The Washington herald., 1917-07-03
GIN PROVES COSTLY
To SUNDAY SELLER
Half Pint Costs Law Violator $500
in Police Court.

' The most expensive half pint Of gin
yet recorded in the Police Court was
witness against Oscar Glenn.
If 1t had not been for a marked
quarter Oscar would not be in Jail
doing time. He was a go-between for
some of his friends and an unknown
person, who carried stock of gin
with him. Sunday one of Oscars
| friends gave him a quarter and asked
for a half pint of gin in return. The
! gin was produced after a few sleight-
of-hand movements by Oscar, and a
policeman strolled UP just in time to
/ witness the exchange of money for
the gin. Oscar argued and argued,
but he could not convince the court,
and the court fined him $500.
Desire for Chicken Cost SO.
| A live chicken can walk across the
road, but a dead one must be carried
or slung across. This is Judge Pugh's
opinion on the transportation of poul-
/ try. Bertha Wallace bought four
chickens Saturday night. intending to
have a feast the next day. She left
! them in a coop in her yard and went
ont to get some wood. While she was
gone Jim Towsill, who happened to
be hungry and liked chicken, anyhow,
| opened the coop, wrung the chickens
necks and secreted them in his house.
/ lie put their feathers in the stove and
threw the heads away. When Bertha
/ returned her chickens were gone, but
! she smelt feathers burning next door
and Investigated. Jim insisted the
chickens flew over to him, but evil
Gence showed that they were dead be-
fore they left the owners yard. The
court would not believe that a dead
chicken could navigate and fined
Jim SO.
Whipped All In Sight.
As an appetizer, Percy Morton
whips a man every morning just be-
fore breakfast. He has whipped near
ly everybody in the neighborhood.
Once In awhile a neighbor will not
stay whipped and Percy has to do the
job all over again. On Sunday morn
ing Percy had thrashed everyone in
sight and looked around for more. His
wife was the only person he had not
beat and he began on her. Charlie
Colbert strolled around and cautioned
Percy that 1t was not altogether
proper to beat a lady. Without an
swering Charlie, Percy picked up a
chair and hit him in the eye with II
and almost put his eye out.
Judge Pugh thought it best for
Percy to divert some of his extra
energy to Mr.. whittaker's farm at
Occoquan and fined him $25, which he
did not have.
/ Claude Challenges Policeman.
Without any previous introduction,
Claude Fillius challenged a police
man on Seventh street SafIrda v
night to walk a straighter line than
he could. The policeman said moth
ing but watched Claude walk every
where but on the line on the con-
crete sidewalk. Very soon Claude's
feet. being very unsteady went from
under him and he fell and broke a
pink bottle in his hip pocket. He
didn't mind being arrested, but the
losing of a perfectly good half-pint
of nine-year-old whisky was too
much for Claude. He swore, and the
policeman arrested him. The court
sent him to Occoquan for thirty days.
Crnp Game Cost IS.
Fred Goodall could outshoot crap
with anyone he had ever heard of. He
didn't even have to work, because
his winnings more than supported
him. Not long ago, he heard Of a
woman crapshooter who could out
shoot the. man who invented craps.
Fred introduced himself to her IN
MAYORS alley, Sunday morning, and
a game began. Just at a time when
Fred was so absorbed in the game that
he was oblivious to all the world,
his female companion and every one