Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-31
POLICE PICKINGS.
IT WAS HIS

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that saved him. He stood trembling be-
fore the bar of justice, charged with having
driven lis hack through the streets Of
Nashville at a rate of speed which our City
LEGISLATURE has declared dangerous to So
ciety in general. The proof against him
was conclusive, but in consideration Of the
fact Of this being his first offence, after
twenty-five years good department in this
city, he was dismissed with the judicial
blessing.
BCD PERRY
seemed 10 think he get of cheaply enough.
He had persisted in driving his hack at
night, without having lis lamps trimmed
and burning. He was let OF this time with
a fine of $3.50, which amount his employer
paid, and Bud left the court o in a very
cheerful frame Of mind.
IT WAS 4 CAS- OF JEALOUSY.
Mrs. Long gave a very long, quite graphic
anc exceedingly Minute account of the
difficulty. She began by reminding the
court that she took out a license a few days
since. by means of which her arrangements
for keeping a boarding house received the
sanction of the law. Then she
hired Fanny Mccoy to work for
her. at a salary OF four dollars
per month. in addition to which sum Mrs.
Long purpoSed donating TO her at various
times various and sundry articles of Wear
ing apparel, enOughto swell Fanny month
IL salary to something less than a hundred
dollars. Her housekeeping arrangements
being somewhat in 4 chaotic state, Mis-.
Long had Fanny sleep on a bed made down
on the floor in her own bedroom the fist
night after her services had been secured.
The next day, however, she bought q cot
Zone of them folding things) of Mrs. Cox.
On this cot placed a mattress, two sheets,
a pillow. two blankets and a comforter, and
then told Fanny she might occupy this lux
uriOus couch, which occupied one corner of
the dininG-rOom. To this
COMFORTABLE ARRANGEMENT
AIr. Long, with that obStinacy peculiar to
mankind. objected, and saidh he wasn't going
to have Fanny sleeping in the dining-roOm.
Then Aas. Long became jealous, insisted
that Miss Mccoy should sleep in the din
ing-room, and finally became involved
in a war Of words with that maiden, which
terminated by her hitting Fanny over the
head with a piece of plank, whereupon the
latter retaliated by Shaping her. CHere
the thread of Mrs. Longs narrativew was cut
short by Miss Mccoy remarking soto UOce,
you're the biggest liar l ever saw" with
the air Of one who had seen a great many
prevaricatOrs.) Mrs. Long, reSuming, said
that Mr.. Long had held her
WHILE FANNY STRUCK HER,
which fact she could prove by ayOung man
who. at that juncture, brought her a fish
weighing nine pounds and something over
from the market. In telling her side Of
the story, Fanny denied having hit Mrs.
Long. She was on the point Of doing so,
but upon second thought, concluded she
had better not, as she remembered she had
no money to pay fines with. As for Mrs.
Long being Jealous, she had no occasion to
be, Miss Mccoy added, as she would never
..take up with such an old cOyey. The
two were fined $50, twO-thirds of which
sum was levied upon Mrs. Long.
WITH THAT CHARMING CANDOR
for which she is noted, Miss Sally Tank
freely admitted that she had paid an I'M
c~eremoniOus visit to the palatial residence
Of Mollie Mason, for the express purpose
Of "kickin' up a muss,' as Miss Tank eX-
pressed it. Finding Miss Mason in her
bOudoir, reclining in a comfortable easy
chair, perusing Mark Twain's Gilded Age,
Miss Tank let loose the walls of her wrath,
indUlging in emphatic invectiye, or, to fall
back upon the more expressive language of
the defendant herself, she ''cuSSed her"
4 number Of witnesses were brought for
ward to prove the offence, but this plain
statement Of fact, upon the part Of the per-
son most interested, did away with the
necessity Of examining them. Tank was
fined five dollars.