Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Mills, the sessions of the Police Court of |
the District Columbia officially L

Mills, the sessions of the Police Court of
| the District of Columbia were officially
| transferred yesterday from the old struc-
| ture, where they have been held since 1878,
| to the building once occupied by the bu-
! reau Of statistics on 18th street SIM
| liar adjournment was taken in the Dis
| trict branch at about II 80 am. yesterday
| morning at the order of Judge O'Neal.
That marked the end of official court bust
ness in the old building.
The removal of the furniture and fix
| lures from the old building to the tempo
| rary quarters was completed yesterday
| afternoon. All day the vans had been run
ming between the two buildings. cleaning
| out one room after another. The chair
and tables in the court rooms were the
last things to be removed and they were
] dumped into the 18th street building late
yesterday to be arranged by Janitor
Hughes.
Nearly all the officials Of the court were
| engaged in overseeing the work in their
particular offices. When the desks and
chairs were delivered the officials attend
| ed to having them put into place:
There was some confusion at nrSt, put
| late in the afternoon. as each of the court
attaches left the new court house with
tired yet satisfied look on his counte-
for business Monday morning next.
Il am ready to make out the inforamtions
against the prisoners to be tried Monday,
said Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given.
Bring In the vags," exclaimed Daniel
Langley of the District prosecutors office
Il am ready to send somebody to jail or
to release some one" said Deputy Mar
shall Lacey.
With the exception of the two court
| rooms. the new quarters are acceptable to
the court officials. The entrance is at the
north side of the front. The front Of the
| first floor is taken up with the hall, and TO
the south with the clerks office.
In the rear of the clerks office Is the
office of the attorney for the District OF
Columbia Through a hall, near the center,
one reaches the cells for the prisoners
charged with United States offenses. In
the front of the second floor is the United
States branch OF the Police Court, about
half the size of the old court room. To
the rear on the south, is the judges Office
and the office of Financial Clerk Sebring.
In the rear of this floor is the combined
office of the assistant District attorneys
and Of the deputy marShalS. In the front
of the third floor is the District branch of
the court. In the rear to the south is ten
Office of the judge and the jury room. In
the extreme rear are located the cells for
the prisoners charged with District offenses.
mo Ioafers will be allowed In the court
room while we are in the temporary quar-
ters." announced Judge ONeal yesterday
On account of the limited space in the
court rooms. no ore except those who are
witnesses in the cases to be tried will be
admitted. In this way crowding will be
obviated and the undesirable element in
the audience at the sessions of the court
will be eliminated
sary in the 18th street building, in the
view of the judges. The baiifs and
officers have been instructed to enforce
this rule strictly.