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Show KISSING IN COURT. f-ollih Women Show Their Gratitude to Lawyer, Judge and Jury. Men running from women wishing to kiss them agitated the county court at Long Island City the other day. Judge Garretson was on the bench. A jury had just announced a verdict of "not guilty" in the case of Anna Wonzowlas-ka, Wonzowlas-ka, a pretty Polish girl 16 year? old, charged with a criminal offense. The verdict caused a commotion among a number of Polish women in the rear of the courtroom. They rushed into the open space reserved for lawyers and fell upon Counselor Merrill, who defended the girl, and assailed him with fervent kisses. Each kiss was loud, and the counselor became red in the face. The jurymen smiled, but their turn was coming. Before they realized what was going to happen, the women made an assault upon the jury box and grabbed grab-bed the members of the jury around their necks and imprinted kisses on their cheeks and hands. The men struggled, but the chairs prevented their escape until un-til all but the foreman had received an affectionate embrace. Foreman Armstrong Arm-strong ran for the door. It was a ehort, sharp race, but the foreman won. Judge Garretson frowned from the bench. He was too surprised to act until un-til it was nearly all over. He was recovering re-covering his composure when the women started for him. The judge was saved by the interference of the court officer, who succeeded in getting the women to leave the courtroom. The earnestness of the women had such an effect on the spectators present that they made up a purse of $20 for t - girl. She left the court light of hea: -.New York Timea |