National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-27
THE POLICE COURT.

SKETCHES OF YESTERDAYS WORK.
Alexander jackson, alias Lafayette Jackson, 70
noboy barkeeper Of Georgetown, n historic lit
tie town nesting IN the confines Of the city) out
the place, IL appears, does not afford sanisssss
facilities for the pug1listic tendencies Of this gen
tleman Of the hask; 20 he crosses Rock creek ana
sticks quietly into the Metropolitan theatre, WIZ
desSn, IL ss WHAT feelings this
man harbored against old Billy Thomas has not
been made public might have 6ecn tn nd the ne
had nursed his wrath until he grew 70 manhood,
and this attack which is about TO be related. was
csse. Z. certainly paid him with interest. There
is an old fsud existing between these parties, and
isad:S e. 70 1ssRssssr: o. psssons 50 the mo
thirsty LOOKING viiisi.s; ca the contrary,
With ana 1od /. sssnsS
up to him and eomusneed lashtAg his tongue into
. furious state Of conversational excitement The
hand and bsds, the young chap .sbs stiii.S He e
didn't 20 there for that purpoes however, and the
.S%,nsIon only served e ns,tis p, anger, .:
lessons Of his childhood, to reverence gray hairs
he stained the old veterans head with blood. He
Msshs over two hundred but ne :, fsIl at ne rss
with the Intention Of doing some lasting bensnt
for society, but he fell litle harder in the same
He e sas Se as
Wherever he was kicked TO there he would Iesve
blood and Kroans and requests for the exaspe-
sssaals s Mas raging 1Ssn Private PRIV wstehman
Jones came to the rescue and lo0sened several
joints In tho back Of the infuriatcd Jackson. The
old geptlenan's appearance ut the court yester.
day was that Of q man who Ind been boarding
with kicking horse. His right eye was out OF
to spoil the sensation Of total blindness. His hand
had been severely cut with q sharp instrument,
and his ribs were in anything but normal state.
he considered II one Of tbs most brutal and bloody
assaults that ever came within the Jurisdiction OF
the Police Court, and fined him eioo and one
again arraigned for profanity, and fined q.
THEFrwILL OCT.
On the 10th of August last OHacer Anderson
routed some thieves out Of the store of Mr.. Clark,
in Uniontown, but failed ct the time in securing
since, and on Tuesday succeeded, by strategy and
perseverance. in securing the last oee Of the trio,
surprised them in the store they had nlled two
bushel bag with raisins sugar. tobacco, &c, while
the floor was saturated with whisky which they
had thrown about after having helped them
selves He was sent to jail for sixty days.
ELLEN HoBso. AND NARY PRIOR
caught the fghtolootic to an alarming extsnt In
lineup and Knox's alleys, and proceeded forth
with to exhibit symptoms Of the disease. The in
talk and some gestures As the distemper in.
creascs they close with extended finger-nails and
cienched teetn ne real nature OF this portion OF
the disorder varies according to the muscular de-
velopment of the afflicted parties. If they are
fighting about some man, the tendency Is to cut
each other up: but If it's merely matter of pump
usage or line fence right, they clutch each other
by the throat and howl. The one under usually |
howls the most heartfelt and searching. The last
stage Of distemper in this case was when Ellen |
Hobson stood on the body Of Mary Prior and
danced her breath away. 1t took several friends |
and bucket of water to bring her to conscious |
ness. Ellens forehead was badly fayed, but the |
victory was hers and she had to pay Is for 1t.
THREE BLACK CROWS. |
VIM. Somerville entered q grocery store on the |
corner of Twenty-second and G streets for the |
purpose Of procuring some edibies, and as he was |
leaving three colored roughs, r. Smith, ]. Maho- |
ney and H. Hatton, came In and asked for whisky. |
The lady said that she could not sell whisky by@
the drink. They told her that Somerville got |
drink, land they knew it." Somerville said that
he did not. whereupon they assaulted and used
him as o foot ball until he was kicked out of the
store But not satisfied with this, they inter-
cepted him before he reached home and attacked
him with knives and razors but nature had done
the square thing by him In the shape Of legs, and |
he made good his escape. They were fined 80
each and costs.
SMALL CRIMES. e Il
VIM. Mills and Thos. Hewitt were fined Is and
costs for profanity. and Lawson Webb, an incor-
rigible boy, was sent to the Reform school,