The Washington herald., 1917-09-01
Good Morning, Judge
Human Interest Stories Of .,,ra, sy
Police Court Happenings. ~ PERKINS
RUDOLPH
PERKINS

good record and the reluctance Of
Henry to say much about It, since the
ring was recovered, suspended . 20
day sentence.
Justsa Bit Of . Fight.
..Mistah Jedge. All was sitting on
NAH front poach and dis yere womun
jer," said Lucy Roberts pointing at
Agnes simms. Agnes scowled and
turned her head. Lucy started to un-
, button and show the court the teeth
marks but the court decided to take
her word for it. Some trouble oc-
cured over the children Of the two
women out In Parker street They
lived next door to each other and
1t was no time at. all before they
were clinched and biting. Agnes said
she wasn't hungry but II she hadn't
bit Lucy she would have been bitten.
Neither woman knew much about
, using their fists and probably never
thought OF hair pulling and it hap
pened that Agnes's teeth got there
first. The court advised her to move
away from that neighborhood as 1t
was likely that there would be more
trouble and Agnes was sentenced to
thirty days which was suspended.
No. she Didn't Cuss.
ledge, All neber cussed in all NAH
born days, All goes to church eber
Sunday and twicet doin de week and
dis yere policemans he dosn know q
d. thing about it." Rosie Barnes
meant these words, too. Last Thurs
day Rosie and another woman were
arguing about the noble qualities Of
their husbands and before they got
very far Rosie told the other woman
she was going to set her husband
on him (the other woman's husbanD
and settle the argument.
"Awright sen him round. he's got
as much show as a ribbit wild a
paper shirt on in n" replied her
antagonist. This was too much for
Rosie and she started in to swear
right and left. She called the other
woman everything imaginable and
some things unimaginable. Her little
slip of the tongue betrayed her and
she was fined IS,
An American Tank.
"oh. Judge, Your Honor, turn me
loose,
And I'll stick to the old grape juice"
This is what Ed. Isleworth told
Judge Pugh yesterday morning when
he was arraigned for drinking liquor
in public. A soldier named Law
renee Weldon, he said. had enticed
him to drink while they were seated
in Seaton Park Thursday afternoon.
Weldon was going away and he in
vited Ed to drink to the success Of
the transport and to the bad luck of
the Hun submarine. A cop noticed
their elbows working up and down
and seeing bottles in their right hands
he deduced that they were drinking.
and sure enough they were. Judge
Pugh took the solemn promise Of both
men to board the grape juice cart
right away and paroled them.
Not Yet, But Soon, Maybe.
Some women are wearing trousers,
but 1t hasn't got SO bad that the
| everyday woman is wearing 'em.
Bertha Montgomery was accused OF
swiping a pair from Ulysses Wood
who roomed in the same house. Ac-
cording to Ulysses story Bertha was
cleaning up his room and saw his
| trousers on the wall and put 'em on
and went out.
Bertha said she ''neber," and be-
sides she didn't know how to wear
'em. The pants are still missing. They
couldn't find 'em on Bertha, and IL
they did they would be loose around
the neck. as they are just about IA
sizes too large. Bertha was let go. and
for all we know. Ulysses Is looking
at every woman he passes.