Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-18
70 CRAP SHOOTERS.
8 DRUNKS IN COURT
FOR WEEKEND FUN
Devotees Of Bones" Form Long
Line Before Judge Cnurchman
S. is Lowest Fine.
OTHER SERIOUS CASES

Crap shooters outnumhercd "drunks
more than two To ono in City Court this
morning, an even score of the first named.
10th black and white. being aTralgncd
cIthcr on the charge Of rolling the
l.oncs themselves 0r of watching games.
Several youths with rather an air Of
conscious rccttudc pleaded not guilty
of playing craps. hut Judge Church
man Knocked the props from under them
when hc Lad TIN charge chiHgcd to
being present IL + crap game. arrucn-
ing them n once On ihr ch1rCc ana fnlng
them grnrrsliy s. each
1WEIyE fI<Ep u
Twelve Negroes v,Te lined il? n one
time and alI tut one pleaded guilty
TWO who tad'i cen arrested fot the same
ofTcrsc forc were sncd Sln and costs
each They were Henry smith and
Rcuten Cord The following were a~-
s s@ed =, rach Nlib,r Dcnhv, H,nr
Nlnn, .i"~arh Puullrr. tf4onaS Niila1S,
frank t.,~Air~, \c.i ,rnsHGh .Io Z i,Nt--
land Iinu-",. tinyd Benson ana NittIam
Haskus~ h.lrv ,jouys. Nhu declared hc
was piaHlns {; tanjo ii hc room II tnc
houS,. 81 Ne : Dudley Row Whcr, .hr
twelve men Werr arr ~'cd Was fined s.
Ter watching the gmnc
Oscar Dun-}on, white youths. were fined
$ each i,T / einG Witnesses II crap
g,4J,.> and 1hc follow IN paid llke amount
for dtIn4 The fading themselves
CharIc- I Miller. Mills D Alrv, Hob
son " Cuie, Charles Wiley and Emil
Cruise ]. ever.
NINE DRJHKS on CARPET.
Of niDe men who faced the Judge on
L
with SO fines pIl.s costs and four had To
pay = each Those getting the larger
punishment were either out OF town
residents or old offenders
CecI!ia Scarei va fired s. tpr tres
passing on the property Of the Reading
Railroad Co as was tr.rk Barr for nc
sane of1cIse Nilnam Cross. White and
Sarah Brown co.ofed, paid $: each wher
arragned together and convicted of
treepass on property owned b. the
Glover Dairy Company a Twelfth and
Orange streets
Ma1l Thomas. colored Was fined SO
and cos,~ for using obscene words and
held under 1900 ban for next term Of
General Sessions on jhe chargc of larceny
Charles " eFsIer, Negro Swore that
tho Thomas WoInan had taken ten
dollar note from ms overcoat pocket
whiic he was in house on ChTstiana
stree, Policeman RodenheIscr testified
that hc hal rrested AIary Ihomas a.
Webster request and that hC had found
ten dollar note IN The girls har
HLLD ~ 81 900 BAH.
Frank johnson coIored charged by
RAYMOND Stout 4 white youth with i
serious otfen,e. was held under 81 900
ban for tine next term vi upper court
Stout s"ore that johnson threatened to
stick a kuitc into him following a~socla-
tlon witt ne Negro near the Pcnnsy ylvanIa
Railroad station which led 70 Stout
causing Johnson 5 arrest Oh :; serious
charge
Frames allcr, vas llled SIS for dis
orderly conduct On lhc street at d late
hour According ~ q policemen. he ~
fused tD - home quielig hen told ID do
so, and used much profanity He had
been III court before on 4 similar chargr
according - the judgt
'Inirty dal~ i'll th. orkhu.!,e nas the
penalty llenry Anon ua- sentenced 10
pay tot contempt II court III that he IS
alleged ~ haEc torn Il peace bond id two
III wac clcrh 81 DJrt d lice { Ctcrk
1ollnan tc>te ~ That Anon. Who had
been drinking hc thought became angry
Wacn ac learned that there Was no time
limit tNed ln tho paper for bis. Anon
good behaviour Anon seized lhe bond
IOilman declared and tore otf the portion
bearing the signature If lis sur TIL
Conflicting evidence in the ease d
Robert Jackson. charged nth assault Oh
Emily Sipplc both culorcd caused tlle
court to continue the case until NcAnc~-
day The girl accused Jackson With
cutting her On the Hri@l following an
alteration in house on West Eighth
Continued an t,s.t,,. J.