Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-11
POLICE COURT.

A Father in Search of His Daughter
An Accomplished Darkey-The Sad
Results OF not EiIIiBg q Plate of
Soup-Concerning n Borrowed sau-
Ger.
When asked what he had to say with re-
ference, to the charge of having used vGi,gar
and abusive language, Jacob Whitesides
replied he "ddn't claim that he was guilty."
which was Ger ainly an exhibition of great
modesty on the part of Mr.. Whitesides, as
the proof fully established the fact that he
might have claimed to be guilty, and have
made that claim good. The facts, were
these: Wbiteside's daughter has fallen into
evil ways, and her father had reason to sup
pose that she was being harbored by Emil
line Bent, SO he took occasion
to visit the Bent mansion, located
on Criddle street, for the purpose of indu-
cling his daughter to return home. Failing
to find the girl, Whitesides engaged in an
earnest and animated discourse with the
laxative Bent, which resulted in his being
placed under the restraining and protecting
care of a policeman. The fine of five dol
lars which was imposed upon him, White
sides paid without murmur.
hCDI lbdll1 COlOlCbs uGAo BlONcA uluiSC L
a disturbing element" so far as the
peace and quietude of the family of Mr..
Tootenrich is concerned. Henry is about
eight feet high, with hands like the fins of a
whale, and feet Of sufficient length and
breadth of beam to enable him to walk
across the Cumberland in per-
feet safety, if he only had
faith enough to make the experiment.
Throughout his entire structure, Mr.. Rains
immense corporosity is permeated with i'm
pudence, love of music and gallantry. His
impudence has led him to make complete
nuisance of himself for months past, in con-
stantly obtruding himself upon the family
of Mr.. TOo,eDrich, minimize ne the ladies Of
the household when they would call SER
want, advising those servants to "sass" their
employers, and openly Boosting that "white
folks couldn't boss him around" His love
of music has caused him to invest all bis
spare cash in a secondhand banjo, which
he thumps until late hour almost every
night, bowling an accompaniment mean
while, sufficiently exasperating to rouse
the dead, provided there were any
dead within q dozen squares of him.
Lastly, his gallantry has induced him TO
place plank across the narrow space be-
tween his window and that of the room &C.
cupied by Mr.. Tootenrich's cook, fascinat-
ing female about fourteen years Of age and
four feet high, (another Illustration is here
given Of the fact that we seek our opposites)
which plank the susceptible and impudent
and musical Henry was wont to take
position upon, and lull to pleasant dreams
his youthful dulcina by the sweet tones of
the banjo aforementioned, Mr.. Tootenrich |
endured this sort of thing for several
months, and then began to consider its |
monotony somewhat tiresome. He expos |
tulated with the impudent and musical |
and gallant Henry, but did not use |
the right sort of arguments, fer he |
tried to reason with him, instead of wait |
ing until be took position on his plank TO |
begin his mighty howl, and then knocking |
him from his airy perch by well-simed |
boulder. 1t is TO be hoped that by the |
the SIS which he was fined yesterday, he |
will have come TO the conclusion that white
folks have some rights which the colored
folks are bound to respect.
It was all on account of his plate of soup
not being so well filed as he thought it
should be. Feeling the need of little sus-
tenance, Mr.. Jack White stepped into
lunch house, ordered 8 plate of soup,
got mad because it was not heaped
up with the heSlth-giving liquid which is
dealt out at the establishment refered to,
"cussed" the black boy who waited
on him, and threw loaf Of bread at his
Uranium with the pleasant remark that he
intended to kill him at the first favorable
Then the proprietor of the
appeared upon the scene, and
after q brief, Tut animated conversation, |
said proprietor and Mr.. White embraced
each other, White clutching with firm grasp
3 handful of the flowing beard of the other,
which beard he pulled out and threw upon
The Aoor-an EXHIBITION Of wasteful extrav-
sgsnce, for he might have solo !: 10 The plas-
,erers Then tia proprietor I'd bis customer
proceed vigorously with the WORK Of clos
Ing each others peppers, in which enter
prise they were both eminently successful.
Then o policeman arrested both parties,
and had them brought before the Police
Court yesterday, where they were fined
s10 each.
And sill this because lar. Whites plate
If soup was not as fuQ as he thought it
ought TO be.
Irene Hunter went to the paa.ial resi-
1ence of Fanny Taylor last Friday, for the
o1rpose of getting 'ucer which she said
The had left ct Fanny's house, but which
he latter said was not there. Saturday,
Mrs. Hunter repeated her visit, to meet with
he same success. Sunday she dropped in
IS she was passing, and again inquired about
hat saucer, but failed to get it. Monday
morning she began the work "fair aud
cuare," by going round to look for that
saucer, aud as she failed to get it, called
gain early Tuesday morning. Then the
prit of Fanny Taylor rose up within her.
Believing that the sdage, every mans
,ouse is his CASTLE" applied with equal
orce TO the premises occupied by woman,
he deSe.E:ned to resist the invader, and
when Mrs. Hunter made her regular call on
Wednesday, for the purpose OF making a
eW inquiries relative to the whereabouts of |
hat saucer, she found the desperate Fanny
tanding in the doorway, with an uplifted
x. "Don't yer come near my house, you
I'D blue-eyed devil, or FIJI SPLIT yer
,ead wide open with this az" ex-
laimed the exasperated owner of the | !
This was very wicked on the
art of Miss Taylor, but before the reader
.astens to condemn her conduct, let him
onsider all the circumstances. Let him /
oppose one of his neighbors coming every
ay to inquire about saucer-snd cheap ,
auler at that; let him have reason to sup
ose that said Via.te would be repeated dali
? through the entire summer and extend I
ng, perhaps, late into the fall, aud then let
i'm place one hand on his heart and the :
Their on top of his head, and ask himself this +
uestion: Show would have acted under !
hose circumstances" Of course the read
r would not have used the precise language
imputed to Miss Taylor, for the reader is
OF profane man, but he would have used '
.nguags equally emphatic. i
The court doubtless considered the ag- s
ravsting circumstances of the case, as d
liss Fanny was only fined S. for her con- t
uct, while Mrs. Hunter was fined like | p
mount on the charge Of trespassing. II