National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-01
SKETCHES OF POLICE WORN
INTERESTING EVENTS AT TIE P0-
LICE COURT YESTERDAY. -

AN INDIGNANT HUSBAND CHARLES D.
VIcSERY SEES A BLACKlsNAKE VISION
A cowHIDISG THAT COST ONE DOLLAR
AND OTHER CURRENT EvENTs.
The whippAg-post has been destroyed IN as
country vita the exceptiea Of the State Of Della
ware, and the majority u the people Of that sec
tion favor &ts abolition. This fs we'll The sys-
tenn Of corporal punishfaent In our public rehoois
is Iast becoming thing Of the past. This is bet
ter. Bat there is o kind OF corporal thrashing
which las and will ever meet the approval Of the
comm1nity IN which II Is indicted That is the
coWhsdIng Of dwarf specimens Of masculine frauds
who are emboldea and degraded eneagh te cast
deienceless women In our midet These inueu-
does and ISLANDERS are Of daily occurrence, while
undoubtedly be q sad state Of affairs If It had no
rcdeeming qualities But 1t has. There have
been one hundred cases Of Unstable castigations
every one has been Of such . warm and lively
character as TO create In tho victims heart an
sight Of man. All breaches q the law, order and
quiet OF the community shocid be avoided. But
II there ever is q time when wrong act should
be done that good may come, ccwhi ding, under
certain circumstances is that act. The last
one committed was, perhaps, o model
ers and husbands won't make o run on the sad
dlery aRd harness shops of the city, 1t was done
under ssch favorable conditions and so completely
clerks desk in the Ebbtt House when it occurred
He might have been smoking a cigar, or perhaps
twisting his moussache HIS eye was intent on e
vague fancies, dreaming, perhaps, OF childhood's
happy hours, Of sliding down hl on the old gents
line. when he was suddenly startled from his rev.
erie By Nov I've got you after looking for you for
ten consecutive days" This came in sonorous and
rapidly approaching him. .Did you receive q
letter from me2" continued Thomas in q calmer
pale about The slIsp %sy dd yoa answer Il
thenf" demanded the indignant Thomas. "Be-
cause, sir, have left all Of my business with my
ing nervo-spedmodic appearance as he glanced
about to see which door was the widest. well,
Sit, continued Thomas, there's little business
you can't leave with your attorney because pro-
pose 70 settle 1t with you In person." 1t was at
this jnncture that vision appeared unto
Suspended for oms GRehs H midsr ne m saS
strous black snake, and voice like the roar
of many waters, cried, .Viekery, come to judg-
of him who spoke those awful words that self-same
black snake. coillng and squirming IS though its
back would break. And again the voice cried,
verified things Thy lips are full Of babblfngs
and thy tongue is altogether too long. Once
more say, come to Judgment" Now, Fl came to
pass that Vickery saw these strange things with
his own eyes, and heard them with his own ears,
and still he fatered. Go to Judgment he wouldn't,
and behold, he saw q great hand suddenly de-
scend and light upon his coat collar. II lit as
though It had come to stay, and he was sorely
Murder" Fire, Z" "Mother,n "Help;' and there
was great tumult, the noise Of which was louder
black snake descended upon that man, and be
fell; but the black snake followed. And 1t came
to pass that while the serpent was coiling and re-
that the third party appeared in the vision, cry
ing "Hold, holdT' and Immediately the serpent
turned upon him, tthls gave Vickery q chance.
to escape, and he shot out of the front door like
one interested In ire,) and dashed itself about
his shoulders until 1t was tbrottled and subdued.
vieiefy, on Wednesday lat, about noon. and the
one which prompted him to appear ut the Police |
Court yesterday and prefer charges against
denee introduced at the trial proved explicitly
that Yickery had time and again slaudered tina ]
wife Of Mr.. Thomas by casting slurs upon her
character, which our sonso of propriety forbid |
making public through these columns This is |
the real cause of the difficulty, which resulted in
ESes yS ieing s With o uS
long as he remains in this probationary state. |
The Judge of the Police Court, w. B. Smell, i'm |
rendering his decision, that there was no doubt |
there had been an assault committed, but there /
had also been great provocation. The complain
ant has not disproyed the testimony that he has |
time and again made slanderous remarks respect
ing the character Of the wife OF the defendant but
merely denies IT with his personal evidence. The
teetofs Of those who are often md!iciogEly ira
duced in character, and Consequently men have
sometimes as In this case, resorted 70 public cas
tigatlon, aud in tho majority of the cases the
courts have been extremely lenieut in iniiietins
the penalty which the law requires. The evidence
as ihtroddcsd "a tbs case would Tot justify
teinly demands that the smallest fine Tor a tech
meal assault should be imposed. The defendant
may, therefore, pay o fine Of 81 and costs. This
decision was received with grear favor through
out the courtroom. and an attempt YVES made to
cheer. which was quickly suppressed by the
his friends Mr. Thomas paid his ne ana e II
the room, apparently satisfied with having done
his duty fully, completely and lively wi.hal.
THE aLsSwooD ARRAY.
John Lewis and Allen Lomax were arraigned,
a knife upon John Oonnors. This assault oc:
Cured near Glenwo0d cemetery, at house-warm-
ing given by Jerry Lynch. These men came into
they commenced bloody assault on the entire
party, cutting and severity wounding several OF
the company. Lewis was hned 80 and Lopax
was discharged from this case and held on another.
LEWIS MuLLET
is cook in the Capitol restaurant. He started
out to get some yeast powders and got drunk.
On returning TO the Capitol he fell down hfty-two
EiteSen Wanting to know who ao threw that last
brick first" As no one appeared TO give him q
satisfactory. answer, he commenced storming
gathered up by the coat and pants and sent head
long out of the culinary department by George
Howell, the superintendent. Mr.. Howell ap-
peared at the court yesterday, charged with hay
Ing assaulted Mullett but as II was proven on
the trial by the prosecutions witnesses that he
used no more force than MAS actually necessary
10 eject him, he was acquitted.
AN ALLEGED LIBEL. - !
Yesterday, o. 8. B. Wall, late sSsievate 10 the
House Of delegates Of the district uf Columbia.
applied for q TarFs--., and got It, charging that
On the 2lsf Cay OF April WIN. J. Murtagh did
VIII, compose and publish, or cause TO be writ
,en, composed and published, certain scandal
lous and malicious libel concerning him, the said
u. 8. B. Wall, against tho form Of statutes in
such case made and provided, &c.
The following is the publication in THE ma
rIo6AL REPUBLICAN, on which these legal pro-
ceedings are based:
ABSENT, But NOT FORGOTTEN.
"The following letter from the late Hon. o. S.
B. Wall, in his peculiar style Of photography, was
received at the Office Of the Supreme court in
this District yesterdays:
stST. JAMES PARISH, g. A, Aprils 8, 1s7i.
$40 the CAesH CLERK Of the Supreme Court, Wdsh-
"DsHR SIN: pias to send me the copy Of my
certificate from the court as hav good case
here would like to recev 1t before come home
have lost the fust one please to send It in haste
yrs. .. S. B. WALL,
"attorney at Law"
This case will be heard to-day the Police Court,
unless there is a postponement Of the weather on