Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-29
TURN Z SOLDIERS
OVER TO CAPT AIMS;
ONE FIRED WEAPON
Both Drunk, in Uniform and Gre
ated Disorder, Policeman Testitles;
Commanders to unish Them.
WIFE BEATER FINED $500

respective company CothiidHdcS "
CITY Court this morning ON charges
Of being drunk and disordcriy and "lth
carving n weapon concealed and with
discharging a frcarm on the street, Both
pleaded guilty To the charges on which
each was arrested.
Policeman Wallace testified that he
| heard three shots from revolver near
Front and King streets last night and
aurrving thence found the par intoXi-
Gated Wattman waving a ~ railbrf-
revolver IN the air He SAID he tried 70
get the soldiers TO 90 to the barracks
near the PENNSYLVANIA railroad station.
where Wattman said he b. on scd They
cursed him, he said, and he locked them
Several pairs Of dice were found on
The prisoners at the police station and
1 number Of cartridges were found ~
Wattmans pocket Wallace SAID
KERR cAsE DISMISSED.
M testimony tending 10 substantIafc
the charge made hv Charles Davis that
George l\rccr had ass uited and robbed
him after lorcihly carrying hlm IN an
auto to lonely spot III the country
he might 81 November u was gwen
~ witnesses heard according - Judge
t'hurchman. and krcer was discharged,
~ five men and youth from a party
IT which various kinds of iiquor " Y
drink tho afternoon of November II,
I<rccr had picked hlm mp, placed hum
IN nm auto and ordered Leroy Muller.
a hov about Is wears old, to drive them
INTO the country lie said that III lonely
spot somewhere of the Concord fIke
lNrcor set upon him. hc him severely,
robbed him ol about SIS IN cash, hts
KEYS. draft registration card and other
articles. then threw Um INTO ditch
and drove AWAY The boy auto driver
tc4tificd that Davis bad fallen INTO the
ditch after getting out ~ the ear when
the auto got stalled in tight place
rRrr Clerks OF I.tRcr~Y.
= Frank Brand and Glenwood Sturgi4,
clerks for the Delaware Hardware 60,
were freed of three charges of larceny
and ono of conspiracy each N the alleged
larceny Of firearms from the hardware
tirm Arthur Blake charged with the
theft OF weapons valued at more than
5000, and who implicated the two clerks
named In the robbery. was held IN $500
ball for upper court on the charge ot
larceny Of one gun which Detective
kcrcmskv eWorc he had found III the
Ncgro's possession Harry SIMON, man
ager of the Markell loan Office. at Seventh
and Market streets, was dismissed on tho
charge oi receiving stolen coods.
famct g. Crosby and l.ous Ehlers
were each fined So and costs for exceed
Ing the speed limit for autos
Edward CcphaS colorCd. Ia years
old, who had hccn committed by the
coroncrs Jury for murder in the shooting
of Isaac Boardlcy was held for Over and
Termlner on the charge, and his cousin,
Joseph Ccnhas who san tho killing. which
nc said he believed was accidental was
held in $500 bail as witness
HIT HARD FOR ASSAULT
onc hundred dollars and costs and
six-ror4th term IN tho workhouse was the
price Robert Mills, who came here from
Long Island, \ y, a month or 50 ago.
lad to pay for striking his wife. Jennie. SO
hard IS 10 C!lscolor one Of her ewes badly
The woman said thcv had been married
seven years and that their domestic
troubles we're caused bv her husband
.andncss for houor She Sobted bitterly
" hen the iudce passed sentence on Mills
The case of Lawrence Russ, colorei
harced with cutting George Primrose
$50 coiorcd, with a razor Vas continued
intll next "Wednesday
Leonard Berry. coiored, accused by
witnesses with having gwen Russ the
razor with which the latter l. alleged TO
have slashed Primrose on the check. was
lined So and costs
Carl Goffs, who Is said to have kicked
UP row IN Cassidy saloon. at Seventh
and Shipley streets. when the bartender
refused hun drink, and then 20 have
kicked plate glass out Of a door after he
mad been elected, was fined $40 and costs
for his MERRY making. He said he could
remember nothing Of the affair
The case of Raymond Taylor, charged
with carrying a blackjack, was continued
until tomorrow.
Walter Primrose, colored, accused Of
assault and battery on his wife, Sarah.
told such a straight story of what he
asserted was the cause Of the difficulty,
namely that his wife was a drinking
woman had cursed him refused TO cook
his meals and ;4bsented herself from his
nome frequently over night that Judge
1hurchman ordered Court Officer Horace
Mcdaniel 10 Investigate the case, and
.ontlnued the hearing Tor the purpose
/ nc woman charged he- husband had
.'ruck her twice with his Inst and dS-
>Iared that not all Of his STORY was true.
Philip Wibsula and 1ouev Iorcnski
werc fined 81 and costs each on the teSri-
InOny OF Special Policeman Lewis that tho
Two created i dulsturbance last night III
tho waiting station of the Wilson Line at
he foot Of Fourth street BY swearing and
lighting.
Ten dollars and costs were placed
against Charles Lska, charged with break
ing the plate glass door Of a saloon at l0l
Market street last evening
Thomas u llson and Oscar Lockett, both /
golored, were dismissed on the charge Of
3.ssaulting Front street rsustaurant
keeper
seven men were fined SO and costs
his morning IN City Court for drunk
cnness and fve were fined s. each on
the same charge George Johnson who
mad been arrested less than month
ago for being intoxicated, Thomas O'Brlen (
who said he lived at the Lynch Con-
struction Camp; Charles Mccormick .
in court two weeks ago on the same
charge; James McFrayne and John
Mclaughlin were among those who had
TO pay the SO assessment Patrick .
Georee, who already was on probation
by the State Council Of Defense and was
to report 10 the court tomorrow. and .
Samuel Scott, who bore 4 damaged
eye and forehead and treated his AZ
raIgnInent as Joke. were two NOR.
who were gwen the limit