Saturday Justice Pearson was busy adjusting bail and other details connected with the arrest of the 18 members of the All-Auburn and Norwood baseball teams on warrants charging them with riot growing out of the stopping of the game at Norwood one week ago yesterday. On three days, June 4, 6 and 7, the players will appear and then decide whether they will have an examination or waive and be held for the Grand Jury.

When this procedure was over, the players were brought before Justic DeGroff at the Two Mile House* in Fleming to be arraigned on warrants charging violation of law, Sunday baseball playing. Justice DeGroff was not posted on all the fine points of the law regarding his duties, but well along in the evening had disposed of all the cases.

The players were represented by Attorneys Charles A. Wright and Francis C. Raines and the People by Henry D. Parsell. The players pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial separately. The Fleming justice will be busy with baseball trials nearly every day next month. Nineteen juries have been drawn by the Fleming justices and some of the jurors have been drawn on as many as four panels. Clarence Post, one of the complainants against Sunday baseball, was drawn in two of the cases. All of the players are out on bail.

The first trial of Sunday baseball violations will be held before Justice of the Peace Wyckoff in Fleming on Wednesday. The case is that of Manager Arthur O’Connor of the All-Auburn team. He will be defended by Attorney Frank M. Leary.

Yesterday Justice Pearson had other troubles besides the baseball question. Auctioneer Byron V. Baker came into his office and after laying down a “two bit” piece, asked for a warrant to arrest all of the members of the Country Club for Sunday golf playing on their fine preserve in Owasco. Justice Pearson directed Baker to furnish him with a list of the persons playing golf, and make the usual depositions and he would act at once in the case.

Baker was insistent that the club members should be arrested and that the justice get their names from the County Clerk’s Office. Then Justice Pearson got riled and ordered Baker from his office. Justice Pearson said this morning that if he had had any officers handy at the time that he would have locked up Baker.

The Law Enforcement Committee of the Bible School Union has sent a communication to the Country Club officers requesting the members of that organization to cooperate in having the laws pertaining to the observance of Sunday observed.

Then the pleasure of a bunch of jolly Englishmen enjoying a little cricket practice among themselves on the Melrose court jarred the sensitive nerves of Owasco residents.

Herbert D. Rhodes, a youngster living in First Avenue, made complaint to Justice Pearson regarding the cricket practice and asked for the issuance of warrants. Rhodes could not give the names of the players, a condition exacted by Justice Pearson before he will issue warrants, and none was issued. Rhodes will take the matter up with the Bible School Committee.

This morning Stanley J. Majeki and John Subry, Polacks arrested last evening for running a team of horses recklessly along the Owasco road, were in a penitent mood. They had been to a Polish christening in the town of Fleming during the day and had imbibed too freely.

The men did not know anything about the commotion they raised last evening and both promised to drink “never again.” Both pleaded guilty to charges of public intoxication and paid fines of $10 each.

Then Majeki was arrested on a warrant charging cruelty to animals on complaint of Superintendent Doyle of the Humane Society. The Polack entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of $10.

Along in the evening two men detained for intoxication in the yard of Justice Pearson were rescued by a crowd of half a dozen rowdies and all got back to Auburn.

Justice Pearson announced emphatically this morning that any of the rowdy element which makes a practice of coming to the lake Sunday and spoil the pleasure of others will get soaked to the very limit of the law. He stated that he knew some of the gang last night and if they appear in the town of Owasco this Summer they will not return to Auburn free men.

Justice Pearson stated that he was going to give any rowdies arrested this Summer a chance for a little confinement “and it won’t be a 10-day bit either."

[The town of Owasco borders on the city of Auburn and sits on the east side of Owasco Lake, one of New York's Finger Lakes. Across the lake, also bordering on Auburn, is the town of Fleming.

Also, Two Mile House* in the town of Fleming originally was a lakeside hotel, but had a checkered history. Arrests had been made there for prostitution and for cockfighting. However, it did have a room that was large enough for the court proceedings which had outgrown the parlor of Justice DeGroff's home.]