The Washington herald., 1919-02-08
dH"G Good Morning, Judge
KW Human Interest Stories Of p,,no, BY sy
TX Police Court Happenings. PERKINS

Deed Judge" said Jesse. "Ah
amt neber seen dis v1ctrola,' wot
dey say had laprobe in it,
CANT imagine, Jedge," spoke up
Elton, how dat dere lap robe got in
de suitcase"
1t appears from Prosecutor Ralph
Given's statement that Elton and
Jesse are like the Gold Dust Twins.
They always steal together and
have been doing so for several
years.
From their record, it looks as
though they might attempt to even
steal someone's reputation.
Judge Hardison looked at them a
while and then said. -Four months
each"
All Knives Slip.
Wives may be willing to forgive and
forget what their husbands do to
them in drunken spasms, but it seems
that the District government is not
For instance-Edward Floyd. He
stuck knife in his wife's jaw. OF
course he was hit up right smart.
Alice, the wife, demanded of Ed
ward where he had been on Saturday
night.
He didn't answer just to suit her and
they had words.
"Ah doesn't want to have emmy
thing done to him, Jedge," pleaded
Alice. He didn't know what he was
doin'."
But" said the court, this is not
an ordinary case of assault. II he had
used his fist, 1t wouldn't have been
so bad, but this court cannot wink
its eye when a knife is used"
Nah knife slipped" explained Ed
ward. "Ah was lit up en- didn't mean
no harm"
If. as the court said. he had only
used his fist, he could have gotten
out on parole, but the court could not
and would not let a cutting go un-
punished.
And so. after giving the man a Sc
we're call-down. Judge Hardison sent
him down for two months.
He Got II.
When he got home from work
Thursday evening, Lou Parker dis
covered that his daughter, Lilly, had
a young man sitting beside her at
the supper table.
For some reason or other she for
got to introduce him to her pa. Both
VI theHl htpl Tlsnl on edJnB.
Supper over Lou took off his shoes
cooked his feet up on the table. pull
ed out paper and began to read.
DE odor in dis room is not to nah
ikin, the youngster remarked to
Lilly, les 60 out on de poach."
The girl went. Lou heard and un-
derstood the purport of the fellows
statement and he got riled.
"Eilly." he called. Get rid of dat
objeck wot you got follerin' you
aroun' en- wash de supper dishes"
The "obteck.' whose name was
Tommy McNalIy. flew off the handle
and demanded an apology.
"Heah yo is, right heah," said Lou
as he poked Tommy in his snoot.
Oats all de 'pology yo' gwine git"
He invaded nah home, Jedge." ex-
planned Lou, to the court.
Why didn't you call a policeman
instead OF striking him." the court
asked Lou as it fined him ST..
The Spooks Did II, Maybe.
Bang. bang, bang. bang.
Four shots were fred at Second
and f streets the other night.
Detective Harney heard them and
rushed around to see what was
wrong.
He talked to several girls. They
told him a lot OF things
Later on, Shorty Carroll was ar
rested and charged with toting a
pistol.
The trouble at the house occurred
when someone. yet unidentified,
swiped some whisky and was shot
at to make him drop it.
The same witnesses who told
Detective Harvey that Shorty did
the shooting. reversed their stories
in court and said he didn't
OF course. all this was embarras-
sing to the government 1t thought
it had a case, and didn't
Attorney Williams shot. the gov
ernments side of the AFFAIR all to
pieces, too.
His argument, coupled with the
backsliding of the witnesses. caused
the court to let Shorty go free.