Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-19
THE HUCKSTERS
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Police Pickfngs.

Who would have thought, a hundred
years ago, that Ben franklin would have
been tried, found guilty and fined SIS for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct 10 the
streets of Nashville, on the 18th day of
November, A. D. 1872? Echo answers
"no one" Nevertheless such is the fact, as
any one can see for himself by inspecting
cur police docket.
Ed. Golf found it absolutely necessary to
take a little inward fuel, or else perish with
cold as any sensible man would
have done. Mr.. GOff-to whom life
offers too many attractions to be easily
Observation-Disclosures that he would
not freeze to death and so imbioed to a
moderate extent-a very moderate extent.
When Mr.. Golf balances his books at the
| end of the month, he will add the amount
of his fne-three dollars-to the cost Of the
whisky.
The "Buzzard Orator." otherwise known
as John Cockren, had little story to tell
| the polica Judge yesterday. Said he:
'Judge, the way the difficulty arrived
was this: A passed. of col
ored people they goes around
| here at lection times, and they makes
themselves mighty prominent in politics,
and this Henry Pearl he is one of that kind.
| was laffin' bout the way he had got
money from the Public ms when he was
workin' for tother side all the time. He
come up and lowed he wanted explana-
ton, and tole him l didn't want him to
foler me up cause didn't want nothjn' to
do with him. l went to the postofice and
| Pearl followed me and said he'd burst my
head with rock.
"Mr, Webster he's the maker and builder
of the whole sturbence. | had an officer
! arrest Pearl cause | wanted TO be law
abiden citizen, and that, Judge, is the way
the whole difficulty arrived
Pearl was fined S..
AS far as John Rainsforth was concerned
he was all right, but the painter who put
the number on the lantern Of Rainsforth's
hack deserves severe censure. Being q
very funny man, the painter had stood on
his head while he painted the
figures s'99" on the lantern aforesaid,
and in order for a man to read the number
rightly, it was necessary for him to adopt
the somewhat awkward position which the
funny painter had chosen. To the majority
of people, this would not be considered an
objection, but officer Starkey was not will
ing to 60 to that trouble, and so told Rains
forth that he must have the number pro-
perly painted. This advice being UNDECIDED
by the hickman, he was taken into custody,
but the case was dismissed on condition
that the number be fixed at once.
The woman who keeps house for VIII
liam Murphy says: "There was a man
came to our house to get breakfast. He
gave ME ten cents to get pie with, and l
sent Murphy out to buy it. He was gone
a good while, and went to see what had
become of him. l found him in the
Shakespeare saloon, and he hadn't got the
pie. When We went back 10 the house he
gave the man his ten cents. When we were
at the breakfast table told Murphy was
all right until the last two years that l
have been livin' with him, but for
two years had had to work like dog to
support myself and him. He threatened
to leave me, and l told him hoped he
would. Then he struck me on the side of
the head so hard that l couldn't speak for
awhile. He hit me three or four times on
the head, and 1 got policeman and had
him arrested"
The woman's face was considerably
bruised, and as she told her story she cried
bitterly. Murphy was fined S25, whereup-
on be said he would like to take 'repeal.'
TIE court informed him that he was at lib
erty to take dozen "repeals'' if be wished.