Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-11
BEFORE The PEOPLES BAR
Albert Edleman Gets an hwful Bump Over
Head From Flatlron.
JJHN JACOB HEIR MEEK AS A SHEEP
Raging Lion of Tuesday Night IL MILD
summer Evenings Latest
Sigh when Called Before
His Honor.

Albert Edleman had been struck the
head with a flatiron, Wednesday morning |
he was before the bar Of the &C P" to be
punished for being careless as to get /
in the way of such a missile. His head was |
swathed in bandages and the laundry tool |
had evidently made a deep impression on /
his Uranium. He stepped before his honor !
showing plainly the weight that had been |
on his mind. Court Sergeant Vanous OBJ |
served the havoc which had ben wrought /
on the prisoner and then craned his neck
to look over the crowd.
"W'atche lookin fer?' asked PADDY
Rim, balliff
Il was just looking for the woman that |
did all that damage"
1T wasn't a woman that hit him." en-
lightened Clerk Mahoney.
The three were about to make up pool |
on the question of whether 1t was Mrs
Edlcman that welded the fiat iron or some
other mans wife, when Judge Crawford
read the report of the arresting officer
saying Edleman got into a scrap with an
other fellow at the Martin flats, Seven
teenth and Webster street Tuesday night
| and the fellow, who had probably been up
| against the domestic struggle in crowded
! quarters before and knew how to act, emu
/ lated the example Of the wife in such in
{ stances and grabbed fiatiron. He sent It
: flying through the air until It collided with
/ Edleman's head, ripping a furrow in the
i latter's scalp Then he made his getaway.
Someone telephoned for the police during
the fracas, but when the officers arrived
they found no one but the bleeding Edle-
man and took him to Jail, where his wounds
were dressed by Police Surgeon Arnaut
II guess I'll let you 60" said the judge,
but next time you want TO pick out a
weapon worthy OF your metal to butt your
head against, like a bullet, for instance"
John Jacob Heber ESQ, greatly Modified
and sans the valorous spirit the police and
LCttie Flnnegan, 1912 Capitol avenue, ac-
cused him Of having possessed the previous
evening, stepped meekly from without the
bull pen to confront the court 1t was hard
to believe the terrible tale the witnesses
repeated to his honor regarding him and
his prowess OF the night before. But this
was the morning after.
Heber was charged with having been
drunk and disturbing the peace by fighting,
Lotto said he raised what in common
parlance and expressive English is called
a rough house. She had had many such In
the course OF her checkered career, but
this enc was something OF an Improvement
on all predecessors, and she called the
police none too soon, ere house had been
scattered about the street.
But Heber was different now. Clearly
the courage he had so recently displayed
TO his own glory was OF the artificial kind
which comes done up in TASKS. He could
be led about by the colored janitor and
Patrolman Ed Morrison could have raised
three Of him with one finger. II seemed
a shame to even do that, but his honor
had to do something, and therefore in a low
tone so as not to break the news too alb
ruptIy he murmured softly, Dollar and
costs" and the gladiators experience was
over,
Thomas Drake was born too late in the
history OF the world. II is only in books
telling OF days long past that men go about
searching highways and byways. saloons
and alleys. with a revolver IN one hand
looking for some certain person to put on
watch"
But perhaps Drake didn't know that
When he became sufficiently lntoxica ted
Tuesday he provided himself with a gun
and went out after Fred Busch OF the
Busch Teaming company. The gun wasn't
loaded, but he was so it didn't make any
difference. He didn't find his quarry until
Detective Dunn found him and presently
! he found himself ANONYMOUSLY ensconsed
Z behind prison bars with lot OF hoboes.
And in the morning Judge Crawford taught
D him the moral and the lesson to the tune
E Of $40 and costs
II cost Leonard Welton s. and incidental
expenses to start a fight with ]. J, Wobbie
j 1919 Dorcas street When Welton got
s through doing al the lighting he was in
. clined TO, wobble calmly walked 70 the
= police station, swore out a warrant for the
arrest OF his assailant on the charge OF
/ assault and battery, and an officer led Wei
ton 70 jail. while he was obliged TO listen
? while the story OF his irritableness was re,
: lated 70 the assemblage in court, and be-
= sides pay all the cost OF the entertainment
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