Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-29
POLICE PICKINGS.

Domestic unrest reigns supreme ct the
domicil of Sam Dickersou, Esq, Mr.. Dick
erson quaffsd freely of The flowing bowl
Sunday afternoon, and then meandered
homewaIds about ten O'Clock at night. He
had hsd little quarrel with his wife during
the day, and had absented himself all after
noon. Being man of exuberant spirits,
and of very humorous disposition, he an
nourced his presence upon entering the
house by playfully kicking over the table and
up'etting the dishes upon it, the latter strik-
ing the floor with crash. He then reached
fer the wife of his bosom, whereupon the
latter began vigorous screaming. A couple
of policemen ran to the house, and were
met at the door by the funny Mr.. Dicker-
SOD, who held double-barreled shot gun
in his hand, and he remarked, incidently,
that he would shoot the first man who step
ped inside the room But he didn't. There
being two charges against Mr.. Dickerson-
one of "drunk and disorderly" and the
other of 'resisting an officer" he was
fined S25, in each case. He gave notice
that he would take an appeal.
a dumb darkey was brought before the
court on the charge of having made an as
slult upon Sandy Cockril-the ethereal,
spare-built, sylph,like colorrd individual
who exchanges peanuts and things for lucre,
at the corner of College and Union streets.
Mr.. Cockrill gave the following lucid ex-
PLANTATION of the difficulty: oyer see,
Judge, this chap he stopped at my stand and
my boy he begins TO talk to him. | told
him he better lei the Teller alone, kase he
wus a pretendin' to be def and d1mb.
He hearn me say that, and then be come
sciencein' round me, Judge, and he Lit
right into me, and hit me several times.
l hadn't done nothin' TO him, fur I'd never
seed the Teller afore." Five dollars.
There was a very noticeable difference
between the story Mr. Dave Brown told
about the matter, and that told by his wife.
Mr.. Brown stated that he had found it i'm
possible to secure that peace and quietude
for which his soul loDged, while living with
Mrs. Brown, and he had therefore made up
bis mind, after mature and deliberate re-
Election, to shake her. He had gotten as
far as his mothers house, in carrying out
this res; luton, when be was overtaken by
Mrs. Brown, who 'opened her mouth and
spake" in a very emphatic manner indeed,
wbereupon the meek and lamb-like Brown
had her arrested on the charge of ''usiDg
language calculated to provoke breach of
the peace" ......-
Mrs. Brown said that her husband had
failed to support her for some time past,
having given her but seventy-fVe cents for
herself and child during the pasttwo weeks.
(The court, being remarkably quick at
figures, did little mental calculating, and
observed, soto uOice: "Thirty-five cents
a wee B," which was not correct by two and
a half cents per week. She also stated
that the hayward fancy of her husband had
been captured by the charms of woman re-
siding in Edgefield, and that was thereason
he wanted to get rid of her. The Court,
(whose knowledge Of human nature is even
more extensive than his knowledge of
remarking that he thought
there was wom.n in the case, and that
Brown was not the unofening saint he had
tried to represent himself, dismissed the
case.