National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-23
POLICE COURT SKETCHES.
A GAME OFGARDs


caused much trouble and came near ending In Q
brutal murder. in small ffane house ON the cor
ner Of Sixteenth and NJ streeta Tom Means and
Hank Wells werc there, and had ttaked the last
five dollars that the Board Of Public Works had
paid them on game Of eachrs. Things were
moving along smoothly. and the game becoming
intenseiy interetting-.hearts" being trump and
Tom holding what he supposed vas tho winning
Shorts, who, impelled BY morbid curiosity, drsv
nthree.legEed stood mp to the table and .ssen;
steadily, and At tho end Of ten minutes eaeh
player had won two points, aad the result hung
Visioss Of the past and present swept thro.gh
each mans mind, bringing u their recollection
old debts and coming taxes, Present insolyeaey
These Thoughts. and more. s1asd Interest %
the closing scenes Of the Play and .atH u
lesder reluctant TO throw hh hast card Their
tnss howell Teeounded With the cry. OF .heaftsh
trump" which came ffom Tom Mosns ~ he
IL s. .ssd rss :. X ,s sss s
M ,Ur With his thrc.I fss the nasssry and
protaaty was never before hurled on the head q
the door, locked IT, and then Interested himself
bi,.a sh sSs BY sha VIM ws .ss ss
o chisel and hatchet ready for active service. He
handed the hatchct to Tom. and then both moved
II was q sharp and decisive struggle. The butt
end OF the hatchet lodged near his right temple,
and at the same time the chisei acted promptly
tie unfortunate man. When he stopped falling
he in the northeast corner Of the room, rs Ear
as he could get. and It took them Just two min
hour, one pint of brandy and SIX old women to
enable him to regain his usual frame OF mind.
Wells made his escape, but Tom was 81. arrested,
and his old friends can find him In cell hfteen,
near Judiciary SQUARE.
THE AFFEcTioNArR
James jackson was sorcly tried with Josephine,
his wife, because of her fragrant neglect Of house.
hold and other domestic duties: 60 he employed
various to correct her faults in this respect
but all proved fruitlces and finally, driven almost
to desperation, he turned her from his bed and
board, forbidding her ever to return. After sew
eral weeks of tribuiation, having battlcd unsuc-
eessfully with the manifold diticulties Of single
life she returned to the home Of her husband and
begged to be taken back. She was, but II was BY
the hair of tho head, and back into the kitchen,
around which room she danced several l,gs Known
James jackson, for which he has never paid, were
again and again planted firmly against the ribs of
the unfortunate woman with the force Of an i'm
He would at intervals stop to take breath, but
the stop would breed torture for Josephine, for
the moment shc 10 rse thCss poUas
it not until she ceased to rise that the boots
became calm and mercitul. She looked as though
ene mai DRsseu through SrisIlillll euScWise
yesterday when she appeared at court, although
she had had several days to heal in. Jackson
was fined 20 end costs,
WORD FIGHT
brought Charles and Gertrude Madden into court
10 appears that Charles sometimes
allows his temper to govern his actions, and in
these spurts of passion he will waltz apout Ger
trudc like wasp with an extracted singer, luz
zing a good deal, but never strikes The court
placed him under 500 bonds to keep the peace.