The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
fAg Good Morning, Judge
THW Human Interest Stories of By
TK Police Court Happenings. PERKINS
BY
RUDOLPH
PERKINS

/ OF 1t. Arthur Montgomery knows
this and since he is sweet on Rosie
he headed hcr off Friday evening.
"Ah wants to be you escoht." said
Arthur.
"Ah doen need no such cum
brance," replied Rosie. Arthur, how
ever. in his drunken condition in
sisted too much. He chased Rosie
around the plaza with a knife and
passersby had to interfere to keep
him from cutting Rosie.
AS it was he cut off her shirt
waist and was about to go to work
on the rest of her clothes when the
cop grabbed him. Rosie told the
court that Arthur was not in her
"set" and that she didn't care what
they did with him. Judge Pugh
sent him down the river for sixty
days.
Tom Lost His Name.
Now isn't 1t nice to see a great
big man lay down on the sidewalk
and holler like a contrary baby.
Yet 1t happened, Tom Corriden was
walking along Four-and- Half
street Friday night about midnight
butting into trees and stumbling
over his own feet. A policeman
picked him up and cautioned him
about looking upon the wine when
1t was red and all that sort of
thing, but on second thought he
decided to lock him up.
People who live in that neighbor-
hood sleep at night like other folks.
but Tom didn't know it and he set
up a howl. just like a baby does
when it finds out that it can't have
the moon. Then he laid down on
the sidewalk and howIed some
more. not for his mama. but for his
bottle. Folks put their heads out
of the window and asked the cop
II that child had no mother. And
so he was adopted by the police de-
partment because he didn't have
SIS.
UngrncefuI Grace.
Wherever Bears Gap is, is where
Grace Lee hangs out when she has
nothing else to do. Since she first
recited her piece in Sunday school
twenty years ago. Grace hasn't done
a lick of work. Then the question
is how does she get her eats and
clothes? She begs. borrows and
takes. A week ago Policeman jack
son lOlu NTdCc ne was llIGu ntT
hanging around the streets and, told
her to get Job or he would pinch
her. But you can't shake a habit
of twenty years in a week. unless
you die.
And Grace certainly wasn't think
ing about doing anything SO out of
date as all that and she just said
"ha. ha," to Jackson and he said "ha,
ha, who?" and dumped her into the
wagon and she went down to Deco
quan for sixty days on the 4 o'clock
train yesterday afternoon.
Henry's In the JaiIhouse.
While the country is having spasms
trying to secure workmen for all sorts
of work, Henry Wilson is going
around looking for Job and at the
same time wishing he will never find
it. He was doing this until Friday
night. Why should Henry work when
he can panhandle enough cash to buy
some lunch and drink it?
Henry did this for some time, and
he looked like a man that had just
escaped from a Hun prison camp.
He was thoughtless enough to stop
at Seventh and the Avenue and right
in front of a cop he began TO beg.
The court couldn't see what a great
big six-cylinder man wants with a
one-cylinder job, and Henry was sent
to the jailhouse for sixty days, where
he will be taught how to wrestle
with a pick and shovel.
Bill Was Bully.
There is something to be learned
every day. Down in Dixon court
on Friday afternoon a crowd had
gathered to hear Bill Taylor tell how
he bit brick house into little pieces.
and Policeman Carol came up and
said Move on, you are blocking traf-
fic." Bill stood still; he was scared
OF nothing. Not even a COP.
The rest of the crowd had sense
enough to move. as they had gotten
just about enough of Bill. The cop
came up and was informed by Bill
that IL he wanted to take him away
to send for the reserves, as he was
capable of taking care of three or
four cops. Carroll, while he is not
from Missouri. had to be shown. and
he grabbed Bill and put him in the
wagon, handling him as IL he were
a dollbaby. And Bill had to pay SIS
to be taught something that he should
have known anyhow.