The Washington herald., 1917-06-23
RAPID FIRE ATTACK
ON BUSKY AFFINITY
Brick and Coal Hod Fired at Clara
Matthews.

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A brick. q coal hod, and the head Of
Clara Matthews came together last
Thursday under very peculiar cireun-
stances Clara was standing on Z
street southwest, having q heart-to-
heart talk with her sweetheart, at
least Clara said he was her sweet
heart. when up walked Dolores Mur-
ply, q sad-faced colored woman.
Dolores wanted to know what Clara
was doing with her husband. At this
question Clara tainted. She thought
John Hem was single and unattached.
She told Dolores 80, but the latter
didn't wait for an explanation. She
box and then q coal hod from the side
OF the fence. These weapons both
left marks on Clara's head.
Dolores paid fine Of $40 and dragged
John back to his seven children
Deceptive Label His Downfall
william Hunksl until yesterday
didn't know the difference between
ginger ale and whiskey. William
thought he was imbibing the soft
drink, because IL was poured from a
ginger ale bottle. William couldn't
account for the strange feeling he ex-
perienced after taking a few drinks
from an otherwise innocent-looking
receptacle with ginger ale label
He did not stop to ngurs out where
Il came from or who gave it to him.
He lay down and went to sleep, and
when he woke up he tried to drink up
all the water in the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. A policeman saw him,
and, having no desire to see the canal
boats high and dry. arrested him; The
court sent William down for thirty
but Just "gingerized-" Now he's "Oc-
coouaniLed" !"
Drink and LIes Prove Costly.
Being intoxicated is not a very
serious offense,- but coupled with lies
Il proved to be expensive for Timothy
Daley and Pat O'Brien, the latter a
soldier, In Police Court yesterday
morning. Detective Serivener arrested
them, along with Wilmer Donohue, on
the Conduit road Thursday afternoon.
The three men had imbibed most OF
quart Of whiskey and were worrying
passersby and interfering with auto
mobiles. The court had INTENDED
placing O'Brien on probation, but he
and Daley told so many lies the court
so, with an alternative Of three
Donohue was charged with being
drunk and unlawfully wearing the
uniform OF a United States soldier.
He admitted having bought the
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belonging to his brother. and swore
that all three were drunk. When
asked what business he had with a
Uniform on. without being an enlisted
man he said his other trousers were
torn.
The court said this was no excuse.
The trio had sought out, according
to Donohue, quiet spot along the
Conduit road where they thought they
would not be molested and started in
to get drunk. Donohue We fined So
for unlawfully wearing the uniform
and so for being drunk.
Police Batter Fined.
Ambrose Wheeler has a ticklish dis
position. He also has a pair Of very
hard fists. He tried them out on Pc.
nceman W. B. HubbS at First and
Canal streets southwest Thursday
when the policeman insisted that Am
brose move on Ambrose fought well
but was finally subdued. A passerby,
who attempted to aid the officer. was
taken in charge by friends Of Ambrose
In court yesterday, Ambrose insisted
on his rights to stand where he
pleased. Judge Pugh fined him SD for
assaulting a policeman.
Ernest "LIfts, n Board.
Some shirts are made large enough
to hide a good many things, but there
are none big enough to hide a twelve
foot piece OF flooring. Ernest Bow
man found this out to his sorrow
when he attempted to run of with a
Ions board in Southwest Washington
last Thursday. Earnest lifted" the
board from the wakOn OF Galliher' S
lumber yard and started away just the
same as II he had nothing bulging
out from under his shirt.
He was arrested. but irSisted that
the lumber slipped off the Wa gOn. The
court was convinced that the board
might have slipped, but it was aided
and abetted by Ernest and he was
hned 40