The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-30

LOUD COMPLAINTS. = The people
living on the lower end of Water
Street and 10 Independence, make
loud complaints aud are justly indig-
nant, that they are compelled to wade
through mud from the Pigeon Greek
bridge to Fulton Avenue. When the
improvements were being made on
that portion of Water Street the old
plank sidewalk was removed, and has
never been replaced, and the earn
est and repeated petitions and prayers
from the people, interested, to the au-
thorities, for justice, have been treat
ed with the most perfect Indifference
or the most superb contempt. We
saw gentleman yesterday who was
necessitated to bring his wife up town
! from below the bridge, that she might
take boat to visit sick daughter,
and his boots were covered with yellow
mud nearly up to his ankles, and the
lady's feet were in a like condition.
If the City Council would even order
the old planks replaced. the people
would cease their complaints. As it
is, they talk of capturing the council
man from that ward and compel him
to wade through the mud when it is
at high tide. That would be likely
to secure the desired remedy.
RECORDERS CoURT.-John Fuller,
colored, appeared before the Record
er yesterday, on charge of assault and
battery on his wife. In fine and costs
hewas charged SO so.
William Joiner, eolored, to the
charge of assaulting John Fuller,
plead guilty, and in fine and costs was
required to pay $40. He liquidated
the claim.
William Carter, bright paulatto,
was taken before the Recorder on a
twofold charge; first, that he had as
sumed 20 be a policeman; and second,
that by virtue of this assumption of
power, he had decoyed two or three
white boys into that delectable IL
censed dead-fall for colored peo-
| pie, Hamburger's, aud while they
were there, had attempted to rob
one of them, blowing a whistle as if
he were policeman, as stated, in or
der to brighten the other boys away.
A dark cloud of witnesses " were in
attendance, but upon a full investiga-
ton of the case, the Recorder con-
Guided there was nothing in it. and
babe Carter go and play policeman
no more. IF he profits by the advice
given him it will do him good.
Next came the case of Mollie
Brown, charged with the unlawful
firing Of a pistol the affidavit hav-
ing been made by policeman named
A, s. Martin, in no way related, how
ever, to Marshal Ed. Martin. This
was the case Of which mention was
made in yesterdays paper. of the po-
hceman who. on the Sabbath day,
had, as he alleged, visited house of
questionable reputation for the pur-
pose of collecting a bill. When the
case was called the defendant was in
waiting, but the witnesses were
not on hand, neither was the
woman's accuser. Thinking that
he smelIed large sized rat, the Re-
corder issued writ of attachment for
the policeman and caused him to ap-
pear before the court. The evidence
disclosed the fact that the policeman
was not the clearest in the world on
the subject of the charge, not having
been present at the time of the alleged
shooting, some moments before hav-
ing taken his departure from a
house near by in somewhat hurried
manner, and that quite a row had
occurred between other parties, and
that he had failed at the time to make
an arrest. The evidence having been
summed up, the court decided that
the charge was not sustained. In
conclusion, he gave the policeman a
sound lecture on the subject of col
lecting bills on the Sabbath day. It
was stated that the policeman left
court with a very large sized flea in
his ear. 1t was also intimated that to
the Chief of Police had been assigned
the duty of removing it. This case
closed the proceedings of the court
for yesterday.