Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-15
Police Pickings.


at one Of the very exclusive hops Of the
colored organization known as the "Exce,-
sior Exclusive Club" Toney Alexander
explained to the Court that it is "Writ in
de cOnsttushUn,o that such ladies' and gem
lemen as wish to attend the select enser-
tainments given By this bon ton club, with
out becoming members, must pay The sum
of S. admittanca, unless such person is IL
PRODUCED by 2 member of the club, who is
held responsible for the mik-white purity
of the character of the applicant.
Ga the occasion OF the hop referred to,
Tonic Alexander was sitting by the side Of
the accomplished aud elegant Sally Brown,
entertaining her in that gallant ma nner
which forms one Of his most pleasing char
acseristics. In the course of an extended
conversation, Wherein the arts and sciences,
music and the drama, had been freely dis
cussed, the newest novel criticised, and
ideas iuterchanged regarding the yaTi us
questions Of the day, Miss Brown sWeetly
Inquired "Who is dat gal jest across de
roOm?" to which query Mr.. Alexander re-
sponded by saying that it was Emma
Douglas, Yenturing the remark that
b3 thought she looked "mighty MICS"
Miss Brown, however, did not endorse the
| opinion Of Toney III full, bat acknowledged
| that she looked nice "'00ui de head" She
| then wanted to know how Emma got in.
Toney replying that he believed that she
! got in by paying three dollars. This
| seemed 20 be the head and font Of Toney's
! Offending, but when bis observations were
| made known TO Miss Douglas, Criddie
| street contained one irate damsel. The
! more she thought about it, the madden she
/ got Taking sweet counsel with 2 pa-cicu-
! lar friend, she called upon Tonsy Friday
morning and, by the exercise of womaa's
| Wiles, persuaded him TO accompany her to
! Sally BJcwn's house. Here g lively discus
sion was had with respect TO what Ioney
had said, or hadn't said, all Of which was
cut short by Miss Douglas Selling thai IN
off5niiug lamb by the coat collar and drag
| ging him into the street, when she proceed
d to make times lively for him by the free
usa Of heavy cow-hide which she
had hid EDder her shawl fol
that express purpose. Her frieDG
"happened" to be passing at tina
particular moment and he Stopped to looi
on, admonishiDg the unfortunate Alexsn-
der not to strike Emma, whenever ht
would make an attempt to defend himself
In the trial Of the case, the individual WIKI
was looking On stated to the court that be
Was opposed, on principle, to allowing &
man to strike woman-weaE, deEans6les
woman-and that he would never stand b.
and see it dore.
In bis eloquent appeal TO the court, th,
counsel for the defense gave it as his opiG
ion that this was one of ths most impOr
tant cases ever known. He held tha
| xr-,--1I r.,
Toney to have killed his client outrigh
than to have thus assailed her character b,
saying that she had paid three dollars t.
gain admittance to that bail When SoI
assail Woman's virtue-continued th
! learned exponent of the laT-you ass2i
the citadel Of her honor. Society is radi-
cally wrong, to-day, with regard to the stat
Us Of the unfortunate woman who make:
a single false step. In this case the defend
ant could not kick, OF fight, or strik
the base defamer Of her char
acter SIS a man could, and Wien sh
took her little cowhide whip and laid
about Alexander'S head, she did not int5nt
to il jure him, for if such had been her pul
pose, she would have taken a stick-Sht
merely wished to call his attention to tn
fact that q wrong had been committed
Under the circumstances, she would hav
been justified in taking his life, and no jur
in the land would have found her guilty.
The court was willing 10 admit that
7 heinOu5 offence had been committed b
/, Toney ia stating that Miss Douglas Ia
paid the sum Of three dollars in order TO b
allowed to participate in the dance, but bel
that there were extenuating circumstance!
Toney was young yet, and probably wa
overcome with establishment ATTENDING ths
! Miss Douglas had that much money ab0U
her clothes. He did not wish to be sever
on the defendants, and therefore woul
! only fine Emma $50, and the alder an
abettor SIS.
John Dale and John Short, a brace
! | cOlored hoods Of immature age, had
pleasant little time on Criddle street &
other night, in the course Of which the
2 used profane and abusive language, accOr,
| ing to the testimony of the prosecuting wi
Z ness. Dale and Short explained 10 e
Honor that they "was only funin'," bi
, that embodiment of Judicial wisdom was
= the opinion that they should use more di
. cretion in selecting their ways Of epj0yiI
themselves,
The two funny young chaps are goiT
to have areal pleasant, sociabla time all th
week, breaking rocks at the Workhouse.
Anna Coleman, black nurse girl, b.
observed, with regret, that the small chill
S rem entrusted to her care, were GROWN
= wild and reckless, giving evidence of II
e fact that they were sadly in need
J. a certain amount of corporal ptlnisl
e ment. Being convinced that if thog
6 children continued in their wickt
e course, she would be held morally respon
d IDLE therefor, she determined to administ.
= the needed correction with her own han
= In carrying out this commendable purpos
$ she was not harsh, but she was thorough
she vas very thorough.
D The prosecutor IN this case falling to py
u in an appearances, Anna was dismissed y il
L the Injunction to be more moderate in Il
future.