Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-24
THE COURTS.
UmoutT Court chef Jiistics Cartier
This court was engaged as follows yesterdays
A SUIT ron DlMloFs

hNNAoh AbA NAefVtV lul HhNNlhk
q colored woman, of the cars at Alexandria,
aud thereby brulsing her quite severely.
The testimony In the case embraced some
matters OF general interest, and We report
some OF lie most solvent features.
George 3. Koontz, general agent Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad al Washington,
was sworn, and his testimony concluded as
| follows
Mr.. Msrrick. Are you connected with any
railroad 10 this District
Mr.. KoontE. l am col nected with the Bal
tlmore aud Ohio railroad. ..
Mr.. NJ. lie there any general regulations
In tho running Of the cars on the Baltimore
aud Ohio railroad based upon colori
Mr.. X. No general regulation,
Mr.. NJ. State whether there Is any local
regulation. -.
Mr.. X. We have a car that Is placed on
what We term the local trains. These arc
the trains that run between Washington
aud Baltimore. One car OF this train ls
prepared for colored persons. When q col.
ored person comes to the depot he Is shown
TO that car II he objects TO going on 10 the
car hL ls not forced there, aud the rule Ia to
exclude white persons from that car.
By Mr.. Bond. Do you know, from your
own observation, Whrther white persons do
or do not ride In that carl
Well, Inever see the car after II leaves tho
depot. l do not 20 generally and look In
the car TO sec who Is there. The men have
their Instructions.
By Mr., Merrlck. How came you to put
that car ont
The Instructions that received said that
II was at the request Of certain colored per-
sons.
Mr.. NJ. The colorcd people wanted n car
set apart for themselyesl
Yes, sir.
Mr. Bond objected to this question, and
the objection was sustained,
Mr.. NJ. Do you know anything about the
desire Of tho colored people to have carl
Mr.. X. Not to my own knowledge.
Mr.. N. White people are not allowed In
that cart -
Not according 10 the rule; the instructions
TO the train men arc to exclude white persons
from that car.
Mr.. NJ. Then the application OF the rule,
or the practical meaning OF the rule, Isl
Here Is car for colored people, you may
ride III II is reserved for you. lfyou object,
you can go In another cart
That 10 II,
Mr.. NJ. But II white person goes into
that car, he has got to DO put QUIT
Yes, cir.
The "nIggsrs" then had the run of the
whole train. and tho white people Of part
oft. .....0
That Is the laws you eau draw your own
Inference.
A DIALOGUE.
At another point In the testimony r. II.
Booker, the well-known capillary artist Of
several OF our hotels. was called as witness.
A portion OF his evidence related to the
custom OF having separate cars for colored
persons, and concluded as follows
M. Bond. l ask you what you know Of
the feeling OF the colotcd people here upon
this subject
l do not know that have ever heard OF
any particular desire to create line of dis
tlnctlon at all. have never heard any Of
them express that desire.
Cross examined by Mr.. Merrlcki What Is
your buslnessi
Lam In the barbering business at present.
have three shops, one at the Arlington,
one at Willards' and one near the JenneSs
house.
Do you make any distinction between
white aud colored people 10 your buslnessl
do. l will say that never have had
any OF them to make application to me.
You do not shave eolored personsi
have answered that do not go out to
invite them.
You make dlstlnelloni
We have never had them to mako GpplicG-
tlou to US.
1 do not understand you to say that you
would shave them If they came to your
shop1
We have mover had any of them make ap-
pllcatlon to us, except on one occasion dur
Ing the war, when a gentleman with q ma
jor's shoulder-straps came In and told US
that he was colored man. He was waited
on.
Are not your Instructions to your en-.
ployees not to shave colored men
on tie sT saB) sSffT "''"'' '""''' "'
You said just now you did not mako dis.
tinction
We had h colored gentleman 10 the Airing.
ton shop Home time ago, Gen. Tatei ho came
there once or twice.
But you said you did make distinction 7
may have spoken too fast; have never
made a distinction. How eau l make dis
tlnction where there Is no opportunity to dc
sol
Why Is 1t they never came to your shop
do not they get shaved anywhere
That have never inquired Into.
They get shRved-dOn't they
That is more than | can tell.
You keep three shopsi none Of your people
come to any Of your shops to get shaved .
None except those two gentlemen OF whom
have spoken.
Do you wish colorod people to get shaved
1 l.
In y3ur Sn1P A., s..i. m u,, nah
,,, Wu,n n"'e '"A' ue'''' wiz give pun
MA WSvs a. v nr sivor |, nuh,,c,tv,
nI you , y
You do not propose to give 1t publicity
do youi
What propose to do will retain in M
own mind
You DO not now wish 10 make II under
stood That eolored people can com7 lhere u
DC shaved .-, ---
wen, 40 not come mere ior thaL purpose
But now being mere, talking upon the SUI
yeet, 90 you desire y 70 pe underStood Una
eolored people eau DC shaved III your shoP
Lhat ! decline 70 ansEer.
MI M That VIII DOT am satlthed'
The evidence was thsn closed, and N
counsel submitted thesr prayers Tor instruc
lions; -.----
Judge Cartier oVernnled some and grants
others Of the inslInosiCns, holding In sub
stance that no public railway company ha
q right 70 make any distinction Whatever OF
areount Of race or color, as 70 the right
travellers on their roads or using thelI cars
Colored persons were citizens OF the Unitst
Htatea- and RnlltlRd tn ALL the FlQhtA q