National Republican., 1874-07-07
SKETCHES OF POLICEWORK
WHAT THE GLORIOUS FOURTH ADD
EDTo THE MARSH1L'S FUND.

EDTO THE MARSHIL'S FUND.
SYLVESTER BROOKS EXPLOITS WITH
BAYoNET-A DOUBLE AssAULT-oVER
ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS IN THE
CouRT-THE NICE YOUNG MEN FORFEIT
CoILATERAL-How THE MIscELLANE-
oTrs CASES WERE DISPOSED ORA HARD
DAY FOR JUDGE SMELL.
The Police Court was as busy as bee yes
terday; yes, two Of them. Every room that
would hold anything had its full. The others
were occupied by air holes and venerable old
beasts of the rat kind. 1t was the tidal
wave of the glorious day we celebrate which
had swept over the city and stranded and
partially wrecked one hundred and I'VE
animated vessels upon the shoals Of bad nlooa
and poorer whisky. All that can be done is
done to transact the business Of the court IN q
dignifed and proper manner, but these efforts
will ever be futile as long IS the authorities are
compeIled to administer justice in space Of
TWENTY-FIVE BY fifteen feet in dimension, with
ceiling that causes a man to dodge inVolunta-
riIv as he arises from his chair or attempts to
| enter the room, and all this besprinkled and
marred. IL marred It can be, by dingy walls,
dingier windows and the dingiest crowd OF cuI-
prits ever collected together for violating lhe
| laws of community; and the sooner the Oh
! lanidated old establishment Is turned wrong
SIDE ont and shaken the sooner will the sdloin-
mo houses be oyerrun with q lively crowd OF
aTimalcules of the fat-back persuasion, and
then the court of Justice, resuming an cir OF
cleanliness and purity, can, with better effect,
work out the ends for which it was founded.
WHILE HENRY JAMES
sat quietly smoking his pipe in the second
story which was the attic Of his rickety little
home. he was suddenly startled by an eXclama-
tion which was evidently intended as cry ior
assistance, but which died away in guzznng
sound. wing unmistakable proof that some
body was being compressed about the WING,
nine lust below in the entry. Up jumped
Henry. and away ratified Henry's shoes towards
the scene of commotion. Down the stairs he
went with O skip and jump, and stopped Just
! in time to avoid stepping on the head OF caro-
line jackson, which was struggling with the
bony bands of Sylvester Brooks for the mas
tery. Henry Jones Immediately receded TO the
rear of the hall and rolled up his sleeves he
had met Sylvester before under similar clrcum'
stances. and came out of the little end Of the
horn. The big end Of horn was very accept
able TO him, but respecting the little extrem-
| itv IieTcuse me" was his motto. He pranced
m 70 Sylvester, who was busily engaged in the
manly employment Of checking delicate
woman's respiration, and doubling up
81 ,et berup or IN blow your brains out; do you
! bearl,j Sylvester did hear. He got up and
shook himself, and profaned harshly, and then
nassed suddenly to where James was stand
| inc hut James wasn't there. He had gone up
| the back stairs for refreshments. The refresh
rnents consisted of a musket, with bayonet at
tached, with which he appeared on the upper
| landing, and requested Sylvester to come up.
Sylvester went up, but it was like boy passing
over an oyster bed oarelooted' ne leIt ms
wav. He urged Henry to lay the musket
down and receive him in friendship. Henry
said, s'don't be bashFul, come up" He had
great respect for Henry's invitation, but he
Thought best to decline. Henry saw him turn
TO 90 down, and wishing to intercept him he
brought the butt of the musket down upon his
head and shoulders with much astronomical
effect. He accepted the prior invitation then
and went up. It was right in the face of an
urTv bsvoDet. but he went notwithstanding
In other words his Brooks blood was up. II
was a sharp, severe struggle. Selling the
lbavoIret he wrenched It loose, and then there
was a rush, a rattling crash, and Henry James
rear appendage to his coat assumed 9
horizontal, and followed down the hal
and into an adjoining bedroom. But
even here he was not safe. momen
through the panel of the door in,seYeral places
and then the door itself fell in, and over it
shattered frame strobe the irate Sylvester
with bayonet flashing in the sunlight and mad
ness pictured in every lineament Of his face
Henry looked meek. He looked lamblk'
and bland. Said he, "SylVester, hold on
what's the use of foolin' round with that bay
onetpD Sylvester backed off and struck thu
proper attitude for charging. "Now hold on
and let's call It square," again shrieked Henry
and couched back into the corner before thu
approaching steel. 1t came relentlessly OF
and throwing both hands up he caught Sc
we're thrust near his right wrist which was fol
lowed up by several sharp strokes about tn
arms and shoulders, but Sylvester hearing
what he supposed to be the voices of officer
below, gave his victim parting rub and dis
snneared from the scene. All Of this was dc
yeioped at the Police Court yesterday, and Syl
vester was fined $40 and costs for his militar
exploit.
DOUBLE ASSAULT.
John Hanovan was spending the Fourth in
low restaurant, and meeting two roughs b
! the names of Walter Robinson and Jane
Walker, he offered to treat them in good
humored manner, when Robinson TUNED upol
him and struck him powerful blow IN tn
face, which felled him to the floor. While b
was lying there in totally helpless eonditio
Walker picked him up, and laying him acros
a refrigerator, burst open the side Of his fac
with another terrific blow, and then left him t
the mercy of half a dozen other drunken mer
His appearance at the Police Court yesterda
rssembled a beefsteak just prepared for tn
= fry. Walker was fined $50 and Robinson 81
MISCELLANEOUS.
John Ross, assault on his wife in heartles
and brutal manner, sent TO Jail for 60 days. !
5 H. Mathews, assault on Catherine Dutcf
( fined $40. Jerry Snowdon, charged with frin
/ a pistol at Louisa johnson. The weapon wa
5 loaded with powder only, but It was we
D loaded. She looked as though she had bee
to powder-mlll explosion regardless ofcost
b. Thomas Burns, assault on his wife, $50 an
. costs.