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Show ' that at ab.n 2 ocl'vk rnomlne. Vnii in'rrc.i tiie wanh room rf th.- lnnifo and pretended lo "clean up." He orcWrd hlnj from the bouse, harru words followed, and. Van Ness paM. hr finally ejected the man from tho place. Mr." ran! crated that- ho and a young man. who wss In th court room to testify. rara drtn from poca-tello poca-tello la?t night, arriving in the city ar about 2 o'clock. They first got something to cat anj then wont to the Montana bouse for a room. Being Be-ing covered with daft and coal. Mr. Paul paid that he and the boy went iritr. the wash room to wash their faces, U-fore inquiring of the lantl-lord lantl-lord for a room, ami that while in the wash rcora( Van Nes came alon and ordered thorn out of the plac giving tr.cm no time to explain why they bad taken the privilege of using us-ing the wash r.om before securing a room. He said that the proprietor ejected them from the place, using ft poker of some kind a a persuader, and at the foot of the stair called aa officer and had him arrested. Mr. Paul stated that he called the pr prietor a few bod names, tut That he felt he was justified. VAGS GIVEN ORDERS TO LEAVE In the criminal divibion of the municipal mu-nicipal court this morning the alleged offenders on the benrh were of mixed races, bluck and white. The colored men were Klmer yMcGlnni., James Clay and F. A. Wilson, charged with vagrancy, and each of them was given giv-en a 0fday "floater." The men were advised that they should remain In the city just long enough to permit the officers to acquaint themsees with tbclr facial expressions, so that if they were fouud In the city within the- next twelve hours the 90-ilay sentence sen-tence could be carried into effect. The sentence wan not pronounced, however, until some little parleying bad been indulged In. The men all entered pleas of not guilty, and, in entering his plea, Clay stated that he was not a "vag," but that he hail been l ioklng for work and had been promised prom-ised a position. Then the attorne asked McGlnnls what he was Join,; lc the cltv, to which he promptlv replied: re-plied: "Mr. Clay is looking for wrk, boss, and I am going to help him." The attorney suggested that if they Were .to enter pleas of guilty, it was (iulle probable that the court would give them an opportunity to leave the cir . This they gladly did. Wilson feeing how well his colored ( frUnds fared by changing their idea?. a.'ked the privilege of changing his. He watuesj a definite nnderstandlngt though, that he would be given a suspended sus-pended sentence. The court would not agree to that proportion, but the ne--ro took a chance and pleaded guilty. He was given iihe same sentence banded the other negroes. When Mike O'Nell was arraigned, on the charge of drunkenness, he said that he had been drunk. "Mike needs time t- sober up," said the Judge, "I will give him a suspended sus-pended sentence of in days in J.ul, nnd If he Is in a condition to leave the jail earlier than that, he may be released, re-leased, and permitted to go," Jean Brothers explained that he h "vag." under the legal deflnltlou of the term. He had no visible means of support but was lookJng for something some-thing to de, and could do It when he found it He was given a suspended sentence of f0 day, the understanding being thst he get work or leave the city. John Collins, commonly known as "Slim" said to was "a little bit. drunk ycrterday, but not very bad. and had done no one ft wrong." He was sen tenced to pay a fine of $3 or erve five days in the city Jail. "Slim" had no money, so he went to Jail. George Tracey pleaded guilty, to mendicancy and was sentenced to pay A fine of $10 t-r go to J ill ten days. Otto Paul, tried on the charge of elli-turblng tbe peace, was promptly discharged. The complainant In tho case. S. .1. Van N'es, proprietor -t he Mont una rooming hou9e, ntHtM |