Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-22
LIMIT OF THE LAW
GIVEN GUN TOTERS
Extreme Sentence of $50
Days and $500 Fine Applied
in Police Court.
ASK FOR JURY TRIALS

Fines of $25 in cases of conviction
of disorderly conduct, and the ex-
treme sentence of $50 days in Jail and
a fine Of $500 in addition for carrying
concealed weapons, were the rule in
Police Court today, where hundreds Of
white and colored prisoners, witnesses
and spectators crowded the court
rooms and corridors following last
nights rioting.
Most of those charged with carrying
concealed weapons pleaded not guilty
and asked for jury trials. In such
casAs and in all cases whefs ,frisl ,of
postponed the bonds were fixed at
$4,000, In cases where persons fined
they nsJfsSs ssfSss sf 9 "a itI0ndiN SO
days Ia jait. making 4 total Of almost
two years In confinement. i
More than 100 cases of alleged dis
orderly conduct and half as many
charges Of carrying concealed weap-
ons. were on the docket today, in adj
dition to which number seventy five
prisoners were released last night
after putting up $25 collateral. Only
q few; of those who put up cash for
their release answered to their names
today preferring to forfeit the money.
Because Of the crowded docket and
difficulty in summoning witnesses
some Of those arrested last night were
not arraigned today.
Judge McMahof, and Judge Harrison
both heard cases growing out of the
and their findings were SINH
lar. Their strict punishment of men
convicted OF carrying concealed
weapons led most persons charged
with that offense to ask for a jury
trial
Charged With Carrying Weapons
The following men. all colored, we're
weapons and asked to be tiled by
jury: Charles Hall, Walter <Burwell,
Joseph McCIan, Porter Stanton. Cal
vim Brant. Cecil F. 4Gordon, Charles
Holmes, Wendell Js1Johnsop. Charles
Bradford, JohHsJ. Gilchrist. Charles
Hornton, James. White, George Bell and
William Lof1ax.
TIE case OF Charles J. Crenshaw.
chargedwith Carrying concealed weap-
ons. was, continued until tomorrow,
and>the cases of Samuel Thompson.
Joseph E. Booze, William Page and
John Dyson, held on similar charge,
were continued until July "a. -
The sentence of $50 days in Jail
and a $500 fine was imposed upon
eaCn
fore Judge Mcmahon on the charge
of carrying concealed weapons No
one of the men was able to pay the
dne of $500 and as result all three
will spend the next 720 days in Jail.
The men on whom the maximum
Williams. Milton Lee and Girardi
Laeavera.
Two Demand Jury Trials.
Robert Cole and William Chase, also
charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons, demanded jury trials.
A fine of 500 or sixty days in Jail
was imposed upon Walter Rhoades,
who was booked last night on the
charge Of carrying blackjack.
Fourteen persons were charged with
disorderly conduct and thirteen of
the number failed to appear in court
this morning, collateral being for
feited in each case. Those FORGETTING
collateral and the amounts were: An
drew Bowman and James RulIinane,
$35 each; Joseph Ditoto. Claude Cald-
well. Charles Reed and Robert Smith.
$25 each: James Coates, SO. and
James A. Smith, Payton Holmes,
Nicholas Evans. Beulah E. Marshall.
William E. Binns and Joseph E. Ira
ner. IS each.
James Lassiter, who responded to
the charge OF dlSorOerly conduct, was
fined s25, or twenty-five days in Jail.
The same sentence was imposed on
Kurt H. Lawbring on the same charge.
Fred l.. Dixon, for disorderly conduct,
was fined $40. or ten days in Jail.
The following defendants, charged
with disorderly conduct. were fined
$25 each: Joseph Simms, James Snow
don, William Robertson. Ralph Con-
nors, Willie Hesser. John p Cocker.
Isole McNese, David Hendrick. Albert
warning, Henson Gassaway. Victor F.
others fined were Charles Buckner,
William Hayden, George Hickerson.
Odease Nicholson. Joseph Reaves, Ben
Hawkins. William Washington and
Ella Moore, $40 each; Pariagioein
Paroysal, Howard F. Craddock and
Godfrey Ellis, SIS each. The cases
of Wesley jackson. Mabel Wallace.
Joseph Silvers, Cornelius johnson,
Clarence W. Lambkins and Samuel I.
Stewart were continued.
Judge Hardison. in passing on the
evidence. in a number Of cases, said
that during the present excitement
and high tension persons who congre-
gated on the street and refused to
move en- at the order of the police
would be adjudged guilty Of disorder.
": conduct when brought into court