Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-30
"SOBER AS "A JUDGE"
(WHICH JUDGEp, QUICKLY QUE
RIED HIS HONOR.
Interesting Colloquyg In the Police
This Morning - Prisoners
Partially for gWorkhouse.


on the annual journeyoto the south by the
cool days of last week." remarked Police
man Flynn this morning when the last OF
the thirty two prisoners had stepped from
the van and disappeared through the
basement door leading to the cell room
of the Police Court.
But" he added, 'the fine weather here
proved an incentive to many of them to
stop, and some of them will remain all
the winter, even If they have to spend
their time on the farm. The attractions
here are so numerous that the knights or
the road cannot resist the temptation to
stop to see them"
Most of the prisoners who were IN the
District branch of the court were WASH
ington people. Two young men who do
not belong here gave their names as
Henry Brown and Philip Rust.
They climbed the fence at the Smith
sonian grounds last night, Policeman
Leavell stated, and I found them there
asleep.
Judge, your honor" said one of the
prisoners. I'm no 'vag or tramp I've
been here three months and worked IN
the dining room at the Central Union
Mission Last Wednesday l got drunk for
the first time in my life
Witnesses from the mission told of the
employment of the young men there, and
the court released them.
Partial to the Workhouse.
William M. Moxley, huckster. went to
the workhouse yesterday to pay a friendly
call and entered the grounds without per-
mission. He had been there number OF
times before under different conditions and
wore clothing of different pattern.
Monkey" said one of the guards who
found him about the female workhouse,
you will have to leave these grounds or
get locked up"
IF came here to visit a friend" the huck-
ster said, land I'm not going away"
Monkey has been prisoner In the
workhouse a number Of times" Supt. Ladd
Informed the court, "and he sometimes calls
when he does not belong there"
Il just went down there to make a friend
ly call on a prisoner" Monkey told the
court. Il had taken little to drink, but
was not drunk and didn't curse anybody"
You seem to be rather partial to that
locality" the court remarked, land I'll
give you an opportunity to pay your visit
there Twenty dollars or sixty days..
Mary Rollins, a Georgetown colored wo-
man, was arrested last night by Policeman
Bloom who found her using language
which resulted from the beverages in which
she had INDUCED.
Judge, your honor" said Mary, after
the policeman had stated the facts, Il
wasn't cussin' and was sober as Judge.
Sober as which judge?" Judge Mills
asked.
Mary was short of cash. and went back
to spend two months unless fine of So is
paid.
Smiths a Trampv
Another prisoner from Georgetown gave
his name as Thomas Smith, and said he
was guilty of having violated one of the
District ordinances.
Smiths a tramp" Policeman Johnson
said, land was occupying the roadway as
a bed yesterday when 1 arrested him."
The court directed that the prisoner be
furnished food and sleeping accommoda-
tons at the farm for one month.
Residents of Majors alley were disturbed
by the loud and bad language of Josephine
Gillian. colored, last night, according to the
statement of Policeman Hile.
The woman declared there was no noise in
the alley, and her conduct was such as
would have done credit to a religious gath
ering.
Judge Mills took mo stock in her version
of the affair and fined her s., with 1.-The al
tentative of two weeks on the farm.
Daniel Frisby, a colored resident of South
Washington, was the subject of a charge
for assaults. John H. Fisher, colored a resi-
dent of Pig alley, was the prosecuting wit
ness in one case. In another filed against
him 1T was charged that he assaulted Po-
uceman Davis, who arrested him. He was
fined $40 in each case.