The Washington herald., 1918-02-02

Judge, All maybe a little hard of
heerin', but All heerd wot dat man
said about me. All also heerd him
say he was gwine shoot me-"
Milton Ball miscalculated the
distance between himself and Esther
Thomas when he let loose some
very uncomplimentary remarks
about Esther.
( He thought she was deaf enough
to miss them. But she heard every
word.
He had said things before and
Esther didn't hear them.
No one around Esther ever
thought that she could hear as well
as she says she can.
She called Milton down about the
ungentlemanly remark.
For a few minutes Milton was
Very much shocked to think that
Esther had heard what he said
about her, because the remark was
very, very scandalous, though un-
true.
He had no doubts about her hear
ing when he threatened to shoot
her head OF. He had intended her
to hear that.
The court made sure that Milton
heard when it told him to furnish
a $500 bond or go to jail for 60 days.
George Does II.
1t Is bad enough when the Ninth
street cars get tied up on their own
hook, let alone some outsider COM
ing along and doing it.
At IL o'clock Thursday night,
George Burns, minus his skid
chains. was staggering up the
street.
Finding the sidewalks too slip
perry, George got out in the car
tracks.
He found walking there just as
bad as on the sidewalk.
When he got to E street he slip
ped. A car coming behind him stop
ped just in time to keep from run
ming on his heels.
The motorman got off and threw
him of the track. So did another
motorman. Several more had to do
the same stunt.
Finally the railroad company got
tired of this sort of thing and sum-
moned Policeman Burke.
Thinking him an angel, George
wanted to hug the policeman.
1t was all the fault of squirrel
whiskey. George told the court.
The court told George to begin
on grounding day and serve a
30-day sentence, or he might pay a
s25 fine.
Sister Susie's Sin.
Susie Eeith came from North Caro-
lima about two months ago.
Her cousin. Ella Turner. came along
with her. And both got jobs in the
same hotel
One day Ella received nearly s. in
tips. She was a very obliging girl,
this Ella was.
On the other hand Susie didn't seem
to care whether she pleased her en-
ployer or the hotel patrons. She was
Indifferent altogether.
The fact that Ella got tips and she
did not got on Susie's nerves.
Wednesday morning rs Ella looked
in her purse to pay for a purchase she
discovered that it was bone dry.
She told Susie about it. Susie turned
up her nose and let Ella understand
that she was glad of 1t.
This set Ella to thinking, with the
result that Susie was nabbed and
the money found in the First National
Bank
They found nearly S11, all of which
were tips given to Ella by the hotel
| guests,
Susie didn't want to see her friend
go to jail, she told the court, even
though she had played a mean trick
on her.
And so the court suspended sixty
day sentence.
Albert Is Wise Now,
Albert Black. wanted in Baltimore
for an alleged theft of suit case full
of booze. has n mighty poor opinion
of the police force of Washington.
Baltimore got too hot for Al.
Everywhere he went he would find
a cop on the lookout for him.
He came on to this city. He didn't
have sense enough to know that our
bluecoats are always ready to help
out their brothers in Baltimore.
To avoid a surprise Albert bought
gun and enough cartridges to kill
regiment Of cops.
He was ready to take a pot shot at
the first cop that looked cross-eyed at
him.
On Thursday night Policeman Har-
ney received notice that Albert was
TO be picked up.
Hearing a lot of noise in a near
beer saloon Harvey looked in and
saw a man that fitted his description
OF Albert
He grabbed him as he came out
in his hind pocket was the gun