Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-07
SOL DER IS JAILED
FOR FOUL EP|THET
APPLIED TO COURT
Contempt Charge Follows Prison
er's Fine of $50 for Assault
on Young Woman.
WORK SHY DRUNKS SBAGGED

Charles ! Stroman wears the uniform
of a United States soldier and has been
one of the garrison n Fort du Pont.
But ,or several weeks 20 "om he will he
one Of the garrison at the Workhouse
and wear an entirely different kind of
i uniform
Charlie, citation for thus distinction
rcacncd him in City Court this morning
aftfr lie had been fined $50 and costs
fcr assault ami battery upon his sister
ln.law lie didn't like the hnr n aji
and lust as he passed the portals on Is
way back 10 durance he broke loose
With \ torrent of abuse IN which he
aHplicd !, particularly foIl eplthct y the
cntlrl IN 4 uFv he was back before he
bar and rfc chaStening jail term given
him
Tue prisoners attitude ,hroughou,
tll, trial of the case was one 81 tough
neykism ard browbcating Tie com
plainant, Lillian Mullen, SAID she and
her sister, his wife, had met INN On the
street and curing the conversation which
followed Stroman hit her twice IN the
neck Stroman when gwen the or
rortiInity of cross examining the witness.
went At he work IN q bulluozing sort
of manner and tried 10 make her admit
that she had applied to him much the
same sort OF an cpithct he later applied
II the court nut the witness declared
she. had net done so.
Then came the fine and immediately
after the prisoner was taken out he was
roucht back and Assistant City Solicitor
Aialfuv informed concerning what re
had done. In turn. Air Mallry informed
the court
What have You got 70 say. asked
Judge Heliinns who vas sitting.
Oh. snapped the prisoner its Just
what | meant Go ahead and do what
vo! like witl ne | can stand it
" erelp0n hir,y days lmprlsonrncr,
Ms inn ed Tor contenDt
BATCH or wORK-sHy.
special Officer McAtcer Of the Com
pulsory Work Bureau, vest erday descend
ed like thousand Of bricks upon a
stable on Front street near Shiplev and
hagged seven work-shy drunks he found
taking alcoholic siestas there Three
were IN such u Sodoien condition they had
to be carried out This morning the lot
Daniel Cooney-J J'atrick Mulrooney, Mari,
* irons, Louis \ Morgan, Levi Ruth
and Frank Reese, were arralgned before
Judge Hellings and turned over to the
bureau. which will find them Jobs and
make them stay Al work. lest worse be
fall them.
Officer McAteer also had two other
work-shy individuals in court Prank
Riggs and Harry johnson, the latter a
coorcd rnan Both of these men had been
assigned to Jobs but failed to stick
They were held in $1,000 bail each for
the next term of General Sessions
Joaquin Penz faced court on three
charges of larceny The first was per
ferred bv Richard Nieland. Of 3O7 West
Fifth street, who said he had lost an
overcoat and an alarm clock from HI,
room and identified . clock found II
Penz room in another boarding house
as his. He also identified coat founc
in the room a. his. bIt IT had been altered
- fit Penz. who Is quite undersized. anc
looked ridiculous Oh Nieland. who l.
tall and slender
The scconf ana third charge morC
brought by Emma jackson who had
taken Pcnl a. j boarder at her home a
Sixth and Poplar streets. and her niece
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