Show r fF JMI fjUfJG rM r ON A f TINEE J J Phillips who repelled with scorn the Insinuation thrown out by DIehl that he was u runner for a hotel apd Insisted that his proper > title was so helter for tile White house was charged with having crossed the danger dan-ger line at the Rio Grande Western depot The complainant In chief was F Davidson whom Phillips referred tons to-ns the driver of a prairie wagon hut which Dlehl insisted upon calling a wagonette much to the displeasure displeas-ure of Mr Phillips The case proved to be a funny one but tho charge was so trivial that Judge TJmmony decided de-cided that the defendant should be discharged dis-charged he remarking that It was a case that was clearly within the province prov-ince of the railway company It showed however that the drivers of prairie wagons hacks and also hotel runners and solicitors aro very keen in their quest of the stranger who steps within our gates and that on this occasion oc-casion the solicitor for the While house had taken under his protecting wing a couple or tourIsts upon whom Davidson seemed to think he had a c ljrl gh l Phillips was very dramatic He was also quite voluble so much so in fact thai he was offensive at times and wan only cooled down when It was hinted to him that he was doing his level best I to lalk himself Into Jail It was evident evi-dent to DIehl that Phillips would have made a good solicitor In a legal way had his energies been bent in the proper prop-er direction while ho was yet young and green The decision being given Phillips left the room with the air of a man who had proudly I drawn the line between hotel solicitors and the driven of prairie wagons to say nothing of the managers of schooners 4 S I Tom Rogers 0 Guess that namo Is meant for mc1f came from a short man who had evidently evi-dently been badly I treated or treated to very bag whisky How long had you been acquiring the load which the policeman brought In along with you Dont know About a week You are entitled to a wellearned rest and will fatten up at the expense of the city during the next five days providing the rock pUn is not brought Into use lu the Interim v Eric G Carlson a descendant of tho Norsemen and his trousers guards next appeared He was charged with having on a certain date ridden a bicycle I bi-cycle on H restricted pavement Carlson admitted It but said like Roberts that there were others and then went on to remark that he had committed the same offense many times before How many time 7 asked the Judge who commenced to figure Oil lots 0 Well dont you think you ought to he fined a good round stunT Then It was that Carlson tumbled I Well no Under the circumstances then wa will square account up to date by I the imposition of a fine of J2 Whereat Mr Carlson apjwarcd to be well gtlafieil 0S 0A typical VK wag H nry Ward He I had approached Attorney Kinney for 1 0 work had wen given money with the understandIng that he wa to go to Klnjioyii farm the next morning and trIte to the nature of the Knights of the Tomato Can h < had forgotten all about It So he wa vnifBed Ward 11 young in years hut old hit hi-t > eri nc and b save < cry evidence that hfr had faced Police Judges be fore He went after KInney as the I average attorney goes after the average aver-age witness but the crossexamination made the case the stronger for the prosecution and at the end he said But your Honor Ill leave town in fifteen ° minutes If you will let me go You will Ycs and Ward gasped spasmodically spasmod-ically icallyWell 0 Well you will not came the reply re-ply The new ordinance was Intended to meet just such cases ns yours and you will make a good illustration of a man working by the day for thirty days Mr Ward 0 Then the table being cleared ° the Judge arose I |