Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-16
POLICE plCKiNGs.


John Maxey is another victem of mis-.
placed confidence He learned ladder
against Squire Meaehafn's wood shed night
before last, being confident that he could
gain an entrance 10 that building without
being detected. Mistaken Maxey! No
doubt you are willing to admit that sshon-
esty Is The best policy" even though it may
.skeep man tam poor,n as the Dutehmsn
SAD, On the night in question, the owner
OF Squire Mescham's wood shed returned
home ct the seasonable hour of eleven
o'clock, with his head full of figures and
things, In consequence of bis arduous laeors
in making up the city tax books. As be
neared his haven OF rest, i. e.
bis domestic hearth, he was
astonished TO observe a Figure "
percbed upon ladder and making vigorous
efforts 70 gain an entrance to his woodhouse /.
The Squire opened conversation with the
would be wood thief, by asking him what
he was doing there, TO which the latter re-
sponded by saying that he had been work.
ing for the man who lived there. The
Squire replied that there must be some
mistake, as be occupied those premises, and
then the chap on the ladder, otherwise
John Maxey, colored, corrected his first
statement by saying that he bad been work
ing TOR the man who lived next door; to
which the Squire responded that
that was 'lie-kely story, becsuse the
fsTnily living next door had been
out Of town for se-ye-real weeks. The
darkey then stated that he was passing
along there, and had lost his knife, and be
was looking for 1t. Now, one of Squire
Meacham's characteristics is to place the
most implicit confidence in everything that
is told him-that is, everyth Dg which looks
at al reasonable, but when man who is
peIched on top of long ladder, at the hour
of eleven O'Clock at night, tells him that his
business there is to find lost pocket knife,
then Squire Meacham invariably hesitates,
and considers. He finds that be must draw
the line between probabilities" (no re:
Election upon the Signal Service
intendedl, and "improbabiIitir s." in the
region Of somewhere, and In this 10
stance he drew it az the foot OF the ladder
and placed John Maxey and his story of
lost pocket knife on the ":mprobabilities'
side. The result was Mr.. Maxsy So. mt the
remainder of the night in the lookup, and
when brought before Judge Duling ycs!er-
dav was fined $50.
Sue Cook and Jenny Roberts, alias "SoI-
der CHARLIE have been bitter enemies for
five years rast, and ufon more than one
occasion Soldier Charlie has been heard to
remiIk that she'd 'sbuit The snoot" of Miss
Cook at the first f2ycrsble opportunity.
The latter, on her part, has net been
backward in coming forward to ex-
press the very contemplate idea she has of
thu young lady Of the military cognomen.
rl -. This feeling Of sntagonism cul-
minated in terrible ou.5. esk, tnusly: Sue
wanted soldier Charlie to use 10 some
what fferent manner to what she had
done, tie money which Bill Phelps (Who
seems TO be the proprietor of the Outft,)
gives her to do tbs arketiDg, ss she had
become heartily tired Of the style ofpro7en-
der Soldier Charlie persistc III purchasing,
High words ensued, and the frs thing the
epicurean Miss Cook knew, Soldier Charlie
had waltzed her out into the alley, thrown
her down on her back, and was busily
engaged in pounding her head down
on projecting boulder, with
an ear1estness and snthQ issS4 WHICH can
not be too highly commanded. During tie
melee, George BrAnnon, an attaehe Of the
b2gui1 where the affair occurred, was bud
ly called for by the unfortunate Sue Cook,
from whose head the blood was streaming,
ut that worthy only troubled himself 80 far
as to 60 to the door. take 1ui9t look at the
combatants-or combat3nt, rather-and
then ssuutered back into his den with
warning to the G rls that if they "didn'a stop
that, he'd send for policeman" Apolice-
man finally came without being SEM for,
and took both parties under arrest. Sue
Cook WIS fined $40 and Soldier Charley SIS.
Domestic infelicity reigns a: the mansion
of W.lless Lanier, colored, and there is a
strong probabih y that the services Of di-
vorce lawyer will be called into requisition.
Itseems that Willess went home Thursday
night with pint of whisky in bottle, and
about quart concealed about his person.
His wife was afraid to leave him alone in
the house while in that condition, and as
she had to go to the spring after bucket OF
water, asked him TO go along, but be re-
fused. Mrs. Lanier then went alone, and
when she returned found that her "noble
spouse" CHATS pure sarcasm) had improved
the time by taking q ed DOM and putting
it ont doors, upsetting the t.bles aud chairs,
spanking the children, and otherwise erioy-
ing hImself, and giving vent to the wild im-
pulses of bis unbroken spirit. The wife had
proceeded thus far il giving her testimony
before the Police Judge yesterday, when
Mr.. Lanier interrupted with, "Judge, l took
a bottle of whisky home with me, aRd she
took it away"
evil, that's kindness you ought never
to forget" returned the court, "HoW long
have you been married?n
Wlless plunged into profound msdi-
tation for moment, and tLen replied"Flve
years"
"Five years." broke in bis wife iudig-
nantly, "Why we've been married nine
years next MAJ ch," then she added she
told policeman he took the bed down for
me to pick The chinches off, but that Amt
so, folks don't take down no beds al 10
O'Clock at night, to pick ehinches off. told
him was goin' to have him arrested, aud
he might have got away but he didn't believe
| d do it, he's so stout-hearted. ard 80 stiff
in his mind" The court thought m2n so
'sstout-hearted" and so ''stiff in his mind"
could stand fine Of ten dollars, aud so or
derod ........