Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — Proved Their Claim. [ARTICLE]

Proved Their Claim.

Three alleged vagrants were arrested in Pendleton, Or., recently and locked up over night. The next day they pleaded before the Recorder" that they were not tramps but acrobats on their way to fill an engagement in a neighboring town, and that they were saving money by walking instead of traveling by rail. Their appearance was against their plea, but the judge said they might prove their case by doing soirie tumbling in court, if they cared to do so. The tables and chairs were cleared away, and the alleged vagrants gave a very clever acrobatic exhibition on the fiofor of the courtroom. The judge forgot his dignity and the court officers the circumstances of the tumblers being there, and all applauded vigorously, and his honor was so much pleased with the show that he held circus in court for half an hour and then released the men and chipped in to a subscription for their benefit.