The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
aAN "Good Morning, Judge"
NN Human Interest Stories Of By
w Police Court Happenings. PERKINS PERKINS
RUDOLPH
PERKINS

Andrew was arrested Friday eye-
ming. He had run afoul of so many
Policemen that he just expressed him
self very forcefully when he saw one
that evening.
He was dressed up ike a seidlltz
powder. very fuzzy like. He had no
home. no job, and still he was all
dolled up. He was a mystery until
the court found out that he shot crap.
Then 1t all as clear as daylight.
And now for ninety days Andrew will
have to leave of his fancy vest. his
brown derby, spats, wrist watch and
swagger stick and wash dishes at the
workhouse.
The Bold Bad Bandits.
Harold Stewart had just gotten paid
of at the steel plant. He trotted
home. jingling his money In his pocket.
When about few squares near
home Percy Jefferson and Edward
Digs approached him and asked for
the loan OF a nickel Harold said he
was dead broke.
Now, Niger, doan yo' string muh
lax dat; CANT All hear dat money
jinglin' in yo' pocket?" said Diggs.
That remark was signal for a hall
dozen husky colored boys to jump on
Harold and take away all his s17.
every cent.
He hollered murder. but what was
the use? No one heard him. He
rushed to the station house, got the
cops on the tracks Of the highway
men.
Jefferson and Diggs were the only
men the CO.'S could find.
Prosecutor Given asked 5000 bond
for each for the grand jury.
Vengeance Is Mine. Yes, No.
"Jedge. dis woman had been AKIN
me 70 to cum see her 70 a long time.
All cum last Wednesday. en- she wuz
drunk. All seen nah husban' dere
en- All tries to git him to cum home
en- he wouldn't do 1t. Den All ketches
holt of him to mex him cum en- dis
woman ups en- hits me wild dis brick"
Poor child. For several weeks Ruth
Masters had been Turing the husband
Of Viola Mankin away from home.
Rsth had it in for Viola and made
eyes at her husband on purpose.
Her scheme was to bring Viola
down to her house and let her see
her husband there with her (Ruth's)
arm around him. Her revenge would
be complete. she thought.
But hubby was a pussyfooter. He
was afraid of what his wife might
do to him. But Ruth yanked him in
anyhow and the scrap ensued.
He came down alright, but he was
behaving himself when Viola came
In. Ruth's hold on him amounted 10
something when Viola tried to pull
him away.
Ruth has thirty days to learn to
let the other women's husbands alone.
Mysterious Rosie.
During the last few days John Snow
had been keeping company with Ro-
sic Randolph. He had introduced
himself to her at the cabaret show.
Thursday night he was walking
along Florida avenue and some boys
gave him the ha-ha. He looked
around. but he couldn't see what they
were laughing at. He looked him
self over and looked Rosie over.
Everything was all right as far as he
could see.
When he got to Eleventh street some
more boys and men laughed at him.
All the time Rosie was getting nerv-
Gus and ,aution;ng him not to pay
any attention.
he excused himself q minute and
walked over to man at the corner
and demanded an explanation. They
whispered in each others ears. He
came back and IN formed Rosie that
he had remembered an important en-
gagement and had to leave immedl-
ately.
Rosie sold nothing, but she brought
her umbrella Gown over his head,
broke his new derby. knocked his
sheii-rinmed glasses all over the
street.
In court 1t was all mystery what
was wrong. John had no explana-
tion. except to ask the court not
to be too hard on Rosie Ten dol
lars fine.