Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-03
BEFORE THE PEOPLES BAR
Iowa Citizen Reads Newspaper at Two
O'Clock in the Morning,
VIOLATES POLICE RUIZ stvtNN-oNt
DISTURB ICED by PatroImnn BRADY, Who
Pulls out His Tin watch aud
Notes the UntimeIy
Hour.

II is something out of the ordinary rou-
tine to see a man reading the newspapers
on the back doorstep OF saloon at 2lo
o'clock of the morning. Rule No. Il of the
police handbook on good citizenship reads;
Citizens shall have their daily papers
read by II o'clock midnight, unless other
wise ordered by the comptroller.
At 9:1O o'clock Friday morning by Pa
trolman Brady's tin watch Martin Bgge
was reading a paper az the rear of sa-
loon near Twelfth and Dodge streets. The
patrolman believed 1t to be a matter of
public safety to disturb the reader and ask
about his folks. Egge was intently reading
police court news under the caption of
Before the Peoples Bar when Brady
walked up.
John Derr OF Council Bluffs believes in
following the advice of a certain states
man who adiured his friends not to spend
oil their money in one place, read Egge
from the paper. evidently oblivious of
Bradys presence
Come out Of that and tell me what you
are doing here at this toim of the marnin',"
remarked Brady to Egge
'Derr thinks it broadens man to travel
and sec the world; to get about and see
what is doing in different localities " con-
tinued Egge as he calmly bit another chew
from his plug.
Now. look here, pe frind, IL yez don't
be telling me who We are and where We
come from I'll be pinching We on suspi-
cion OIL can't have my buns lafin' on me
bate dis toim of the marnin'," added Brady.
AS Egge would not tell the patrolman
about his folks and the old home the po-
liceman arrested the stranger on the charge
of being a suspicious character and refus-
ing to give an account of himself.
BY the time the sparrows began to twitter
in the morning sunlight in front of the city
Jail and Janitor ole jackson was busting
the police court room the business of the
arrest dawned upon Egge's mentality. He
told the police judge he was a stranger
here from Burlington, Ia, had no other
than lawful intentions and stated that he
likes to do his reading in the open air when
the rest of the world is at peace and only
all-night lunch wagons and late cars dis
turb the calm of night.
Judge Crawford discharged Egge with Il
kindly homily on circumstantlal evidence
and late hours.
| The entente cordiae which existed two
months, one week and four days between
| Joe Hawkins and Marie Morton. colored.
and residing at 1Ol7 Davenport street, was
| brought to an abrupt climax Thursday
| afternoon when Hawkins threw a wagon
! load of bricks and bottles into the Nor
| ton apartments, breaking a white iron bed
| stead in Miss Morton's boudoir cracking
! a mirror and causing a slight abrasion to
appear on the right side of the woman 5
| head. Miss Morton did not like the way
Hawkins was beginning the month of Feb
| ruary, so she went TO police court and
| swore to a complaint of assault and bat
! terry. which was read to Hawkins in court
| Friday morning Miss Morton declared she
would have overlooked such triting thing
1 as stopping a brick with her head, but
| when Hawkins caused her seven years bad
luck by breaking her reflector then she
thought it time to call the police.
Mr.. Hawkins was lined so and, costs b..
the police judge Friday morning.
| r. Reel of Montana came to Omaha
! Thursday to engage in the festivities Incl
! dent to grounding day. Mr.. Reel was mus
| tered into the guest list at one OF the
hotels and then proceeded to fly his kite on
the paved streets. The Montanan's !den-
| tity was lost in th5 passing show until he
| mistool Douglas street secondhand store
for his hostelry. Reel insisted on changing
his old garments for new habiliments he
carried IN a bundle under ms arm, nut the
| secondhand store man raised objections
| For a few seconds il was hard to dis.
tnguish between the Montanian, second.
hand store man and new garments. Ser.
geant Sigwart and Patrolman Boyle sorted
out the muss and took Reel to jail on -.
| charge of drunkenness and vagrancy As
| Reel said he had never been arrested be-
| fore and promised to be a good boy in tn,
future, the police judge moved to dis
charge the prisoner.