The Washington herald., 1917-08-23
Good Morning, Judge
Human Interest Stories Of 49, By
Police Court Happenings. PERKINS PERKINS

the cooler. And she didn't have the
% to pay her fine. either.
The villain Was FeiIed.
Henry Barry had an argument with
some boys In Georgetown the other
day and 1t didn't end Just right,
Henry thought. The next day he
tried to buy a gun, but the store
keeper was suspicious and refused to
be party to a heinous crime. This
made Henry sore and he told the
man what he thought of him.
The storekeeper made a mysterious
sign and Detective Scrivener hoped
In and grabbed Henry. His whole
plan for vengeance gone to the bow
vows, Henry got riled and soaked
Scrivener in the back of the neck
and did several other little offensive
things. Some of his friends butt in
and for little while things hum
med, but Scrivener got his man to
the box and the lookup. As 1t was
HenSy's first offense he was given a.
thirty-day sentence, the execution
of which was suspended.
Toot. Toot, He's Gone Away.
The war has made everything 20
up. 1t now costs SIS to sleep on a
park bench, an6 we don't dare men,
ton what the Willard would charge
to allow you to sleep on the cellar
steps. Harry Mccarthy did not have
the price to go to that swell hosiery
and he laid his weary head on a
bench in the Smithsonian Grounds. A
cop was walking about 100 feet away
and he thought that he must be near
a distillery.
No. quite. but the air was SO
strong, that he had to remove Harry
before other people in that locality
began to stagger. He lifted Harry
gently so as not to spill anything
and deposited him on a silk quilt in
the patrol wagon. As Harry visited
the court only last Monday Judge
Pugh said SIS or ninety days.
Might Work In Florida.
Homer Cieghorn came up from
Florida a few days ago to Join the
army. He had been turned down in
Florida because he lacked a few
pounds, and he was directed to Wash
ington to try his luck again. He never
thought of eating raw eggs and milk
to increase his weight, but he did load
up on some stun that went to his
head.
Nevertheless he added a few pounds,
but it didn't stay with him very long
and he had to do 1t all over again
several times. His feet were not used
to carrying the additional weight
and they went back on him. Judge
Pugh told him that milk and eggs
were cheaper and more nourishing
and they have never yet been known
to go to a mans head. But Homer
pleaded to be allowed to fight the
Huns and on his promise to board
the water wagon he was placed on
probation.
Close Shave for Bob.
Tuesday afternoon a man ran ex-
citedly to Policeman Rosenberg, and
told him that Bob Dawson was about
to make mincemeat out OF him with
a razor. Rosenberg ran to the rescue
and found Bob standing with his
razor already for the fray and gave
chase. Bob swore that he bought
the razor of of a hungry man and
was going home to cut his corns.
He threw the razor away when he
ran, but the cop found it. This little
stunt made Bob look suspicious. He
couldn't say what made him run, but
the court surmised that 1t was his
guilty conscience. The stork will
shortly visit Bob's house and Judge
Aukum didn't want him to be away
at the time when the feathers begin
to rustic SO he suspended a thirty
day sentence.