Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-11
Police PIckiuRs.

Mary O'Conner said she supposed she
was guilty of the charge of "drunk and
disorderly.n She stated that she had
stopped at house to get drink of wa
ter, and she thinks the beverage was drug
ged, as she Immediately began to feel tip
sey. Her being drunk was purely acct
dental, and she was very sorry for her dis
graceful conduct. In view of the fact that
this was the first appearance of the O'Con-
ner in the Nashville Police Court she was
told to 60 her way in peace.
At an early hour Sunday morning the
proprietor of the Franklin House rose
from his couch and descended to the office.
There he found James Head, Esq, and
another young man (whose cognomen fire.
quently appears artistically inscribed upon
Capt. Yates little book) comfortably
stretched upon the floor, sleeping the
sleep which comes to those who have
'.looked upon the wine when it is red"
The proprietor of the Franklin House saw
at a glance that the good name of
bis hostilery would suffer if he allowed
such things to continue. So he aroused
those slumbering young men by a
few hearty shakes, accompanied by half q
dozen kicks, evenly distributed between
the two, and told them to "git up and git"
The young men Immediately "got up and
got," but when they reached the side walk,
Mr.. Head turned and relieved his mind
with regard to bis private opinion of the
Frau kiln House man, using, in that con-
nectioD, expressions more remarkable for
their force than elegance. For thus doing,
he was arrested, dragged before the police
Justice and fined five dollars. And yet you
call this free country!
Just the precise nature of the difficulty
between "Aunt Liza" and Mollie Kid, will
probably remain mystery unto the end of
time. Aunt Liza stated to the court that
Mollie had 'cursed'' her, and there was a
fifteen cents connected with the affair, but
in precisely what manner, was not made
public, as there was such an evident desire
upon the part of Aunt Liza to drag a cart
load of neighborhood gossip, and private
quarrels, that the court rose in its power
and majesty, and in voice of thunder or
dered the whole ontft out Of the room, the
defendant, Molle Kid, included.
Charles Brown, white boy, works i'll
Harris shoe shop. The same remark ap
plies to Philip Caldwell, colored. Brown
has been thus engaged for three weeks,
and the "war between the races" has waged
actively during that time. The black man
has had sneering remarks to make about
the white boy, whose principal misfortune
seemed to be that he had widowed moth
er and three sisters to aid in supporting,
and chose to do so by following the busi-
ness of a "Schuhmacker." Last Saturday
night the darkey made a tantalizing
remark, to which Brown responded
in the same kind, when the former
picked up a shoe and threw it at the latter,
striking him on the cheek. Brown was on
the point of returning the compliment by
shying at Caldwell's head shoe which he
was working upon at the time, but happen
ed to recollect, fortunately, that the shoe
was fine one and would probably be Sc
riously injured if it came in forcible con-
tact with the darkey's craniam, and so he
wisely renounced his first intention and
reached for last Instead. Before he found
one, however, Caldwell was upon him,
pounding him with remarkable degree of
energy and vigor. Caldwell was arrested
and fined S.