The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-25
MAGISTRATES CoURT.


NUMEROUS ASSAULT. y
On Monday evening little colored boy, !
lille playing In the street 10 the neighbor. :
God Of Half street and South Carolina
cnue aud Fl and streets south, accident :
lily struck n colored man, named Nelson .
Hickman, In the face with small stone,
ding no Injury whatever. The Infatuated ,
end then pursued the boy, and catching
i'm, inflicted three deep gashes In the BOYS ,,
cad with the sharp point OF O hammer. AT
his inhuman treatment crowd attempted
0 arrest Hickman, when he broke away and
ook refuge In HIS house, near Twenty. Build
ny hill. The crowd surrounded the house
nd demanded him to surrender, but rcfus-
ng, Hickman ordered the party TO disperse,
1t the same time discharging the contents Of
me barrel Of revolver at the assemblage.
The ball missed Its mark, but took effect In
he neck Of little colorcd girl named Har-
rlet Luckett, aged about 3 years, who was
standing In the yard Of her fathers premises
near by, inaicting probably fatal wound.
The desperate was arrested by Ofiicers
Nokes and Hickman and taken before Jus
tice Schmidt, who committed him to Jail |
to await the result OF the Injuries to the little
girl.
A BoARpISG-uousE BEAT.
The above caption, though in the singular |
tense, might well be plural, but as our sub
ject Is one well entitled to separate cousdcra- |
ton, we will briefly proceed 10 state one; that |
Of Thomas Hickey, composed of that |
dross of humanity dcnominatcd edo
nothlngs," wears good clothes, and feeds
we'll. This II appears costs him nothing, u
we are permitted to Judge from the many
charges brought against the said Thomas
for cheating poor widow ladies who keep
boarding houses.
Yesterday Hickey was arraigncd before
Justice John c. Cox, on the above charge,
the witnesses against him being Mr.. and
Mrs. Massey, to whom he was indebted In
the SUN Of SIS for "bcd and board" Mrs.
Moore, a poor widow lady, in the sum Of
900; and Mrs. Gale, another widow lady, In
the sum OF $50.
Two Of the above named widow ladies
testified positively to the defendant swind-
ling them out OF difIeren. sums on the repre-.
sentation to one that he was engaged In
night service ut the Patent Office, and to the
other that he was a clerk In the Revenue
Department.
Mrs. Massey and her husband testified that
Hickey had obtained board from them TO the
amount OF SIS, on representations that he
was employed In the War Department.
These representations on the part of
Hickey were proven at the trial TO DO mere
fabrications. 1t was decided by the Justice
that the defendant was guilty, and therefore
| he would hold him to bail for court; but at
the time Of the close Of our report Hickey
had failed to find the "straw."
now A LAWYER LOST MS CASE.
A day or two sincc lawyer,provcrbial for
his promptncss In attending to all matters
| submitted TO him, had n cause set for trinl
before an up town magistrate at O'Clock,
p. IN. Reaching the station some half hour
| In advance OF time, our lawyer determined to
strengthen his muscle by practIcing with the
"gloycs" with an expert In the manly art
OF self-defence." Repairing to an adjoining
room to the courtroom, several "sct-tosb
were had, resulting In favor of the disciple
Of Blackstone and Chlttv. The sport was
witnessed by several of the "rclief guard"
who admired the shoulder hits" of the
lawyer, and proposed matching him against
any Of the heavy weights among the magis-
terial dignitaries Of the District, for any sum
not exceeding months wages.
The weather being intensely warm, after
some twenty shouts had been INDUCED In II
was mutually agreed that the glove should be
thrown up. In the meantime the case which
demanded the lawyers presence had been
tried by the magistrate, not knowing that
counsel for the accused was present, and the
judgment Of the court was equity" The
magistrate fined the lawyers client s5,whcn
the lawyer expressed much surprise that / be
magistrate should try the case without send
ing for him In an adjoining apartment. His
|
II was the only chance he had to obtain a
fec, rs the cloquencc and cxpoundlng Of the
law would certainly have compelled him tC
dismiss the case against his client.
