The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
Good Morning Judge
Human Interest Stories of
Police Court Happenings.
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS.
The Nerye OF Some Pe.rI,,

1
The Nerve of Some People.
For several moons past Rufus Mad
den had been threatening 10 take
Roberta, his sweetheart. a'ridinz in
his tin lizzie. Roberta was ticlxled TO
death. Monday afternoon he made
good the threat and notified Roberta.
who bundled up and brought her other
beau along TO Rufus house and got
ready to board the lizzie. Rufus got
20 mad when he saw the other man
he couldn't talk. Finally he blurted
out. do 20 think Aim runnin' a lit
ney bus?" Roberta replied with some
remark that sounded like love me,
love my dog"
The other man sat there like a fried
clam and Roberta did. too. Rufus or
cered them out of the machine. Tho
man got up and left, wisely enough.
but Roberta sat there, and Rufus
yanked her by the hair and sprawled
her all over the street. She called 10
her other beau for help, but he VAS
six blocks away. He knew what was
coming. The court cautioned Rufus
about rough-necking the girls and
fined him so.
A Boob There Was.
Some day John Trew was TO be mar
r1ed. He saved his money. When he
got as much as 81 he asked Madeline
Reese TO keep Il for him. Madeline
/ was the woman he was TO take for
peter or for worse. She took the
money. A week after this John need
ed " and asked her for # She went
In the house to get il and beat IL out
OF the back door. John hung around
Ike stray dog for awhile and GOT a
little anxious.
a woman next door whispered some
thing in his ear. and he ran like a
deer to certain lunchroou ana there
was Madeline trying TO get 81 from
The man 70 whom she gave Johns
money. The man was broke. ana no.
sloes ne was through with Madeline.
IL al dawned on John in a minute.
ana he picked up a coffee mug and
broke 1t over his head. Madeline
screamed and John waIloped her in,
me nsser. Judge Pugh suspended a
shty-oay sentence. thinking that he
hao already learned one lesson
John Was a Hustler.
John Norris did the Remarkable
stunt Of setting soused, robbinr . ,,,sn
OF dollar watch and slsppinr, = 60,
In the face all in one minute. Mon.
Gay afternoon, in Brewers court po-
heeman Strang noticed a confusion
ana went after IT, He quoted eyerr-
one out John, and he was foolish
Johh swallowed half a pint al opa
CUP swlped a neighbor's dollar watch
ana as he was nabbed by a con he
oo1eo MN In the jaw. This all han
peneo so quick Il didn't seer, -
4 80
Sohn threw IL away and IL never &C.,
broke when il fell on the br3cLr. -
poor boob will have six nontb, -
think over the reason wbv he 49,.
move on when he was told
Jus Rubbing IL In.
one day last winter when the snow
was on the ground and the snow mr.,
hopping around Maize Hibbs wen, c.II-
ing on Susie Roberts. After a fo,,.
nov j. yos' and "Ahm right sr,.L.
ohahks, Maize borrowed 81 ana We,
80 aLtef awhile Susie missed Sow
eraI little things, but didn't come,
s win them at all. Sunday nirbt
was walking on Ninth street
-. NAazie with some OF her jevA
! Susie's escort suggested .,,f..
ing. but he forgot he uss ,,o,-t.. -
with an enraSed woman a. ,,-l-
neared them. Susie slsmD,e5 - IS
the mead with a heavy mesh bor -
summed her. Some lick No. -.
70 the courthouse the next y, -
CID the usual thing. The com, -.
Susies personal bonds NOT - -.
matters In her own hands sgsin
A Double Draft.
Jedse, All had jes' been psi5 o-
An goes into de bar to get, Mr.
orlhK' en- dis yere man axed me -
oiine' en- All tells him An aipt cot
! no oltne' en- he SEE de h 70 sint IN
De h All amt is right
e an Sole MIN he shouldn't hang
aroun' barrooms akin peopIe for
money, en- den he got smabt en- c-srL-
Cd me on NAH bean vid his f5st
| Fred Saunders came within the Vi
SION OF Aaron King Monday after-
/ noon and Aaron was thirsty ana cot
( very peeved when Fred wouldn't sun
| ply the drink. Every time FREQ GOT
oanh roll, there was always a bar
ny or two watching him. Aaron told
Judge Pugh that he was drafted for
the army, but the court drafted him
| FOR four months in the lockstep bri-
sade at Occoquan.
That Cabaret jag:
There is something infectious IN
cabaret music. Maybe it is the Jazz
band. Coming out Of the Florida ave
; nue. cabaret Monday night George
Carr almost knocked the electric light
pole over, slammed an old man over
the head, whooped Up the street and
stopped in front OF a Chinese Joint.
he wanted to pull pigtails but they
we're not there.
The Chinaman HI yi-ed him out OF
the place and he beat il on I'd Eighth
street By this time he had come IN
der the surveillance OF a cop. He
broke through the door Of a house in
Eighth street and as the COP grabbed
him he picked up chair and let the
cop have it over the head. Judge
Pugh hates to see the police get all
crippled up and fined George SO and
sent him down for sixty days.
And November Ia Near.
Several weeks ago Beatrice Hender-
son called Agnes Simms a scandalous
name. The two girls work in the
same laundry, but neither could wash
out the in-feeling resulting from the
calling Of said name. Monday even
ing Agnes walked up to Beatrice and
demanded an explanation. Beatrice in
| stead Of picking up a fistiron Cthe
laundry was lousy with END, she
broke a perfectly good bottle Of gin
| over Agnes head and almost drowned
/ her.
Judge Pugh told Beatrice thst she =
couldn't have picked out a safer place
to hit her. The worst part OF Il was
that Agnes might catch cold from the
! drenching. Poor little Agnes had