The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-18
And Will Spend Many Days in
Jail and Ltckup.
Judge Sanders Says Some Pc ople Do
Not Appreciate the Poiica-k Id
Wilson Arraigned.
IT OTHER POLICE COURT NEWS

Earl Kelley, colored, got all tina
was coming TO him this morning in
the police court He is hurley negro
who was creating disturbance neal
Ike Aultman's atom at Second and
Broadway Saturday night when Oh
Ger VIM. johnson told him to get of
the street. He became insolent, and
having an open knife in his hand re-
fused to put i'll away, and wss dubbed.
About the same time he attempted to
cut the officer and slit his overcoat.
Judge Sanders said that a great
many people thought that the duty Of
police officers was to impose on them,
but that instead Of that they were in
tended to protect AID befriend the peo-
pie. II Kelley, he said, who was a
coward and had no regard for human
/ life, had listened TO the officer when
he gave him friendly advice to go
home, there would have been no frou-
| BILE. Instead. he assaulted the officer
and had it not been for the crowd, the
ives of WHOM would have bsen en-
dsngered by the ofscer's taxi ng q shot
az the otstreperous negro, NO uld prob
ally have been shot by the q fficsr. or
if she negro had stabbed him to death
he would have been guilty OF murder.
He fined Kelley 500 and SO Mt him
to .sh for 50 days, the extreme penal
ty, and said that when the prisoner
finishes serving his time, he will be
required to give 5000 bond for good
behavior or 60 TO Jail for twelve
months.
A case against n. Kahn for building
a frame house inside the fire limits ON
South Fourth street near CLARK, was
| left Omen and referred to the legisls-
tive boards. 1t is doubtful whether 1t
is new house, or simply rebuilding
Of an cid shack burned recently.
A case against the Register News.
paper company for burning paper and
trash in the rear Of the Columbia
building was left open, Mr.. ]. 4. Viii
helm, Of the paper, testifying that
upon receipt of a notice to stop bum.
ing paper, he issued the order to the
porter, and the subsequent burning
was without his knowledge and con 20
sent. 1t is probable If any one is fined
it will be the porter.
Kid Wilson. charged with robbing
William Clayton, of SIS on the levees
was Arraigpsd before Judge Sanders
aud given a partial hearing. In the,
testimony is developed that Wilson
was sent mp from Springfield, ILL.,, for
two years in the penirentiary for sell
ing . piano off the wrecked City Of Pa
duoah which was sunk in the Missis-
sippi river. Wilson admitted that he
had been in the penitentiary but stated
he had sold the piano for $40 thinking
il was useless and had taken 1t for sal
wage, for his work on the boat. He
isa licensed deck man and was en-
Moved ON the boat at the time. The
officers think thew have good case
against him, and the case was left open
to secure the prosecuting witness who
was absent from court this III orning.
S. A. Robinson, white, was fined
$40 and costs for being drunk and dis
orderly while Eli Simms. colored. ana
Joe Jones, white, were fined 81 and
costs for drunkenness.
Thomas Hobson, was fined IS and
costs for q breach Of the peace, and
Walter Shelby dismissed of a similar
charge.
The breach of ordinance case against
Messrs. o. II. Lane, and ---Mosely.
stock dealers, for trading in livestock
without license, was continued IN
I'll January 25.
, A warrant charging James O'Day,
white, with breaking into q drawer
and stealing tools from Steve Miller,
l. c. shops, brought O'DAy before the
court again today and he waived ex-
animation in this case and was placed
under an addition 5000 bond, which