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Show x"JiST WALKIN' -ROUND" . COST THERl 100 DAYS Judge Dieul Gives Morris and Harper, Suspects, Heavy Vagrancy Sentence. ' that I bought the gun from another man f.or a half dollar a day or two before." be-fore." ;! He said he had been in the city but a few days and that he lived in a cheap lodging-house In Commercial street. "What were you doing in that lonely part of the city?" asked the court "Jlst walkin' around," said Morris. Prosecutor Wllley stated that each of the men had made use of three names, one at a pawnshop, one at the roomlng-, roomlng-, house and the third for a traveling name. - Judge Diehl then sentenced both to serve 100 days In the city Jail at hard . labor, or pay a fine of 10Q. 1 "Jlst . walkin around" in dark street at a late hour of the night carrying a dangerous looking revolver, an extra cap, a piece of toweling and a candle . In their pockets, cost Fred Morris and John Harper, arrested Friday night by Patrolman Eperry, a Jail sentence of 100 days each. The men were tried before Judge Dlehl In Police court Monday afternoon, after-noon, Morris pleading guilty of vagrancy va-grancy and carrying concealed weapons, wea-pons, and Harper to vagrancy. When the complaint against Morris charging him with carrying a concealed con-cealed weapon was read, he said: "I plead guilty to packln' a deadly i weapon yer Honor." He also pleaded guilty to the other offense charged. s "These men," said Prosecutor Wllley, "are of a class of vagrants that ought to be severely dealt with. They were arrested in a lonely spot of the city. When they saw the policeman approach, ap-proach, one stepped into the shadows shad-ows and the other posted himself so that any person passing would be compelled com-pelled to pass between them. The policeman po-liceman was not In uniform' and his Identity was not known to them. . "When arrested Morris had a dangerous dan-gerous looking revolver and Harper had in his pockets a piece of toweling, candle and a cap. I would ask that they be given as heavy a sentence, as the court can give." Judge Diehl asked Morris what he had to say. "Not a word." said Morris, "except |