ROW IN swATooDLE.
The ncighhorhood Of Third and Fourth
streets east, and q and II streets north, was
made quite lively yesterday by the appear.
ancc of those terrors to the inhNbitant, there
of, geese and hog -catChers. In the morning
| n number al snatPhnF.h
flock of geese, who cackled at n merry rate
awaking up their owners, who immc1atcl,
J armed themselves with clubs, brOoms, shov
! els, and other implements of war, and wen
! TO the rescue of their feathcrcd pets. II
a short time the air was melodious with yelli
and curses, the women, dogs, and hogs ioin
Ing In the general cry. Stones and club
, flew about with a perfect looscness, but tn,
Invaders stood well their ground, dlsputinI
every inch. The police were soon attracte,
to the scene Of disorder, and their presenc,
: caused general stampede, during which on
or two shots were fired by the mob, forum
: ately doing no harm. A number Of gees
were captured, the crowd dispersed, and on
0 or two OF the ringicaders In the attack OF
the geese-catchers arrested and taken to til,
Seventh precinct station, where they are held
for a hearing before Justice Chase.
BOUND OVER TO KEEP Tue PEACg.
A nymph, named Mary Tumllty, yesterday
took occasion TO send shower of abusive epi.
thets and violent threats over the head of Miss
Johanna Finn, who obtained satisfaction a,
Justice Cox's tribunal by seeing Mary bound
ever In tho penal sum OF 500 to keep the
peace.
POLICE ITEMS.
Ernest Doll, charged on three counts, by
Tobias Boudinott, with selling ale In the
county without license, will have a hearing
before Justice Marsh,
, Robert Dufiey, for selling liquor In the
county without license, was fined $40 by Jus
ticc Schmidt, upon which he took an appeal
, James Dodson, colored, for assault aut
! battery on Emma Green, was sent to Jail fol
/. | court.
Charles Burch was arrested by Lieutenant
Essex, OF Georgetown, charged with the lar
ccny OF a mule belonging to Patrick Grave
: ley. The accused was sent to Jail.
Nugcnt Burke, colorcd boy, was sent t.
, jail by Justice Walter for tapping the till oil
Thomas Fiyn.
Henry Buggaman paid iinc OF 80 fol-
shooting birds In the county contrary to law
Berry Moore, cOlorcd, for assaultlng Joht
Close, was fined SO by Justice Cox.
Dennis Murphy, John Mccarthy and Mar,
Mccarthy, engaged In family row, the re,
suit of which was that the corporation treas
ury was enriched sl3 thereby.
samuel Taylor, colored, stole IS from
a Joseph b. Dreamer, and Justice Pearson sem
him to Jail for so doing.
Henry Whclan, for assault and battery o,
q Arthur Panncll, was fined $40 by Justic,
Weaver.
- John Bell, colorel, was exceedingly oil,
strepcr0us, and was arrested on thre
', charges by Officer Acton. lie was drum
= and dlsorderly, resisted the officer, and com
mtted an assault and battery on Soph
j Bender. Justice Hal per sent him to Jail OF
the two latter charges.
LADIEs.-Commodore Vandcrbilt's daugh
ter was lately found by a visitor teaching he
children how to darn stockings. In reply t
her friends exclamation of surprise, sh,
said there was no telling to what condition
people may come In this country, and sht
wished her daughters ready to meet an,
emergency. If the daughter of a man worti
slO0, OOO, 900 has such views, how much moro
concerned should parents in Washington be
to educate their girls, that any turn in for
tunes wheel shall not make them outcast,
or beggars. Accomplishments In lady ar,
desirable, but they should be secondary tc
a sound, practical education. A beautiful
style Of penmanship is both desirable &c
compllshment and means Of livelihood.
knowledge Of book -keeping is to lady wha
| n trade Ia To n nentlemana rpsourca undn