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Show Dope From the Police Cowrl "William Welch, a follower of ihe raeetraek, I t ied in vain to convince Judge Bowman, in the police court, Friday, that when he was arrested early Tlmrsdn- morning for fighting with two olhcr men in front of the Brunswick hotel, he was succoring a maiden in distress. Tt was this way, judge, sue?" Welch said. "These guys eoincs into tho house and iries to make trouble, f pays lo them: 'Now the -host thing for you is to beat it. Fade away. Downstairs Down-stairs for you.' "Then they invited nie downstairs. I goes. One "of them hits me a punch from behind. Then ho runs. L runs after him and is bringing him back fo the policeman when we all gets pinched. " "Five dollars fine," said Judge Bowman. Why they made the welkin ring around Warm Springs was not explained to Judge Bowman' by Annie Berger and Grace Carr "hashers and proud of it''" or by Cosare Brun, a saloon keeper, of West Temple street: Charles Post and Henry Conlon. They were not in court to make explanation of wiry they had kept residents of that neighborhood neigh-borhood from their midnight dreams. The men forfeited $10 bail each and the girls o each. V C. S. Beers, a machinist for the Rio Grande, never again will take some beers too many, lie told .ludgc Bowman Bow-man so botween sobs. Boers bore up bravely, although it was his firsL time in court, he said, until the ."jm"lfic discharged dis-charged him. Then he "boo-hooed ' ' un til the courtroom rang. Between sobs he cried out, when the judge warned him not to look too long on tho flowing flow-ing bowl: "You you you b-bbet, I won't, judge." . .1. S. Brown, 21 East Second South street, who was arrested upon complaint of neighbors, who said that he was beating his wife, was discharged, lie was charged only witli drunkenness and no one appeared to press a more serious seri-ous charge against him. r Tom A. Hemcnway, who was accused ac-cused of mistreating his wife by keeping keep-ing her and her five-months '-old bubo out in the cold night air, failed to tip-pear. tip-pear. He forfeited a $10 bond. Charles Miller, an old-timer, was sentenced to ten days, although he pleaded that he had '"'just met a friend and couldn't stand very much." w v John Bull got his dates mixed when he said that, he had not been before Judge Bowman for a year on the. charge of drunkenness. George Gutch, clerk of the court, recalled to Judge Bowman's Bow-man's mind that Bull had been iu courV about Ihvec months previous. "What is your occupation?" tho court asked. "f;tn a laborer," Bull replied, with dignity. "You work at shooting fish with a bow and arrow. (Jon 't you?" Assistant City Attorney Iiogers asked. "Yes," promptly replied Bull. "Thirty days. Sit. down," said tho court. i Jim Crawford, who said he had a job helping to build a bouse, was discharged. dis-charged. ' Doing a Highland fling around a banana stand, to ihe accompaniment of Indian warwhoops and jeers at the proprietor and his wife, is not disturbing disturb-ing the peace, is the opinion of George L. Williams, T. M. Kouk and C. J- Wen-shaw, Wen-shaw, who pleaded not guilty lo that charge when their case was cnlled. The complainants were Mr. and Mrs. (..'. D. Couistock, who have a fruitstand on South West Temple street. The three men will be tried at 10 o'clock Saturday Satur-day morning. ('arl S. Jn strand was fined .?5 for riding -his bicycle on a sidewalk on Fifth Bast, street, between "Fourth and Fifth South. Kllen Schope, who leaves the citv prison only Jong enough to got drunk again and be rearrested, fetill was too sick to appear in court, so her caho was continued. Joe Lowia. who was granted a stav of execution on a fine of which wa'c .imposed on Thursday because ho indulged in-dulged his weaknops for annoying his divorced wife, did not appear as he was ordered. A bench warrant was issued is-sued for him and his "bond fixed at The case against J. P. and W. S. Jacobsou, accused of battering tho face of a neighbor, Jjj vQ t the shooting of his ducks, by them, was continued until Saturday morning. W. II. Bowring, accused of selling bad fisdi on May 5, will not he tried. Assistant City Attorney Kogor asked for the dismissal of fho case on the grotiud I hat the complaint was fault v. |