The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-09-19
POLICE COURTS
VERY BUSY.
Offenders Keep Justices. Police
and Lawyers From Think
ing of the Slump in Iron.


streets OF the city came up in Justice
Davisons court last Monday. Mr..
Pozeskey maintai ned that he was not
intoxicated but that he had an aterca-
tion with the Halliday boys which the
police officers mistook for a drunken
row. Accordingly he secured the SER
vices Of Julius j. Patek and the case
came TO trial before a jury Mate in
the afternoon. Prosecuting Attorney
Watson appeared for the people. The
case attracted many spectators aud
was "a hard fought one from start TO
finish. Mr.. Watson had much the
better OF the case and handled il far
his opponent, placing the facts before
the jury IN such a way as To leave no
room for doubt ON any OF the import
ants points that he wished 10 prove.
His closing argument to the jury Was
the best ever heard here in Justice
court and as result the Jury was out
but very few minutes when they
brought in Il verdict of guilty Mr.
Pozeskey immediately appealed the
case 70 the circuit court
Matt Ekola the golden haired dude
Finn who has been hanging about here
tor some time stirring up trouble and
Nick Kylkinen another Finn BROKE into
Erick Erickson's saloon and also into
Ike Warshawskey' place last Sunday
night and rified the tills Of all they
could find. They were promptly jailed
on the charge of larceny. The man
Ekola is bad man and it will be
good news TO the community TO learn
that he got rid Of
Duff Talo, Finn, made a
tightening change nip OF fellow
Finns watch, while the latter was
walking along the street last Wednes.
day evening. The prisoner came run
ming along behind the fellow who lost
the watch and in passing him took
the watch. never changing his pace
during the action He hurried TO the
lower end Of town and pawned the
watch for two dollars He was later
on arrested for larceny from the person
ami now anguishes in the
bastile TO account for his actions be-
fore Judge Stone
Crowded out last week
There was something doing in Just
Ice Morrison court last Monday when
Andrew Yeuk was brought before His
Honor charged with wife beating
The prisoner lives at the Great Western
location and fl seems that the oft
exhibited motto. God Bless Ogr
Home bas been couspicuony absent
iii tho Yenik home for some time back
III vanished when Nonik TOOK d longing
for forty rod, as dished uu u the bad
lands aud, mo- matter now long IL
was between drinks, the spirit that
was I'M evidence during the honeymoon
could not be coaNed baek So. 90 fA
the vil Ycnik took Oh dealing out
upper cults and straight shoulder
punches at his wife anatomy Mrs
Yenik objected to being made a
punching bug of Finally the husband
res1rted to gun ANA tbeu Tile "stud
was clear on
His wife cme CD town and swore
ont warrant tor mis- arrest ANA Mar
shal Tromblay aud Jas H. johnson
went t9 tne location aud arrested him.
Now. III there is one thing more
than another tliat Ar Morrison de.
tests its wife boating aud at the sight
OF tha fello uud the charge against
him Hts Honor went right no IN the
air and read the fellow the riot act So
forceably that Yenik looked like a
copper cent with hole in It. The
justice didn forget to tack tail on.
TO the hot air balloon II Vas $50 and
costs. The fellow paid the fine and
everyone applauded Mr. Morrison $
act.
On Wednesday morning Justice
Dawson got his official boxing gloves
on and took punch at a couple Of
Firms that were garnered in the
previous night tor taking shot ut a
fellow traveller Officer Manning was
in the upper part of the city when he
heard a shot fired. He hastened to the
central part Of the town where he met
John slaughtery SO excited that even
the inky darkness OF the night didn
hide the lilly white complexion that
he was carrying about with him a.
The result OF the scare. He reported
that two fellows hal Just taken a shot
at him aud while he didn { feel at all
alarmed about their ability 20 hit the
bull eye, yet il Jared on his dignity
20 be made target Of without being
asked permission or at least advised
of it in advance. Manning found the
fellows and chased them two blocks
when they went into n boarding honse
and II was necessary 10 get warrant