Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
SHIVERS IN THE POLICE COURT
STERN JUSTICE DISPENSED IN
FRIGID ATMOSPHERE.
Judge Mullowny Expresses His
Opinion of Seamless Radiators.
Man Was "Acting Smart

This was a day of quick justice and low
temperature In the Police Court. Judge
Mullowny shivered as he took Judge KIM
balls place downstairs. Judge kimball be-
ing out of the city. and shivered again
when he went upstairs to his own court
Others shivered, and not from fear either.
Clerk Harper shivered; Clerk Hopkins
also. and when the last case had been de-
cided and Mr.. Massie, the agent of the
Prisoners Aid Society, had persuaded the
Judge to take 81 instead of S. from a col
ored boy guilty of disorderly conduct, the
Judge let himself be heard on the subject
of steam radiators without any steam.
Next Monday there will be steam If the
judge has any influence with the janitor.
One OF the cases tried this morning
was that OF Richard Jackson, whose tes-
timony was so different from that of his
accusers that the judge was puzzled for
a while. He was arrested tor annoying a
woman. She SAID that she had been walk
ing down the street peaceably and that
Richard had come up to her saying:
Look here. I'm an officer. an l want
to tell you to keep off this beat. See?'
And" she continued. The followed me
to where l was going to visit an old col
ored lady who did some of my washing.
And. then, judge, / met my husband.
THIS is my husband. judge. They call HIM
he says, that is, the other man says,
Keep away from that woman Skinny.
there amt nothin good about her. and
he kept a-following us, so. finally, l saw
q police officer and had this man. that is,
that man I've been telling you about, ar
rested
Whereupon Richard Jackson protested
violently that he had never seen the
people before. and then that he had seen
them, but had spoken no words to them.
f-~tt - so ncfS
mony, and when he had fini shed Judge
Mullowny said:
II think you must have been trying to
act smart. Just because you thought one
Of these people had a bad record you had
no right to bother them. Twenty dol
lars"
Thomas Only Part Guilty"
Thomas r. Young said he was merely
partially guilty when told by the clerk
that he was a person found repeatedly
drunk on the streets and highways" He
told the Judge that he had been drinking.
but that he never was q menace to traffic
when in his cups.
"Oh, now" was the judges answer,
you can't navigate like some OF these
fellows can"
Let me Off and I'll never do it again. -
Yes, for so l will
But 1 amt got ten
I'm sorry. Next case
Upstairs William Jackson. colored. was
accused of stealing a bicycle from Ed
ward s. Calbreath. He said he never
stole no wheel: boy done gimme dat
wheel to push along de street. Use
a-walkin' Wild dish yer boy. an he seen
p'leece. He SEE, Run, boy. An he
started runnin', and / rum. too Jail.
four months.
Scratch Was Not Visible.
Because William Smith was one of
"Biggy's" friends. and Bigsy had row
with Raymond Beckett, colored. Ray
mond Beckett told William Smith what
he thought of him. Raymond was pro-
fame and rough. testified Smith; tried to
hit him with a brick, and succeeded in
scratching him.
Judge Mullowny looked for the scratch.
but could not find it. and dismissed the
charge Of assault and fined Raymond So
for being disorderly.