Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-08
POLICE PICKINGS.

Bill Brown, a well known North College
street character, was before the Court on
the charge of having whipped his ''womsn."
Two witnesses testified that they saw him
clap her in the face and order her into a
back room, and that be seemed to be little
| out of bumor at the time. Bill Phelps, who
keeps a saloon in the vicinity of the Louis
Vile dep7t, testified, in his own peculiarly
graphic manner, that be was in the room
| where the fracss was said to have occurred
a portion of the time, and that Brown
@mought have his tie gal, and he mought
not; as fur him, he never seed no strikin'."
| The girl herself emphatically deni
the charge Gas might have been expectedO
and said that all Brown did was 10 take her
by the arm and lead her gently from the
room, and one would suppose, from her
story, that Brown was one OF the kindest
and most considerable of men. The court,
however, had heard similar statements, un-
der similar circumstances, and was pre-
pared to take some stock in the testimony
| of the two witnesses who sgore positively
that they were in the room and saw Brown
| slap the woman in the face several times,
and that belligerently disposed individual
was fined five dollars.
Tom White remarked, Wednesday, thai.
he had fifty dollars which said Tom Shenof
was afraid to slap him, and the latter said
he had seyenty-fve which ssid be was not.
| After little more conversational parleyiDg
| of this character Shenof did slap sWhite,
thus establishing the reputation of his
seventy-five dollars, for truth and Yeracity.
Shenof left s'V" with the court yesterday
morning, without, however, insisting very
strongly upon the courts acceptance of the
money. CT is, perhaps, well enough to
state iD this connection, that no special
urging was required.)
1t was all on account OF the charac .eris
tic of Mr.. Brown-Mr. Jim Brown, colorej,
to be polite and courteous to the female
sex. In fact Mr.. Browa--Mr. jim Brown,
colored, is nothing if not polite, and it is
really sad commentary upol the degener-
acy of the times TO know that any one
should be brought to grief and a police
court, because of bis politeness. There Is
food for reflection in this, which the con-
templatiYe mind would do well to ponder
upon, and if any of the readers Of this paper
possess contemplated mind, or
if they have an uncle or an aunt posses sed
of that descriptioD, it is to be hoped be or
she will consider this matter at as early
day as practical. But to return to Blown:
1t seems that, in one of bis leisure mo-
ments (snd he has great many moments
of that sort) he spied lady, one Ophelia
OIafferty, with whom be had the honor Of
an acquaintance, telling up the hill from
one Of the public springs, carry
ing q bucket of water. For Mr..
Brown to step nimbly forward and
relieve that lady of her burden, was
nothing more than one would expect Of a
young nan of his well known chivairous
character. Then Mr.. Brown and Mrs.
O'Lsfarty trudged pleasantly along, en-
gagged in animated, and, let US hope profit
ale conversation, which conversation was
suddenly and rudely terminated by an Off
cions policeman, who arrested the pair for
violating city ordinance prohibiting ne
groes from walking with white women.
Yesterday they were fined ten dollars each,
and as both happened to be shot of funds
a. that particular moment, they were sent
down to the workhouse.