The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-29

trial. he must come as a lookup
case--he must be discharged from
the hospital, taken to the court.
house in the patrol wagon, and
wait his turn for several hours IN
the cell-room cage, crowded with
week END drunke and disorderly
conduct cases. And he was still
weak from the rough handling he
had undergone. But he was ready
to do whatever Burkhardt thought
necessary. and would be- In court
the next morning unless the doctor
objected.
After a little snack about half
and let the world go hang for some
nine or ten hours, when Lem woke
me up. / was in fairly good trim
when creaked into court a little
after nine and looked around for
hind to catch the phone call from
Brennon.
The courtroom was pretty well
crowded, but found q seat near
the front, and had an opportunity
to watch the results Of my handi-
work as rum.runner. And my
question where does Il al 20
TOT" was thoroughly answered.
II was more than answered. Ii
gave way to the opposite ques-
ton, Where do they get Il alf?"
Out of the cell room the victims
came one by one-an unbroken
stream of them, hour after hour.
OF the hundred and twenty odd cases
that ] saw tried, less than a dozen
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than plain drunk
They were right rough looking
crowd, most of them-ragged, dirty,
shaky and sick. A nightmare.like
feeling came over me that / was
undergoing a DaIbtesque punishment
for what I had done-that I must
remain there. and review this parade
Of scarecrows, enticed into the rum
ranks by my efforts.
Then came a group OF five boys.
rounded up in a dance hall late
Saturday night. Continuously since
then they had been locked up with
the samples had seen coming out
of the dock-vakabonds. yeggnen,
thieves horrible crew to spend
an idle day with. All of the boys
were found guilty of intoxication
and were put under the care OF the
probation officer-all except me.
He was sent to the Juvenile Court.
He was too young for the police
to handle.
600 to it. Dante."'I whispered.
don't overlook any bets. Soak
this bOOtlegGer good while you've
got the chance. That's a hard
twO-twenty.fiVe I'm earning"
HALF a dozen cases down the list
two boys were brought in, charged
with vaRrancy. They didn't look
the part. There was a certain
quiet, courteous. y.goinK conf
dence la their manner as they an
sw3red the charge and took their
seats in front Of the bench. Their
clothing was new. expensive, and
in good taste. A prosperous look
ing and very capable attorney de-.
Tended them. Both boys were still
IN thcir teens.
Five witnesses appeared against
the boys-three police officers and
two civilians. All told the same
story-any time, day or night, one
or the other or both Of these boys
could be found hanging around the
corner Of Fourteenth and Pennsyl
vania Avenue. They had no legit-
innate work, but picked up a living
ny OH Tie Sly
Wrong Charge Made
II object, your honor. / came
down here to defend my clients
against o charge of vaerancy-not
bootlegging. II had known they
were to be charged with that crime,
I would have prepared an entirely
different defense. We are ready to
answer the charge Of vagrancy--if
any additional charge Is to be made.
we should be notified and given
time to prepare an answer"
Objection sustained 49, witnesses
confine their testimony to state.
ments Of fact tending to prove that
these defendants are idle persons
wandering abroad without visible
means OF. support. and failing to
give a good account Of themselves
as charged in the indictment. Have
you ever seen these young men
begging Alms?"
mo, sir" One Of the civilian
witnesses was on the stand.
Have you ever found them
sleeping In hayricks or outhouses?"
NO, STR"
ION what do you base the charge