Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
SENDING 81 LACKERS
TO W0RKHOUSE
ldlers Find Rough Travelling
When Caught by the
Police.

Slackcrs or idlers between the ages ol i
and s. wears are being sent To the WORK
house under 81 900 bail bv Judge hlrch
man of the Citv Court for the ourl "'
General Sessions Two men got TINS s d'lse
this morning when arraigned III -, -,
Court, on charge 1Df violating m m "i",, ~
OF the State Council of Defense nc IT,, IT,,
were Hugh Fox. who IS one ol the ir'''ii'k m
members of the court 5 jag hs'. ~ viz -, 'n
been before the Judges thirty '''lnl
charges of drunkenness ana ,,.,,,
conduct Hugh told the cnurt ''''i' :. ,be
sick but Harry +. Mellon I" N""'I Inn
Council assigned Fox To work ~ H.,
bcr NJ S3O y week told the c"uI =. '''''t
,.cstordav morning Hugh called MN on
tho 'phonc and sand that he was s'cNi p,''
no was found in his old haunts iat'r ~ inc
dav since being assigned to me loo ~
Nj NcIlon's nine davs ago, the defendant
bad worked five and the Judges SAID that
would not 10 Al, II,
et ooo ba,l for the Court n9 General
Sessions on like charge. Isaac liall"m,
of the Brandvw1nc division. of tho T. l.
a., Po,t 40 Ncmours Company. told the
eourt thot the man has been assigned TO
him for work sometime ago, bui had SO
far failed to appear. A charge OF the same
nature against Warren W lcrgcr. was
hold for a week. To see If the man would
work. with n warming that il he did not ,
he would go 10 the workhousc
The police authorities arc nf the opinion
that the arrest of Martin Daley by
Patrolman Wallace Yesterday will clear
up the trouble that pick-poCkcts have
been causing in this city They believe
that Daley is well vcrscd in the art
The man yesterday took the pockethook
OF Mrs Ella Fouracrc from her pocket.
khile she was standing AZ Fourth and
Market streets The woman felt the man
put his hand IN her pocket and Mt once
started to follow HIM. She followed hun
down Fourth street to King - Front and
there put Patrolman Wallace on hIs trail.
and when the man was arrested. hc WAS
found To have Mrs Fou.Cre pocket
book ON has possession with the Sl92J
il had IN II Daley made no statement
when arragncd and was held under $500
bail for the Court Of General Sessions
II amt swearing man Aovandcr
TCllver. Negro told Judge llclhngs.
when arraigncd on = charg" If breach "t
the peace, preferred l,y I.ottlc Wilson,
also colored. who claimed that the de
fendant abused her with his tongue
Tolliver Is minister. according 10 the
for 20 wears Ills wife sand III take my
oath on a stack Of Bibles a~ high ~ this
house. my husband ain I 4 swearing man
the Judge gave Alcxander tho benefit ot
tho doubt and hc va, dismissed
Iinos of $50 and costs were imposed IN
the cases of assault and battery against
Nalvrn Pulowsk and John BurnoWskl
which were preferred by John IiIrkowskl
a constable Tho constable SAID that he
was passing Fourth and Orange streets
last night. when attacked by the two mon
and he had to use ms blackjack and signal
to Patrolman Bradford for help, to arrest
the men The patrolman stated that he
had TO put tho prisoners on the ground and
hold them until the patrol came
Marian Sousa and Manuel Aria were
each held under $500 bail for the grand
jury, on charge of larceny Of watch
from Isaac ! Collins
Tho charge of cmbezzlemcnt against
Annie Bclltut was dismissed Harry llm-
bert charged that the woman kept $40 70
the change from $50 belonging 70 hum,
after he had made purchase IN her store
Isaiah Ballet Negro. told the court
that he Was in the store ct tho time ot the
occurrence and that Mrs Rcllhnt told
limbcrt that his change was ready and
laid il on the counter. and that another
man picked it up and boltcd ont Of the
store
Thomas Beckman Negro was ordered
turned over to his local board, IS he had o
60 away In the draft this afternoon He
was charged with assault and battery by
Flbcri Glib rs also col0rcd.