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THElt;DUDE’ CHRISTOPHER:CT- WELL KNOWN CHARACTER SEN- ITENCEO TO FORTY DAYS ATHARD, HARD LABOR.JNE QUEER ONE AT HEADQUARTERSi toDeck Sergeant Dumphey Entertains aSlightly Demented StrangerSundayA.It was only fitting that MondayNtheshould have been dark and dismal, for a it was the day that marked “Dude” arevChristopher’s undoing. The culmina-'clt;Dufamous Emancipation Day 1 caused so much excitement about town was when “Dude»*UQ , the chief head of the colored popula eer. tion Dubuque, and the grand massras ter ceremonies at the picnic whiclork T*rov®d disastrous to him, was arraigned in Justice Zimmerman’s cournnithearly Monday morning.m.alit was a quiet but Impressive scene. Promptly at nine .o'clock, “Dude” accompanied only by several relatives entered the room of Justice which was already quite well filled with thenglev whites who had attended the picnic, ‘ and who had assisted so materially inIsabout of Christopher’s undoingcldrIsh *1 here were two charges filed againstmoffender, one of drunkenness, andother of disturbing the peace by .ing and disorderly conduct srener-arla:he Contrary to ail expectations,tQ “Dude” meekly pleaded guilty to both charges, for each of which he wasis]Rlt;nesentence of $15 anddays in Jail.all In the absence of the necessary pe-j,y„!cuniry qualifications whereby his ir* freedom might be secured, poor Dudej buhista*»had to bow humbly to the yoke of1 forty, long, weary days of labor in the cb ct*y bastile. He was too moved for jtyi words as he heard the sentence fallpafio1tes heavy upon him, but his only com uent was to thank the constable whC.betitey had him in charge.m- There was silence as “Dude” moved out of the courtroom. The rain waserled falling in torrents asbe down the steps, and he seemed to well ey realize that it will be forty long dis-e- eonsoiate days before he will be heardAigltnAdva of again. . , _ gm Queer Customer in Police Stationid! Sunday was an unusually' quiet day around the police station, about the only thing that occurred to break the monotony being a call which desk ser-wawlbrlt;gaJtalce«th grant Dumphy had from a stranger whom he believes to have been a titwacandiate for the “nut-factory”is All was serene about the assembly38 place of the city’s guardians, when ine- walks a tall, angular young fellow,moderatelv well dressed and wearingde(mswastacanvas shoes. “I want you to arrest me, I'm drunk,” was his rather start-ling introduction. ‘For a moment the onl desk sergeant answered nothing, so*loraback was he bv the fellow’s sertakenofiudden appearance.10 “Here’s my brother’s card, and I 3, want you to telegraph him at once,” | bin11 was his next venture, as he handed ^ver a card bearing the name of H. C.Luke of Calhoun, Wis. |P^ab “This is too much,” thought Mr.!en( Diimtihv. and straightway he informed £ivwas no telegraph officeand moreover, if he wanteddo any telegraphing, he would have toIgo down town. The fellow, however, e was obdurate, and simply insisted thatI* his brother be telegraphed for. When he saw that Mr. Dumphy had no in-itten lion of doing as he bade him, he began to reiterate his request that he be locked up, at the same time handing over a watch and a ring that heout ferI Awore.yeadorwith you.! I1'* that vou want to be lockedr’ was next asked, to which he respondedj anjthat he had been drunk since th of June. He declared that he hadMilkind of a drink cure, after which nlt; had been worse than before.Was Somewhat Particular. |pr(More to satisfy him than anything else, the aueer actor was taken downistairs, and put In a cell. He was ^plainly astonished wrhen he saw the a jdemanded that he be given and a pillow, saying thatuld hardly be expected to lie on that.“This Is too much,” once more ought the desk sergeant, and leav-ha*livlt;whemTknehi*about 20 min- ingstairs he came rush-door open, he went up stairs.ing, and wdth the very abrupt announcement that he felt better, hedashed out the door and was gone. Mr. Dumphy said that the only explana-onnirf dve of the affair wasmacarhuition he could give or uie anair that the fellow was a little weak in the “think tank”—only of course, he usedbetter languageUNION PARK.yoiawtruthame:Ionma n
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Mon, Aug 06, 1906
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