The Washington herald., 1917-08-08
she P.IIed His Leg,

John Williams was driving his wag-
on along M street in Georgetown the
other day when q woman walked up
and said she wanted to speak to him.
John said nothing, knowing that Clara
Payton, the woman. would speak any
how. SO he sat and listened. Clara
insisted that John had some mating
that belonged to her and she intended
to get 1t. John started to drive on and
Clara caught him by the leg and
started to drag him of the wagon
John refused to bulge SO Clara got
some stones and started to knock him
on. One by one the stones bounced
OF his head until he almost had q
wagon load. Then he called a cop.
The cop had hard time on convince
Clara that Johns head was no target
and when she refused to believe II
he was compelled to arrest her. This
little offense and more serious one
stood Clara just SIS.
Bill Il In Again.
Monday noon Bill Drexel left his
bicycle outside of an F street store
and went inside to look for a job.
He was inside an hour or so and he
got the job and came out again. His
bicycle was gone and Bill 'hollered'
murder for awhile, then finally called
! cop. Bill and the cop stalked around
for awhile until they spied Bill Har-
ris trying to sell the wheel just the
same as IL he actually owned 1t.
And this is the reason Bill Harris
landed in Police Court. Bill hasn't
been out of the reform school very
long and he couldn't account for his
actions SO the court sent him down
for thirty days and will further in
vestigate his record.
Persistent Theodore.
Henry Rowlett is putting up build
ing on o street northwest and once
In awhile he needs a man to do
odd jobs on the place. Theodore Folk
came hunting for a job and when
Rowlett looked him over he told him
to vamoose as he didn't want him.
Folk thought that Rowlett didn't know
what he wanted and he came around
again.
He was put out that time and he
came around again at night and had
an argument with the watchman and
was thrown out. He came dound again
next day and Rowlett asked him what
he was doing snooping around his
building and then Folk shot out his
fist and Rowlett got hurt. This was
fine way to treat a prospective en-
ployer, the court. thought, and as
Folk seemed overanxious to work
he was fined $40. which he didn't have.
and he went down for thirty days.
Sam Gets Slammed.
There is so much work running
around that Sam Chase has to keep
on a chase to keep away from 1t. We
would never have known this IL Sam
hadn't gotten hold OF a razor to keep
"Old Man Hard Work" away from
him with. Monday night he slept
in Judiciary Square with the sky for
roof and a newspaper for a cover
and hadn't long been unconscious when
he felt a night-stick on the bottom
of his feet.
'Ah was born In this here country
and All has a right to Sleep" Sam
told the cop. You can sleep alright" I"
said the cop, 'in the nice soft bed
where am going to take you" Sam
went to the lookup and was searched
and razor was found on him. 1t
cost Sam just $50 for a few minutes
snooze on a hard park bench. Think
what he might have saved had he
gone to the willNd or some other
place where he could have had a valet
to dress him in the morning all for
the same price.
Cigarettes IS Each.
It all started because of a cigar
ette. On Sheridan road in Anacostia
there is small pile of bricks lying
by the wayside especially for any one
who comes along and needs exercise.
On Monday evening Dave Roy was
walking one way on the road and
Lawrence Lee the other way. Dave
asked Lee for a cigarette. Lee told
him to go where everybody smoked
when they got there and as luck would
have it both were passing this pile
Of bricks.
1t seems everybody that has fuss,
times 1t so that they pass this pile
of bricks just when the argument Is
hottest. The bricks began to fly for
awhile and then Dave had Lee down
on the road using him for a road
roller and when Lee came too he had
Dave arrested and Dave Is out IS
bill
The jones' Brigade.
Tom Jones. Lottie Jones and Lottie
Jones again and another Jones, COM
prising most of the Jones family, all
got arrested for fighting with Sadie
Jefferson in Cedar street. Some of
the Jones children had some words
with a child belonging to Sadie and
the parents were foolish enough to
try to straighten out the tangle. A
shoe and a milk bottle were used on
Sadie's "haid - she said and the whole
Jones family jumped on her and were
about to murder her when they
changed their minds.