The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-20
A RADICAL ALDERMAN.

RADICAL ALDERMAN.
TEE NEWS, Of Saturday, mentioned that al
man David Barrow had, on the day before,
smashed a barricade, erected in front of the
| Planters and Mechanics Bank building. The
barricade was placed there in conformity with
the ordinance ratified November g. 1906, pro-
viding that parties repairing or erecting q
| building on the streets, must make applica-
ton to the Commissioners of Streets and Lamps
TO enclose so much of the street as shall not
exceed the front OF the lot on which the
| work upon the building or repairs is being
done, nor extend more than six feet into the
street; thai all rubbish and building material
must be deposited inside of the enclosure; that
the fence and material must be removed i'm
mediatey after the work is finished, or when
two of the commissioners of Streets and
Lamps shall require it, upon pain OF forfeiture
of two dollars for every hour that they remain
unremoved.
Before the smashing occurred, the contrac-
tor, Mr.. Mulcahy, was reported by Officers
Lovett and Tru,l for obstructing the side
walk. Saturday the case was cailed before the
Mayor.
Alderman Barrow stated that he saw the
obstruction Thursday at four O'Clock and on
Friday at eight o'clock, and reported it each
time. he passed by again at one o'clock, and,
thinking it was an obstruction, he smashed it.
The sidewalks belonged 10 the citizens, and be
intended that they should have. the use Of
them. He believed he knew the ordinances,
and he intended that they should be enforced.
Mr. Mulcahy testified that he had put up the
barr,ade in obedience to the ordinance; that
unless it had been placed there the people
would have passed under the scaffolding, and
some one might have been hurt by the plas-
tering which was being pulled down; besides,
he had not taken up as much OF the street as
the law allowed, as the barricade did not ex-
tend six feet into the street, but only to the
gutter; and also that pedestrians need. not
have gone out into the gutter to pass the
bank, as they COULD 60 under the porch if they
wished.
The Mayor then reaa the ordinance, Of
which the substance is above given, and said
that no blame couldsbe attached to MIR. Null
cahy; he had complied with the ordinance.
With the exception OF applying for permission.
he then dismissed the case.
Alderman Barrow commenced to look Sc
rious when the Mayor nearly completed the
reading Of the ordinance, and at its conclusion
looked decidedly foolish.
RADICAL LAWYER.
A short time since colored wemap, named
Nancy Higgins, applied to Magistrate Morri-
SON for warrant for the arrest Of one George
A. Richmond, who has a shingle out on Broad
street announcing that he is an ATTORNEY at
Law" The woman desired his arrest upon
the charges Of forgery and obtaining money
under false preteuces.
From her affidavit and her statement OF the
case. it appears that about the middle OF July
last she gave birth to child whose father fs
a white man, and whom for the present we
shall designate as A. In March, before her
confinement, she went to Richmond and
stated that she intended to prosecute A il he
did not give her money for the maintenance
of the child, which, she asserted, she would
soon bear. After some talk Richmond con-
sented, upon the payment of ten dollars,
TO attend to the case for one year, If neces-
sary. In due time he called upon A and asked
him what he would give the woman, to which
he replied, that he would give one hundred
and fifty dollars, to be paid in three install
ments, and then paid the first t$50) to Rich-
mond, who, short time after, saw Nancy.
He told her that A had agreed to give her
seyenty.ive dollars, and had paid him por-
ton OF it. he then handed her twenty dollars.
BY the time the child was born Richmond had
gotten the one hundred aad ftsy dollars from
A, and had paid seventy-fve dollars to Nancy.
When he received the full amount from A he
gave him receipt in full for one hundred and
fifty. This receipt had Nancy's name to it,
and the young man believing that it had been
signed by her, considered himself out Of the
trouble. But short time after he saw Nancy,
aud was much surprised to hear that she had
only received seventy-hve dollars. An investi-
CATION showed that the signature to the re-
csipt was forgery, and that R. had appro-
priated the other seventy.6ve dollars to bis
own use.
When the woman went to Richmond to ask
him about the swindle, and, il possible, to OBJ
tain the other 'seventy-fve dollars, he coolly
told her that he had spent it to get bondsmen,
and that she had better let the matter drop, or
it would only result in injury to her.
It is thought that an examination Of the case
will be held to-day.
n A RADICAL CONSTABLE.
On Saturday last, Mr.. Henry Doscher, 1esid-
ing upon Percy-street, appeared before Mags.
trate Mackey and had a warrant issued for the
arrest Of Theodore F. Bunch, constable, and
son of Magistrate l.. Bunch. The warrant
charged Bunch with having, at eight O'Clock
that morning, gone to prosecutors house
| while he wac absent. and made o forcible en-
trance into the yard by breaking the lock. Or
entering he met Mrs. Doscher. and demanded
Pa horse belonging to Mir. D., saying be hae
come to levy upon it. Upon her refusing te
let him have the horse. he struck her in the
stomach with his fist and knocked her down
When she attempted to get up ne drew knife
and brsndishing it, threatened to kill her ii
she didn't give up the horse. Afterwards he
went into the stable, cut the halter, and carried
of the horse.
The warrant charging Bunch With malicious
trespass and an assault and battery with in
tent to kill, was issued and given to Constable
Woolf, who in few moments thereafter re-
turned with the accused. After short inves
tigation. which elected enough testimony t.
warrant his being seIt on to higher court
the magistrate announced that he would re