Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-12
BEFORE THE PEOPLES BAR
tranquility Of Sabbath Day Has Its Eff.ot
on Court.
JUDGE TEHpEss JUSTICE WITH MERCY
Array of Talent Passes before Him,
but He Considers that the
Flesh f. weak, Very
Weak.


but He Considers that the
Flesh f. weak, Very
weak.
The tranquility of soul and good will to
ward ali mankind which comes from at |
tendance upon divine service and young |
peoples meetings and otherwise properly |
observing the Sabbath day spread its holy |
feeling over the proceedings when Judge |
Crawford arose to his daily task of pre-
siding over the peoples bar Monday morn
ing A long list and a full bull pen of
those whose Sabbath had not been kept so
holy greeted his honor, but the overflow
accumulation of Saturday night and Sun
day failed to rufie the peace which pre-
vailed within his mind. Lucky that II was
so for those whose transgressions had
brought them low or they might now be
doomed to celebrate the great day Of st.
Patrick and even Easter Sunday by peering
through the bars at the county Jail.
! Leniency was the watchword. but where
the sin was-saagrsnt the sword OF justice
fell hard, shifting with terrible effect.
Often and often had Mabel Jones been
there before. She knew the way In and
she knew the way out She saw the look
Of kindness which lighted the eye Of his
| honor and knew the right play would
| GO" A man had been robbed Of his purse
containing $50 by colored woman and she
had been tagged.
"Yo' .honah, Use not guilty. Every time
anything happens the policemens come and
set me. All amt done nothin'. They jes
run me in cause they happened 10 see me-"
There was no evidence to prove other
wise and her play~"went."
|
Thoroughly trained and drilled, with their
lines committed to memory so they could
repeat them backwards and forwards in
unison or out Of unison individually, the
Misses Jackson Brown Washington and
Harris lined up before the bar TO receive
their portions OF Justice, taking their places
like chorus girls on the stage. Artificial
eoloring was unnecessary for their faces,
for theirs was OF the kind that never
fades Each mouth was wagging with
big wad OF gum as the prisoners waited
for the cue.
City prosecutor approaches.
City Prosecutor-Guilty or not guilty7
Chorus-Not guilty.
C. Pare you ready for trial2
II Chino, sir.
c. P.-When will you be ready7
Ch.--Tomorrow morning.
Judge-Conunued until tomorrow morn
ing.
exit Misses jackson. Brown. Washing
\ ton and Harris.)
{ The manager had trained them well. In
: the morning they will have another piece
all ready to speak.
e Here is a white man.
: yes sir / hit that man. and I'll tell
7 you all about IT," said James Nelson. en-
= ploye of a livery barn at Fourteenth and
: Howard streets. "Conland, here, called a
, friend Of mine liar ana I struck him
! with my left and knocked him over In the
corner. I did It all with my left. and
didn't use my right at ALL"
The prisoner did not seem particularly
penit9nt and appeared more anxious the
Z court should understand his left" was the
Z only weapon brought into use, than he was
= about possible punishment He even seemed
|. 70 think 1t was cheap at 3 and costs.
: Colored again.
The officers asserted Wilson Earl and
: Walter Reed were Migrants. 1--WE found
" Reed hiding under the bed In a room with
!, some others"
!. Both men denied they were Migrants.
= what were you doing under the bed
!, asked the court.
A ! w man, All uluu WauN 70 aEIeSL6Q
I, An hadn't done nothin'."
He couldn't show that he worked NOR,
than an hour or two day (some days. an,
q went back to the pen with fine. Ear
was given the beneht Of a doubt ana dis
= charged.
HE walked right out and turned around
e And walked right In again"
hi Thus might the popular song be "paro
q died" In the case OF George Porter. colored
y whose trips in the patrol. wagon are almos
NJ as numerous as the leaves on the trees
Al vagrancy was the charge.
"a "Ab ies' finished thirty days you 81 me
IS an jes came out of the county jail, Al
Of wanted 10 git out Of town and Ah'll go
" you 81 me chance"
Your honor" said the ohicer, "this MIG
> ger goes out around In the residence dis
/, tricts and frightens women. We found hiT
| IN a barn with his clothes on when he ha
scArea-some people most to death"
/ And he walked right back 10 the count
jail again to while away thirty days more
The severest jolt received by anyone wa
suffered by NJ, :. Shea. a driver. II cam
like a bolt from the clear skies when IN
Judge opened his mouth and emitted tn
4 words rninety days" Shea was charge
with having deliberately walked up 70
man talking at the telephone and strue
him In the beck Of the head so that the n
eeiver was thrust into the mans eye. Civ
Ing the latter a very unhealthy appearances
shea couldn't make much OF a defense
/ the face OF the evidence OF the witnesse
and ehoked when he tried. so let the cas-
so without defense.
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