The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-09
IN MUNICIPAL COURT

Sam Kopp buys and sells second
hand goods. Last week he invested in
used baby carriage and set the vehi-
Gle outside in front of his shop on
South Tenth street to attract the at
tention of any passer-by who might
need such a useful chattel Going out
about half hour later he was horri-
fed to learn that the buggy had dis
appeared. A woman on the north side
in whose possession it was found said
she bought it from one Frank LaPoint
for So in lawful currency. Frank told
the court that he had not stolen it, but
had bought it from three children on
the street for fifty cents. The court
said; "Tut, tut" and assessed La
Point $50 and costs, which he paid.
Sam wheeled away his precious buggy
in wrapt admiration for the detective
efficiency of the police and the pro-
cesses of American justice,
William Griebling, aged ls, was in
court Saturday charged with having
stolen 1922 in cash and checks from
the safe of the Reedsville Motor Car
company. He pleaded guilty and the
court deferred sentence while inveSti-
eating further. Griebling has been in
similar trouble once or twice before.
George Lord practices the profession
of "funkey" on steamboat This
term, in Lake Michigan parlance, is re-
strcted to the meaning of dining room
waiter In the so-called mother coun-
try Lords and flunkeyS are at opposite
ends of the social scale and not merged
in one individual as in our democracy.
Mr., Lord took one drink too many of
moonshine. That is he took one drink
The Tuscan hills turned to a glorious
purple as he lapSed into state of
coma. He paid S5 and costs for being
disorderly, though how one in cata-
leptic state can be diSorderly was not
gone into.
Steve Hobart, former employe of
the W. f.. Seibel Clothing company,
sued the company for SIls, alleged
wages, and the defendant said, that
the extra ten dollars per week, upon
which the claim was based, was not
wages but n bonus, resting entirely in
the discretion of the employer. The
jury went out at o'clock Friday and
came in about 9, and apparently want
ed to find for Hobart but for lesser
sum. The court told them to find all
or nothing and "they soon came back
with a verdict for all of it for Hobart
1t is said that the end is not yet, as the
dispute appears to be matter of prin-
ciple more than money with both par
ties who are now competing clothers
in the city.
Erwin Gabsch of Centerville drove to
town a week ago and had the honor of
being the first victim of an ordinance
forbidding parking too near a corner
fire hydrant. In court he said he
didn't know what hydrant was, or
an ordinance is and hadn't seen any
signs His attorney got the court to
accept "A plea of nollo contendere which
means "I'll admit here and now that
| did il, but not elsewhere or at any
other time" The court then suspend
ed sentence which is making it easy for
Erwin, who now knows what both
hydrants and ordinances are.
Mrs. Peter Abtruskiewicz, who de-
parted last week from her home here
taking her husbands fivver and gold
watch was located at Milwaukee. She
was found asleep In the car which was
parked at the curb. She pleaded
guilty to larceny in court Monday and
sentence was deferred, She was frank
on the witness stand and seemed to
have created the impression that she
was not the cause of the domestic dis
cord at her home. II is not unlikely
that she will he given a chance to start
over.