The daily sentinel., 1909-12-18
HILARIOUS
NIGHT IN
CITY
Ten Defendants in Police Court To-
day.-Alleged Holdup.-Exciting
Brawls and Noisy Drunks
Keep Night Police Busy.
ONE JOINT FOUND BARRICADED


l.. j. Foreman, (repeater), drunk,
fined $50 and costs.
VIII Morris, (repeiter), drunk,
fined $50 ana costs.
Geo. A. Bently, drunk, resisted ar
rest, 81 and costs.
Robert Gill, drunk, fined So and
costs.
Hugh Mccartney, drunk, fined So
and costs.
Angie Antrim, (negro), drunk,
fined So and costs.
Joe Wilson, (parOled), committed
to serve out remainder of sentence of
S25 and costs.
w. Leahey, fighting, bound over.
John Murphy, fighting, bound over.
Frank Gordon, fighting, bound
over.
Last night was a turbulent one for
the local police and 1t kept them busy
rounding up the holiday offenders,
and the night was not without its
enlivening excitements. Peters
Row" string of shambling houses
on South First street between Colo
RADIO avenue and Ute avenue, was the
scene OF several little tilts between
the officers of the law and the in
habitants of the neighborhood who
are constantly generating gist for the
Justice mill" to grind out the next
morning and midnight disturbers to
occupy the attention of the police
and prevent the long hours of the
night from becoming monotonous. At
about one O'Clock last night a negro
reported to the police that while pass
ing along on the sidewalk in front of
this row, he was struck on the head
with a beer bottle and knocked to the
ground and then while one of his
assailants kicked him about the head
and stomach the other two rifled his
clothes and robbed him of $40 anI a
Lincoln penny.
Night Officers Darling and Her.
mann were detailed to make an in
vestigation and were lead by the ne
gro and a witness of the affair to
Peters Row. which they found in
state of hilarity, but when the Of
ficers knocked on the door and de-
manded admittance the midnight
revelers quickly barricaded their for
tress and told them to go to Il,
stating that if they attempted to force
the door they would be shot One
officer was stationed at each exit but
as the story of the negro, who had
been drinking was uncertain, the po-
lice decided that it was not best to
raid the place and the negro was
arrested on the charge of being
drunk. This morning Chief of Police
Welsh made n visit to the row and
returned with three of the occupants
who were arraigned this morning
for fighting and We're bound over.
Officer Hermann also received a
call last night from 140 West White,
stating that drunken man was ly-
ing on the sidewalk in that vicinity.
He responded at once to the call and
found a man by the name of Bently
| lying almost frozen across the side
walk, he had a large number of per-
sonal belongings with him and these
| were scattered in every direction,
When taken into custody the man
| began at once to resist arrest and ii
was only after sharp encounter that
he was subdued, but 1t was found
impossible to get him to the police
| station without a wagon. Bently
stated this morning in court that he
felt sure that somebody must have
struck him from behind as he said he
| had not been drinking heavily His
| ldCt ShoNtu StNtAhi bui II was
the opinion of the police that he was
merely sloppy" drunk.
The two men who received the
heavy sentences were old-time Of
tenders who were arraigned but a
short time ago, and had sentence
suspended upon them on promise to
reform. The total fine of the two
men who received $50 each and costs
amounted to $4,000, which both will
serve out. The chain gang which
will now be composed of a dozen or sc
| will be leased out to the Chamber OF
Commerce to aid in beautifying Palm
er Park.