THE DISTINCTION OF ANNIE
JONES
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enact penal codes covering all the
offenses from vagrancy to murder,
from the chaplain’s opening prayer
to the adjournment sine die, but for
all of them, the officers charged
with the enforcement of law can
make it just a slegitimate, to all in
tents and purposes, to pick a pocket
as to sing a lullaby. And the way
of wicked women on that wily wa
terfront can certainly be said to be
time honored, if not respectable.
Juneau has as rough and rude a
set of ruthless conjecturers as ever
strode the Bowery, or the Barbary
coast and they offer these as plaus
ible possibilities:
A—That Annie Jones had an ac
ute attack of Missouritis, and refus
ed to oentinue to come across.
B—That on the last assessment
she “beefed” on an alleged discrim
ination in favor of the more notor
ious Franklin almost across the way.
C—That having decided to elimin
ate the booze mooching official, she
cut out the free list, to the profane
indignation of a certain thrist.
Not that any of these suggestions
are favorites with The Gleam. We
have no tips to offer—our relations
with those who occupy the seats of
the mighty are not close enough to
enable us to gossip over official
fences in the confidential morning
hours after the night before.
Perhaps Johnnie or Eddie might,
behind their cautious hands slip a
sibilant answer.
The mystery of why Annie was
segregated and distinguished does
not stalk the channel either Indian
file or solitary. By its side, keeping
step, is another of nearly equal mag
nitude. It is this:
The generalism of the evidence
for the prosecution was a stranger,
and that enabled the defense to cast
aspersions affecting his veracity. Why
this weakness? In view of all the
conditions, subsequent and prece
dent, it would have seemed that
the very best evidence, was, as the
doctors say, indicated. It was to be
had. It is conceded that among
those who drank her wine—if she sold
wine—and the judgment of the court
is. that she did-—were some of “our
leading citizens.”
There might have, been introduced
the words of gentlemen whose bonds
are good at the bank, and the words
of other gentlemen of official . Land
ing. It may have been true that
it would have been embarrassing
for them to testify, but surely they
would not shrink from so obvious
a duty.
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City Counil Studies Architecture
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absence, the Commercial Club failed
to send any of its ghosts and Rep
resentative W. W. Casey was the
only member of the school board
present. Grover Winn of that hon
orable body being out of the city,
and Guy McNaughton, who was put
up and elected by the argument that
his availability was superior tothat
of any other human being in Juneau
was not interested enough to be on
hand when the Council debated
whether the building should be let
by contract or whether it be handled
by a committee. However, in spite
of the gigantic intellectual attain
ment of rM. McNaughton, the Coun
cil got on very well without him.
Valentines for that Set of Parisian
Ivory
Berry’s Arts and Craft’s Shop sure
looks like a Santa Claim house.
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