Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27
JUDGE IS IN A GOOD HUMOR
Deals Leniently with Minor Offenders
in the City Jail.
TOLD TO 90 AND SIN NO MORE
one Man who Comes 60 the station
10 Get Brother Out f. Himself
Locked Up on the Charge
of Int~exfcation.

Notwithstanding tina 1t was Christmas
day and the other mills of Justice were not
grinding Judge Snyder decided that the
usual session of police court should be held
yesterday morning. 1T would not be doing
justice to the -unfortunates who were ar.
rested Thursday to compel them TO spend
Christmas day In jail, II they are able TO
pay their fines. Then also In some OF the
cases the circumstances may warrant
ciemency on the part Of the court and the
release OF the prisoner so that he might
return home and spend Christmas with
his family, instead OF behind the bars"
said Judge Snyder. as he ordered sergeants
Nichol and O'Neil to line up before him
the men under arrest.
The first to face the court were Ed and
Bert Deeds. Both were charged with hav-
ing imbibed too freely on Christmas eve.
Bert Deeds and James l.. Gray, a compan-
ion. became involved in an alteration
WI lch developed into a fight Thursday
evening on Broadway and Ninth streets,
They were ARRESTED, charged with disturb
ing the public peace and with being drunk.
Shortly after Bert had been locked up Ed
Deeds t~elephoned to police headquarters
and complained of tho arrest of his brother,
He was advised to come to headquarters
and talk the matter over. He accepted the
dIo oo oOIAA ~ AS NSNfS ~
was booked for being drunk and was sent
to Join his brother and Gray. Judge Sny-
der was inclined to be lenient and the
young mems fines of IS each were sus-
pended during good behavior and they were
released in time to eat Christmas dinner
at home.
William Willets. who has been in jail
for several days recuperating from a
drunken spree, did not fare as we'll as the
Deeds boys did. Instead Of getting his walk
ing papers from the court he was sent
back TO gail to await a preliminary hear
ing on a charge of larceny from the per-
son. Van Tinnell. learning that Willets
was likely TO be released yesterday, filed
an Information in the superior court charg-
willets with stealing a SO bill from him.
The theft. Tinnell alleges, was committed
November Il.
Art Landmaster, who claimed to hal
from Denver, Colo, spent Christmas day
behind the bars of the municipal bastils
Thursday evening 1t was reported to Pa
trolman Skipton that a hand satchel be,
longing to a travelling man had been stoleT
from the Rock Island depot just as tn,
train was pulling out. Leaving the depoi
the officer saw a man with a grip answer
ing the description of the stolen one entel
a restaurant on Main street. The fellow
with the grip caught sight OF the Officer
and leaving the restaurant entered q nearby
saloon. When he fifallyn came cut OF ths
saloon with the grip still in his possession
the officer arrested him. Landmaster ad
mitted taking the grip, but claimed he wal
under the Impression It was the property
OF a local liveryman whom he said owe
him also wages. LRndmsster was lockeI
up awaiting the arrival OF the owner OF tn
grip. who. the railroad officials say, wi
return here Tuesday OF next week.
Several plain drunks" were released Wit
a lecture. but when the roll was called TO
dinner there were still eight In charge O
JaIler sloan who partook OF the excellen
chicken dinner with trimmings that CateEe
Brooks furnished.