Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-05
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erously cheered the victory of johnson
along Az street. but denied "cussing
with it. She woke up the neighborhooo
with her shouts and gave two fourth
precinct policemen a healthy tussle be
fore they got her to a cell on charges Of
profanity and disorderly conduct.
Sure. | cheered him. Why shouldn't
/? 1t amt no harm cheering Jack John
son. is it, she asked the court.
Not bit in the world, but the ofIicers
say you were swearing" replied the
court.
.'Nawthin' to it," Josephine remarked
She was sent to the workhouse for fif-
teen days in default of five-dollar fine.
Cheered for "Mistah Johnsing."
''Artie" Smith Of o street alley went
down for thirty days in default OF a
ten-doliar fine for standing at the mouth
OF the alley and yelling the name of the
victorious pugilist until two policemen
loaded him in patrol wagon after he
refused to curb his joy
He was shouting Johnsing, Johnsing,
Mistah Johnsing," said q bluecoat And
insisted he had pugilistic aspirations
himself
And ! has the prisoner interrupted.
The policemen told the court "Artie'
was full of bad whisky-and possibly CO.
caine. they said.
charge of melting a riot lodged
against Wesley w. Ryan. a young white
man. was dismissed by the court because
it could not be shown that Ryan was
an actual participant of the trouble that
ended in his arrest. Sixth precinct po-
llcemen told the court crowd of white
men lay in wait for colored youths in
the locality of Sd and b streets last night
and deliberately started fights with them.
Ryan was arrested in the midst of. q wild
scramble between dozen white youths
and several colored men.
These fellows were too much for us. -
said Sergt. Murphy. They were sharp
enough to start trouble when no officer
was around, and when we broke it up
it was impossible to find out who were
the ringleaders.'
Overcome by Good News.
For insisting upon telling everybody he
met all about Johnson's victory and
making a general nuisance Of himself
last night on 9TH street, Judge Pugh adj
judged Richard Washington guilty of dis.
orderly conduct. and sent him to the
workhouse for fifteen days. Washing
ton explained he heard the good news at
one of the newspaper bulletin boards. and
was hurrying to the neighborhood where
he lives to tell his friends about 1t.
I'm a great admirer of Johnson, and
guess I stopped on the way" Richard
CAptdlucQ.
johnson can't help you now" re-
marked the court. Sorry. It's five dol
lars OF fifteen days. Next time he wins
keep sober
Only a few instances in which per-
sons violated he safe and sane pro-
against explosives came to the
knowledge of the police. In one case.
however. the victim came near losing
his eyesight. He was Jackson Grove.
thirty-one years old, of 81 N street
southeast. The bursting of a toy cannon
resulted in his eyes being burned by
the powder and he had to be taken to
the Casualty Hospital for treatment.
Physicians at the hospital said this
morning that the powder was removed
from his eye without his sight hav.
ing been impaired.
Took His in dope"
George Simms. colored. thirty-five years
old, who resides at 137 Van street, was
one of the many persons treated at the
Casualty Hospital. He was suffering
from an overdose of cocaine. George
told the physicians that he felt SO high
ly elated over the result of the big fight
that he thought he would increase his
happiness by taking little coke His
condition was not serious. and he was
able to leave the hospital this morning.
said Maj. Sylvester today. yesterday
would have been the quietest Fourth
ever experienced here. Last year the day
was a quiet one. Yesterday there were
many more celebrations than We had
year ago. but up TO the time the result
of the fight was announced there had
been not the slightest bit OF trouble.