National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-31
POLICE COURT SKETCHES
ANIMATED ANIMQSlTY.

ANIMATED ANIMQSITY.
Quite large crowd was assembled on 3 street
Sunday morning, viewing the scene Of the late
fre. Some were discussing the sad misfortune Of
the parents who had lost their little ones in the
conhagration some were picking up nails, nat.
irons, stove legs, old kettlse and other remnants
Of the things that were, while Georgians Gray,
Ella Woodfall. and Julia Garrett were earnestly
engaged In disputin9 the title to . certain pleos
Of furniture which had been discovered among
the ashes. "Give 1t to me, Gsorgians. give Il to
me now, or TIL put head upoa you and blscken
up your brow" cried Julia Garrett - she rushed
into the person addresssd with extended finger
nails and . glowing eountsnanos. This attracted
the attention Of the crowd. and Immediately sew
responsibility Of seeing fair play and began SERIES
OF gestures, bsckoning the interfering parties to
stand back. A woman, when eonsummatsly mad,
Ii undoubtedly the maddest creature ever denied
the right Of suffrage. Her personal appearances
% 20 attractive. As general thing the sysballs
distsnd like skinned onions, and pallor passes
over the fAee, followed By nervous tvitching Of
the brows and upper Lip. Then the hands and
arms commences cirelinx about promiscuously, do
seribing al the curves In Greoisn architecture,
with . great many straight lines, and some jabs.
She always gets too mad to act skillfully, but
never too mad to talk. In fAet, the whole per.
formsncs Il made up principally Of favorits gss
lures loud yslls, scalp liftiag and flying stones.
Such was the case with these women. The
three pitched into each other without any definite
object In view, and commenced An unsystematio
renting Of dress goods. The hrst thing that
reached the ground was . llnen-thresd switch,
and then cotton net was seen to shoot on on .
tangent and disappear In the exoitsd crowd, fol-
lowed closely BY . hat and several dress buttons
A the combat despsned, Georgians trippsd on .
nd 1u1t
stood over and ON her, eontsnding with indom-
liable pluck for the mastery. II was IN even
handed struggle for some moments, but tate was
against Julia, for Just - she vas In the act Of
overcoming her antagonist In . baek. hold, 9eor-
gisna, who was struggling beneath their feet,
caught her BY the understandings, and she came
to the ground full Of pain and disappointment
There were three In . heap, and each one doing
her level best 70 get on top, whsu Onlcsr Reese
arrived. He took In the scene at . glance, and
without hesitation he gathered up the sag In the
and she reversed her position with the quieknsss
Of . slipped eccentric. .-....
The other two were Suddenly brought TO .
stand up and then the two WIRE placed In single
die and marched to the station house, followed
BY mob Of curious boys shouting, "Oh, Asnt
Elisa ~ and kindred songs Judge Smell And
Thorn os each.
ANDREW JAcKsoH
was brought Into court charged with stealing
twelve hundred bricks ffoa the Board q Public
WORKS. Superintendent Taylor stated to the
court that thsrs we're several loads Of then tDkon
away from Ooreoraa strsst, bstwssa fifteenth
and Fourteenth streets. The cart driver who was
employed BY the defsndantto take the brick away
tsstified that jackson told him 70 tell any one
who might b curious ssoagh 10 ask questions,
that tbs board had saploysd hin to move them.