The Washington herald., 1907-03-19
JERRY IN HARD ROW
Five Cents; Takes
Papers TO Make Good.
TEMPTED BY A MESS OF BEANS
Walker MarshsITs Son Hearn 'Bout
4 Game Called Craps" but Idsre-
members Meaning OF Mystic "oOme-
a-seben"-woman, Who Was Net
Mrs. Marshall, Says Something.

Jerry" said Judge De Lacy. Of the
Juvenile Court. yesterday. to a little, rag
ged eolored urchin, hailed into the pres
.ence Of the magistrate on the charge OF
having stolen Sunday morning newspapers
from peoples dcorways. and disposing of
the same for cash, have you ever been
sworn?"
~Yasser.' replied Jerry. with an amlable
grin.
"When?" asked the court
Lots er times; aroun' de house an out
side
Il mean have you ever been sworn as
witness in court?
eNos'r."
DO you know what it means to be
sworn as a witnessY'
'Nosr"
1T means that you hold up your right
hand and call God to witness that all you
are about to tell the judge is the truth. the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth
and. Furthermore. you ask God to help you
tell the truth. You say, so help me God.
and il you do not tell the truth you are
guilty. VI AltE am III 81 la4At u EtA jus >
jurers are sent TO the penitentiary FOR as
long a term as ten years. Now do you
know what It means to be sworn as a
witness?'
Means Ten Years for Perjury.
''Yasser"
What does it mean
Jerry wriggled his left toe. looked down
In, ont
1T means yere perjurous and get sent
ter de penshiary,' he managed TO eluci-
date after great effort.
Not unless you tell a lie" EXPLAINED
the court: you must tell nothing out the
truth: do you understand"
"Yasser," saM Jerry. 'Tll tell de truf
VERY well" said the court. swear the
witness"
Jerry was duly sworn. and was then
asked 10 tell his story. He admitted hay
ing taken the papers brought into court
by the police officer
why did you do it2''
Cause All didn't hev de right money"
What do you mean by, the right
money!"
"Ah didn't hev de right money ter take
home after se!lin' nah pap'rs.'
Gets a Good Home, with Breakfast.
How much should you have had?"
"Ah he'd er quarter when All LEI de
house ter buy pap'rs wild, an All spen'
some OBJ it befo All buys de pap'rs.
How much did you spend?
TT nickel"
What did you spend it for?"
All wanted ter get somethia' fer NAH
self"
"oh. you did. did you? What did you
want 10 get?'
"Ah wanted some beans fer brekfus'.
Hadn't you had any breakfast
! ''N0s'r."
so you took these papers from peoples
doorways 70 make up that cents?'
"Yasser," said Jerry. almost in tears.
All right Jerry; I'm going to see that
you get good home. I'm going to turn
you over TO the Board Of Children's
Guardians who viii take care Of you, and
you won't have to go out on the street
and sell papers without breakfast In the
! future
4 Game Called Craps"
The next case was that Of two small
coiored boys charged with dIsorderly con
duct, the charge in this Instance referring
to certain participation IN a certain game
Of "eraps." played Sunday evening in a
certain alley. The defendants. Fred and
Ernest, denied all connection with the
game, despite the testimony of the officer
in the case. who stated that he saw both
Of these boys roll the bones" before he
made the raid on the premises.
Fred. the older defendant, had his
| grandmother in court to testify that he
was a good boy, and earned considerable
money to help support the home. Fred
was shown the pair OF dice captured by
the guardians of the peace, but denied
that he ever saw them before, and oven
suggested that he didn't know what they
were.
Don't you know Row TO shoot eraps2"
asked the court.
NO, sir; All don know muffin bout
gamblin' games"
But the policeman says he saw you
rolling these dice in a game with a lot OF
other boys How do you account for
that?"
"Ah don count foh it. ali All knows
lis dat All was standin IN de alley watchln'
de game an wonderin' what it wuz dat
dey was playin' when somethin fell on
top OBJ me. II wuz de perliceman. OATS
Fred. am sorry to say that I don't
believe you You are fined g. which your
grandmother is willing 10 pay, and which
you have got to pay back to her or go
away TO some institution. p"
lDisremembers Bout Come seben. .
Ernest. the smaller OF the two. had a
similar story. and professed similar
] ignorance OF the intrieacies and allure
ments of the insidfous bones" and re-
iterated the statement OF his co-defend-
ant in regard to his role Of innocent by
stander at the time the police made
their swoop upon the game.
do you know what come seven
means?" asked the court with a hidden
smile.
Seems dat An hev hearn tell OBJ it.
but All disremembers jus whut dey said
it means was the remarkable answer,
on the strength OF which Ernest was al
lowed to so on probation.
Walker Marshall the father Of four of
the seven Marshall children recently