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Show Dope From the Police Court Reports havo como from C. B. Diohl, rogular commander of the ship "Justice" "Jus-tice" of tho cit.3' police court line, that ho and Chief Tom D. Pitt of tho polico department have "boon wrecked out near Mnnti and would make for tho homo port just as soon as they could catch a boat. Judge Diohl and Chief Pitt wont duck shooting off Manti, nnd whether or not it was tho large amount of game thoy wero carrying that caused tho wreck was not giveu in tho dispatch from them. Tn tho absence of Judge Diohl, commander of tho ship "Justice," "Jus-tice," Judgo J. J. Whitakcr lias had entiro command, and as is usual oa Saturday tho bo.tt docked at 10 o'clock in the iorenoou instead of at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon, as it docs on every woek day except Saturday. When tho hatch was thrown back, and tnoso sailors wno wero to como heioro the acting .commander lo answer to chargos preferred ngainst them for various va-rious oftenses, evorythincr was ready on the deck. There was tho ship's scribe, Goorgo Gutsch, with his pencil sharped to a needle point, juid neatly uniformed, as usual, was tlio ship's adviser, ad-viser, Assistant City Attorney Rogers, in ovory action showing that, ho was ready to prosecute all who had tried to bend the rod of law. Guard Wilkinson of tho hold threw open tho hatch in a manner that showed ho did not consider any of tho prisoners brought forth as terrible criminals. First on tho ship's log was 1,'ho nnmo of James Atkinson. This man was picked up on Commercial street by Officer Of-ficer Olson, and aftor being given time ! lo sober up, presented $5 as bail and did not appear on tho main deck to answer an-swer lo the chargo of drunkenness. Georgo ShcrmaUj a big, stalwart fellow, fel-low, certainly mado a serious mistake Friday cvoning which landed him in irons in tho ship's hold. Ho was begging beg-ging on Fourth East street, and in. his tour from houso to houso rang tho door.boll of tho domicile of Assistant City Attorney Rogers. Well, tho two horsopower tender captained aud controlled con-trolled Iry "Denny" Sullivan was sent to the Rogers home and said man Sherman Sher-man was takeu in and put down below. When arraigned on the main deck ho put up an oarucst plea for mercy after pleading guilty to the chargo of vagrancy. va-grancy. Commander Whitakor, who doesnt liko lazy sailors, sized Sherman up as a good man to go on shore duty repairing roads. Sixty days of tins duty was the sentence. Ccorge Mosicr, who was picked up on First. South street aftor being sighted loy Officer Kast of the midnight watch, wan charged with drunkonness. Mosier had run on to a number of bar3 not sand bars during tho early part of the night, and at every ono ho struck ho ' took ono or moro drinks, so when sighted was pretty noar floundered. Kast went to his aid, but Mosier resented resent-ed it and used language toward the ofli-cor ofli-cor which was not lit to put on tho pages of tho ship's log. Mosicr was arraigned ar-raigned before the ship's court on tho chargo of drunkenness and using abusive abu-sive language. A month wijl be passed bv Mosier going ashore every day lo help in the road repairing stunt for hia bad conduct:. con-duct:. Guard Wilkinson was well pleased lo get new recruits for tho shore duty, as work in that lino .has got slack because be-cause of lack of help. Tho auchor was iowcred overboard and tho ship "Justice" will lay at tho dock until Monday afternoon, the aft hatch being left open to receive sailora picked up until that time by tho two-horso two-horso tender "Black Maria." |