The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
8h "Good Morning, Judge"
TNN Human Interest Stories Of RuDorpgy b
w Police Court Happenings. PERKINS
Another One, Boys.
By
RUDOLPH
PERKINS


Here is another lady who says
the cops want to bIaclxen her repu-
tation.
She is Madeline Shaffer-and oh
boy. she dresses like Valeska Sur
ratt.
But according to the cops-she
doesn't behave like Valeska does.
oh no, not at all.
She's wicked-the cops say-she
never works-she is all the time in
the streets. getting in the way of
the police department.
Not only that. she is q vagrant-
she don't work. she won't work
not even IL a job walked up and
took her by the hand.
She is somewhat of an actress
too-she tried it on the Judge.
Tears. just oceans of tears flowed
when Madeline told the story of her
life.
But the Judge was wise-he has
seen girls like her before.
He knew real acting from stage
acting-and he also knew forced
tears from real tears.
Poor kid-if she had only refrain
ed from trying to fool the court
By the time she serves her sixty
day sentence-she will probably
know better.
Drat Them Women.
One of the 100000 John Smiths of
the United States was before the
court.
This one was a waiter in a dining
car-running from Key West to
Washington.
He took a stroll on Florida avenue
Friday night-went to the movies and
strolled out again.
He met a woman-and she. must
have been a bird.
According to Smiths story she got
his S72 and didn't even say thank
you" She didn't even leave her card.
Policeman Poole says Smith was
drunk-too drunk to take care of HIM
self or his money either.
Smith was going from place to
place on Florida avenue-staggering,
so Poole said.
But Smith says he was looking for
the vampire who robbed him and was
determined to get her and the dough.
He told a straightforward story to
Judge Hardison. He didn't look at
all like habituar bum or drunkard.
And yet the court said that Smiths
loss Of S72 was no occasion to get
picked.
So-alI things considered, the court
released him under suspended SEN
tence.
Careful There, Bean.
1t is a long step from the muddy
tFannhnS in 60 L..
l precinct.
And no one knows that any better
than Lawrence Bean.
Lawrence says he was in Europe
for two years, strafing the Hun. He
enlisted in the Irish service.
Friday night he attended a dance
with some sailor boys.
After the dance the crowd went to
a Yokamee joint.
At half past midnight Bean, accord
ing to Policeman Russell was kick
ing over some lights that had been
placed around an excavation to keep
folks from falling in.
1t is possible that this hole looked
like a trench. Most mudholes do.
Anyhow Russell locked the ma1 up.
He was intoxicated. If we are to be-
lieve Russell, and he cannot tell an
intoxicated former soldier from any
other kind of intoxicated person. No
one else can.
1t would be very hard on our SOL
der boys and those Of our allies IL
We locked up a man who had helped
to spread the doctrine of democracy
over the European battlefields Just
because Of some trifiing offense.
And yet Policeman Russell cannot
be blamed. He did what he saw was
his duty, soldier or no soldier. Rean
was not in uniformly
The court looked at the matter in
just the same manner as you or
would. Bean was released-and told
not to do 1t again.