicks pleaded guilty to the
charge of vagrancy without attempting
to tell the judge any hard luck story.
He received five days visit at the city
building for his frankness..
Dodge City was represented by three
young fellows whose appearance did
not speak well for their home order.
They all claimed that they were al
when they were ordered to appear be-
fore the grand regulator of the hobo
order. Lenard Hawkins, lad claim
ing to be only ii years old, would make
the court believe that his father is a
well to do physician at Dodge City,
while he is versed in the art of dish
washing around cheap restaurants.
The judge piled all sorts of questions
Regarding this peculiar state of family
relations, which only resulted in the
story becoming more complicated. The
boys were released with strict orders
to get to work or hit the pike.
| Fred Burnett, retired miner, with
a sensational lifes history, was de-
tained five days because his story did
not take well. According to his imag-
ination he has a mother and sister in
England, whom he has been supporting
and educating, while he has been play
ing the role of the wandering Willy.
j. NJ. Armston, fallen counter jump
er, whose appearance shows he is not
on friendly terms with work, will lend
his efforts toward improving the
streets for five days.
Fred Jones, an English coal miner,
who has wife and two children in the
old country told story of an unfor-
tunate existence abroad, while at the
same time he was supporting his fam
| lily abroad. His story warranted con
sideration from the judge, as his ap-
pearance was presentable, and he was
given the pass word to get out of the
city
Depot officer Barton TounGed up six
of the delegates at this mornings ses-
sion of court. Although this session of
activity at the station did not fatten
the police funds, it is the duty of the
officers to herd them in, when they are
found lettering around. Some of the
men will work but are handling hard
lines. The judge is very just in his
dealing with this peculiar class of hui
manity and those who give any evi-
dence of having worked are turned
loose, for there is no use making them
an expense to the city. Officer Barton
says he is having a harvest Of trouble
with the travelling gentry now, who
without exception claim they are
bound for Belen, but that it is his duty
to run them in when found lettering
about the yards
when they blow in" said the officer
this morning, all black and dirty from
the smoke and dirt they accumulate in
riding, they look like desperate charac'
ters, but when they get up to the police
station and wash up ii makes all the
difference in the world
The hobo order is as interesting as
lit is amusing.