Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-08
POLICE PICKlNGs.

John Riggons had occasion to hire q
hack to 20 out home SUndaY, and he enter
ed into verbal contract to pay colored
individual who-drives one of these public
vehicles TO transport him to his destination,
for which service BIO was to receive one
ooila= ($1.00). After getting In the hack,
Mr.. Regions changed his mind and ordered
the sable Jehu to take him to the Louis
vile depot instead. When be cot out OF
the hack, the driver insisted upon his pay
ing hin the dollar, but Mr. Regions
couldn't see it In that illumination, and
therefore refused to pay more than the reg
ular fare, fifty cents, whereupon the darkey
threatened to have him arrested. At this.
Mr. RiggoDs waxed wrothy and raped the
driver over the head with . stick. When
Mr.. Riggons left the court room yesterday,
he left five dollar bill in the hands of the
Judge.
Miss Mollie Ward called upon her friend,
Miss Ida Harris. Sunday morning, at the
somewhat unseemly hour Off O'Clock. Her
object in calling at that hour was TO have a
little private conversation with II 80 Harris
regarding certain remarks the latter was
reported to have made about her, and to
tell her that If she'd step out on the porch
she'd "bust her snoot." To this gentle in
situation, Miss Harris responded by step
ping out on the porch with much alacrity
but scanty clothing. A few hasty rounds
were fought, resulting in one of Miss Har-
ris' peppers being closed for repairs. The
court was of the opinion that Miss Ward
had offended the dignity of the law five dol
lars worth.
The "nDcertainties of the law" were
never more fully illustrated than in the
case of Thomas Fanwick, colored, whom
Mr. Woodland had caused to be arrested on
the charge of assaultiny him with chair.
| Mr.. Woodland stated that he keeps a saloon;
that Mr.. Fanwiek came into bis saloon and
ordered a half pint of whisky; that the
whisky was put into bottle; that Fanwick
picked the bottle W, refreshed the inner
man by good strong swig, and then put
the bottle down and asked the cost of the
whisky; that be told him it was worth ff-
teen cents; that Fsnwick handed him a
dime and said that was all he would pay;
that he refused to take that sam and az
once poured the whisky out in glass; that
Fanwick then began to abuse him; that be
told him if he didn't shut up and leave the
| saloon that he (Woolard) woHld bit him
with glass; that Fanwick persisted in his
abuse; that be hit him with glass and
that Fanwick had retaliated by assaulting
him with chair. The negro bore marks
of having been hit by something, as bis
head was bandaged up and bis clothing was
| covered with blood. He stated that Wool.
ard had broken glass by hitting him on
the head with it, and that some Of the
pieces were still in the wound. He ssi6
there were no chairs in the back part of the
saloon where the VIII skey was sold, and that
be had not struck Woolard with anything
| Woolard said Fanwick had been drinking
before he came into lis saloon, and was not
| in condition to know whether there were
| any chairs there or not. The Judge theT
said he had violated the law in selling
| whisky to s drunken man, and ordered
Fanwick discharged, but fined Woolard S.
Frank Carter, a slip of colored boy
buckled a fve-shooter about his person
Saturday night, and hied him away to {
ball given at the Harding Hous,
by our colored feIow-citizsns snC
citizenesses. He rushed reck.essly VI
stairs, but was stopped before entering
the ballroom by Steve Payne, who 70
quested him to fork over ticket OF admis
sion. Carter had neglected to provide
himself with ticket and had no thought o
paying the admission fee, and when be wa!
refused sdmittance, stepped outside tn
house, pulled his five shooter and baDgeC
away st Mr.. Payne without having gon'
through the formality of first askius hi
permission to do so. he missed his mari
and was promptly arrested. The coUr
thought by the time he had worked out
$50 fine, Mr.. Carter would have sens
enough to leave his revolver at home whel
he again attends ball.