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Show TWO SPIRITS IN COURT. Tb. High Chancellor lsy With tho Me-Kami Me-Kami Police i'lrkln(. Judge Limey was unwittingly called on to preside at a seance when court began its grind this morning and was soon being whirled through the mysteries myste-ries of spiritualism. The seance was a material chapter in the case of the city against George Meaken, charged with disturbance of the peace. Meaken, who is a married man, don't believe be-lieve in the doctrine of spiritualism, especially when his better half is the candidate and a rival man is the medium. Accordingly he look three or four doses of the fluid extract of courage yesterday and went thundering thunder-ing dowu to the residenco of Mrs. Melissa Miller at which place his wife is cinploved. Meaken was also under tho influence of tne spirit at that time and was refused admission. The spirit became fiercely unruly and Meaken was landed in the embrace of an olllcer, whom he accompanied accom-panied to jail. This morning he swore that it was not the influence of Mrs. Miller, who was ordained a medium in California, but the more poteut powers that were wielded by her sou. Meaken was fined $,'0 and costs. On Ilia Trail. ConstabloJ. Edward Friest arrived from Albuquerque last night in pursuit of W. S. Crawford, who was recently arrestee! in this city on a charge of embezzlement em-bezzlement and discharged on a habeas corpus. Crawford has disappeared, however. Tho fugitive who was in the employ of H. M. Hosick & Co., wool buyers of AlhiiinirniiH is rhnrtrcd with bavins skipped, leaving a shortage of overtfOU behind him. Police Ptrklng-a. Bella Wheeler and Capitola Douglas, a pair of nymphs, were run in last night and this morning forfeited S.j each. E. Mott and Charles Ilalloway are on trial this afternoon for petty larceny in the stealing of two shot guns of the value of t'VJ.oO that were recovered yesterday. yes-terday. Marshal Young is in harness again after an illness that at times ren lered further service at the head of tho department exceedingly and uncomfortably uncomfor-tably problematical. La grippe pruned about twenty pounds of flesh off his anatomy, and while the loss has enfeebled en-feebled him somewhat ho comes forth with an appetite that gives every assurance as-surance of soon restoring the loss. A host of friends are gratified at his appearance ap-pearance on deck again. |