Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-16
SHAVING INSTRUMENT
PATRICK DoYLE'S DESIGNATION
OF A RAZOR.
Makes a Marrow Escape, the Judge
Says-The Lineup in Police
Court.

Il never carried q weapon in my life,
| was the statement made by Pat Doyle.
| resident OF New York city, when he ap-
| peared before Judge Bundy of the Police
! Court this morning to answer to a charge
| of carrying a razor.
! I'D like to know what a razor Is, If 1t
isn't a weapon? Prosecutor James l..
| Pugh, jr., asked.
! why it's shaving instrument" Doyle
answered.
Lets hear what the officer has to say
about this man." the court suggested
He was drunk near the corner of 18th
and H streets northeast last night" Police
man Chamberlain reported, and l found
razor in his coat pocket when / searched
! him."
Your honor, I'm a Woodworking man,
and the only time I carried a weapon was
| for Uncle Sam in Cuba, up San Juan hill,
| July 3, 1885
What were you doing with the razor?"
| the court asked.
Il am getting ready to go to Pennsylva-
| MIA and was going to take the razor to
shave myself with"
Il am going to let you go on your per-
sonal bonds this time. but you have had an
awful narrow escape Judge Bundy told
| the man.
Thank you very much, your honor"
Doyle said as he left the court room.
Was Indulging in Oratory.
John Carroll an inmate Of the Soldiers
| Home, came down into the city yesterday
| afternoon. and after having a few drinks
gave vent to his feelings by boisterous
conduct. Policeman Boswell happened
along while Carroll was In the midst Of a
speech and sent him to the station house.
This is the first time I've been arrested
| in fifteen years. Carroll told Judge Bundy
today.
See If you can behave yourself and keep
out Of trouble in the future" his honor
said.
u Will and no mistake about it," Carroll
answered
Take his personal bonds,'' the court in
structed the clerk
Boy in Trouble.
Edward Wilson, a colored youth, was in
the tolls. charged with abstracting some
money from the till in Charles Wilson's
store, near the corner Of Sd and + streets
northwest yesterday afternoon.
1t was explained to the court that the boy
went into the store to get scent piece
changed, and while the clerk changing
the money he reached his hand over the
counter and distracted 81 bill from the
money drawer
Il didn't do anything of the kind, and l
didn't even have dollar in my hands all
day yesterday" Wilson declared.
Inc court, however, leVleu an assessment
of $40 and directed that he should spend the
next month in Jail In default of payment
This woman gets drunk regularly as
she eats her meals Policeman Hayden re-
ported when Lulu Taylor, colored resident
! of Louise alley, was arraigned On a charge
of vagrancy.
Maybe she don't eat very regularly"
Mr.. Pugh suggested.
Il don't know about that" the officer an
swered. but she is drunk all of the time
Lulu denied the statement made by the
officer but in view of the fact that she
has been in court so many times. his honor
declined to believe the story and directed
that she should pay a fine Of $40 or spend
the next six months a guest of the Dis
trict in it's establishment on the banks of
the Eastern branch.
A tax of S5 was levied on James A
Rogers for misbehaving himself while on H
street in South Washington last night FIJI
teen days on the farm was named as the
equivalent.
Twenty Dollars or Sixty Days.
According to the statements of Policemen
Hultz and Hayden Edward Callan, young
man about twenty-five years of age, who
resides with his uncle Mclean avenue
southwest has fallen victim to strong
drink.
He hangs around vacant houses in South
Washington, and is frequently under the
influence of liquor one of the officers told
Judge Bundy.
Yesterday was the first time that have
been drunk for four months" Callan de-
clared ''and l can go to work today if YOU
let me OFF,
The court decided that the youths con-
duct called for punishment and he was
given the alternative of paying a fine of $50
or spending sixty days on the farm as the
equivalent
when this man gets drunk he makes
practice of lying down on the sidewalk
and going to stleep,' policeman testified
after John Johnson colored, denied that he
"vag.'
How often does he get drunk" the court
inquired.
Whenever he has the money, and that's
quite frequent"
Guess he must spend most of his time