Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
KHAKI IN TIE CAGE
Soldier Lad Faces "Judge
Advocate" KimbaII.
SALUTES-NO RESPONSE
so THEY GET THEIRS, TOO
Night Warblers' Notes Are in Bad
Taste.
A Knight of the Road and a Case
of Alcoholic Jumps on
the List.
o THEY GET THEIRS, TOO

| Inc morning parade and review at the
Police Court today was a motley one.
| The line was headed by crestfallen SOL
| der in khaki who fell by the wayside
while in town on pass last night.
| The soldier boy evidently did not relish
| his position at the head of the rag-tag
rangers as an unmilitary court official
gave the command which is unknown to
| tactics.
Step lively there and take seats in the
| cage"
The lad in khaki with a deep drawn
sign expressed the wish that he was well
| out of the tolls of the law and back to
the garrison where he could hear the
merry notes of "reveille," or even the
sad cadence of taps
Those who were lined up with the SOL
dier and who tried to make the military
stride of 40 to the minute as he marched
into the pen. but miserably failed were a
colored woman suffering from the alco-
holic jumps, another colored woman who
had been before the court before this
week. soiled knight of the turnpike
with vagrancy charge facing him. a
venerable colored man who had offended
the good order and dignity of Frogtown
and several others who had been rounded
up by WashinSton's finest.
Nobody was making a disturbing" de-
clared, William Hart when he was ar
ra1gned, charged with creating q disturb
ance at his home in Punseys court last
night. We were only singing coon songs
and laughing like people do at the thea
terS.''
THOMAS Johnson, who was charged
Jointly with Hart, declared, with an in
jured air that singing and laughing could
not be construed into disorder.
Expensive Night Warbling.
Policeman Smiths testimony made an
entirely different showing. He stated that
Hart and johnson were swearing like
troopers and that he had to secure the as
sistance of another officer to place the
night warblers under arrest. The court
placed his ban upon such night perform
ances in the sum of SIS fine for each of the
vocalists.
John A. Crawford" bawled a
bailiff in stentorian tones, and the natty
but downcast soldier in the uniform Of
Uncle Sans Artillery Corps stepped to
the front of the cage. stood at attention"
and gave his honor the 'righthand sa-
lutte" Judge kfmball. who is a veteran
fighting man of the civil war. did not rel
ish the idea of the uniform In the pen SO
he did not return the salute.
"Judge Advocate, KimbalI.
The artilleryman, who had witnessed the
operations of several ''drumhead courts"
in the army, forgot himself and addressed
his honor as judge advocate. declaring
that he had only acted in fun in taking
another mans bicycle.
Policeman Bobo, who captured the SOL
der, said he had stolen a bicycle owned
by John c. STATE
Il just wanted to take a short ride. .
was Crawford's plea, and didn't mean to
steal the Wheel
You cannot take free rides on other
peoples bicycles in this city without pay
N a lfx n
You are fined $40 or thirty days"
Not Heaven, After All.
Fred Ford, black as the ace of spades
and seventy-five years in the shade,
nearly collapsed when Judge Kimball
commanded:
Send him to the Old Folks Home"
Uncle" Fred. who is one of the few
surviving relics of slavery days. evidently
| misunderstood the judges remarks and
construed them into a sentence of death.
Laws. chile" he said. "how's yer goin'
to SEN me to de ole folks at home? Dey's
dey's in heaben.''
The old mans mind was evidently di-
| rected to his old home in the sunny
south "befo' de wah times"
| A court official explained to Uncle Fred
| that Judge Kimball had no idea of trans
porting him to heaven, but to the institu-
ton on the banks of the Potomac down
Giesboro way. where venerable human
relics of the old times are kept and cared
for by the District government.
The old man was profuse in his thanks
when he learned 1t was not over the river
Styx he was to be sent, but over the river
Potomac.
Joyous Jennie Thinkers.
| Jennie Thinkers bore evidence of having
had long and lively bout with Old King
4 Alcohol when she tp 10 -
of the Police Court pen to tell the court
| why she had been found on the streets
many times. accompanied by full-aedged
| jag on each occasion. Miss Thinkers con-
| fessed that she has an uncomfortable
hankering for gin splits and blackberry
'sangarees, and pleaded guilty to the
| Impeachment that she is a habitua
drunkardess under the vagrancy act
Judge kimball consigned her to thirty
days of sobriety on Potomac water and
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