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Show INSOLENT HOBO GIVEN HEAVY JAIL SENTENCE him if he had anything to say in explanation expla-nation of his acts. "I hain't got nothJn' to say, only that that woman didn't tell what I paid. I told her dat de food wasn't enough to feed a canary bird wf, and den she got sore an' had me pinched." '"Is that all you have to say?" asked Judge Dieht, as he looked at Sherman. "No, it ain't. I wants to say dis, dat de people of de Wert don't know how to treat a feller what's out of work. I come from Washington, Distrik' of Co-lumby. Co-lumby. an dere's where dey knows how to treat a feller white, even If he Is bust. Dere dey gives a feller a big feed, an' a bed, and a breakfast, an' it don't cost him nothin". He don't have to woik fer It, neither. All what he has ter do is ter sign his name in a big book wot's on de table. I don't loike dis Western country where de bulls pinches a feller Jist fer askin' fer a bit of chuik. Wen I goes to a house an' asks de loldy fer a han'out, fhe says: 'We don't feed no tramps, or else phe says, 'Wy don't youse go to work?' I'm goin" back ter de Distrik. if youse'll let me go. Judge." George Sherman was perhaps the most insolent specimen of the genus hobo ho-bo that ever stood defiantly at the bar of Justice to receive sentence after having hav-ing admitted his guilt of a misdemeanor. misde-meanor. Many complaints of this man's actions had reached the police, and his arrest took from the residence district a "moocher" who has been giving endleps trouble to the women of the west side. Sherman, when arraigned, was warmly warm-ly dressed, and seemed to have been well fed. He wore a heavy woolen sweater, new high fop boots and a new felt hat. He said that he was guilty of vagrancy, and would leave town if given a chance. His eagerness to leave the Jurisdiction of the court made Judge Dlehl suspicious; and he asked Prosecutor Prose-cutor Wllley if there were any facts in the case that were out of the ordinary. "This Is one of the most extraordinary cases that ever came to the attention of this court," said Prosecutor Wllley, "and I believe that the court should be fully advised before papsing sentence. "He la, as I said, a beggar of an unusual un-usual type, in that he passes from house to house in the western part of the city begging for food. If he Is refused food, he gives vent to the foulest kind of abuse of the person who refuses him. He has Insulted many persons, women who have not dared to encourage him by giving him food, during the last two or three days. "If he was' given food, he still abused the women .who were kind to him, and to one woman who provided htm with food he said that it was not fit for adog to eat. He then went to the adjoining house and asked the woman who came to the door if she had a dog to which he could feed the stuff that was given him at the other house." Judge Dlehl was Impressed by the statement of Prosecutor . Willey, and asked him If he could Introduce any testimony to that effect The prosecutor then called a witness, a womap who had fed Sherman, and the one to whom Sherman said the food was not fit for a dog to eat. That was all that the Judge wanted. He told Sherman to stand up. Sherman did so, and scowled as ths Judge asked Judge Diehl smiled a pleasant smile. At least Sherman thought it was a pleaint smile, but he had never seen Judge Diehl smile as he always does when he Is about to knock oft the limit. "Sixty days in Jail, without the alternative alter-native of paying your fine." That was the sentence. "Pretty good, pretty good." said Sherman, Sher-man, as he laughed and sneered in the face of the court. "What'H I do then, hey? What'll I do men? Will youse git me a Job, or will youse have me run in again?" "Take your seat and be silent." thundered thun-dered Judge Dlehl. "If you utter another an-other sound while this court Is In session, ses-sion, I will give you a hundred on top of the sixty." Sherman subsided. 'and in few minutes min-utes had been railroaded over the bridge where he will do the heavies for two months. |