National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-09
POLICE CoURS SKETCHES.
TOM COLLINS NEVER WILL REST
FL0RIS VAN REUTH AS A BROTHER

ELQRlS VAN REUIH AS A BROTHER
1t must have been, as we are about to say, for
no other reason was given. Patrick Common sat
quietly beneath the shade of q tree on one Of our
commons comfortably smoking his pipe. HIS two
cows were grazing hard by, and there was moth
ing to break the quiet Of his musings save now
and then to call old Brindle back from her stray
ings or to refill his bIackly- burnt clay smoker.
All these things seemed to rest together for Pat
shadow, and Pat found this out, much to his dis
comforture. While employed as above stated
Patrick Hayes came post nS S.s Ground ana sP
In one Of which was q club, and saying something
remarkably loud. He circled around Connor
.Blast yer bloody Irish nature ana its ye is st.
what's been after callin' Patrick Hayes all the
bad names yer dirty tongue could spake." Con-
and Hayes Continued, aNOW az ys
to state the thruth, and in stating the
thruth tell me no lies, or BY the sncient
wild the likes of that" and he shook his club
violently about the dome Of Connor's physical
straeture. Conner thought of all the mean things
that he had committed during his life, but In none
Of them could he tind any proyocation for this
sudden and violent assault. Gonnor spoke. Said
ne, os NOW, man, hold on hold on What's the
"Avasti blast yer blarneyism." cried Hayes:
1--WE enough Of yees. Ye are Tom. Collins, the
me own honest self"-and whack whAck whack
went the hickory club now dancing q Ing on the
head of the innocent Conner, and now rafting q
quickstep on the back Of the same Common, in
selfdefence, returned the assault, and a warm
contest ensued. When the fight had ended, and
Hayes found that Tom. Collins was q myth, and
the man he had been pounding o peaceahle citi-
zen, he wanted to take it all back, butte
thought differently, and yesterday it-Has settled
before Judge Smell, who fined the assailant IS,
and costs.
-...-- A sIsTER-IN-LAw THIS TINE.
Wbether hecausa FIOris Van Reutb,s
mother-in-law was TOO sensible and htgn-mlnded
to have anything to do with him, (which is quite
pound for his slight physical strusUre il does 1ot
appear, but IL is quite certain that he did not as
IS usual, modest her, but instead vented his Van
Reuth spite on his sister-in-law. To strike a
woman is to diYest o man Of every atom of manli-
ness, but to strike sister-in-law is the very
sence Of brutality, and the act is not worthy of
place in the catalogue Of heinous crimes. And
this Is how be did 1t: Mrs. Van Reuth and lsa-
dore Hicks, her. sister, keep neat dressmaking
and millinery shop on Fourteenth street. Van
sometimes several 'nips." He had nipped once
too much for the preservation Of bis equanimity
last Saturday, and when he came home it was
distressingly hard work to get up the stone steps
He was so tired, you know, and sleepy, too. He
felt that he was lord of all he surveyed, when he
didn't even pay for renting the house. When
man feels this way, he is usually apt to act in a
very independent manner. Van Reuth did so by
attempting to put the inmates. Mrs. Van Reuth
and her sister, down stairs and out of the house.
This required some time and considerable putting
mixed with moderate oaths and an occasional
threat to burn, destroy, annihilate or demolish.
When Mrs Van Reuth's sister went out of the
house. which she did Unexpectedly, she went in
an unusual way-head first. Head first Is not so
bad when one brings up feet first; but she didn't.
No, no; far from it. The back Of her neck struck
q fence post and the back of her head followed
suit Through the paralyZing influence of both
these shocks combined she laid perfectly still in
Q state Of insensibility. Mrs. Van Reuth then
came out on the doorstep, assisted by the uneasy
knees Of the anectfona1e masculine Van Reuth,
and seriously requested assistance. Many per-
sons hocked TO the scene and helped to carry the
insensibIe Miss Hicks into the house, when she
was duly enrolled as another living martyr in the
ever-varying struggle for existence. Both ap-
peared against the whimscally afectionate Van
Reuth yesterday At the Police Court, and much
to his surprise, he was requested to donate $50 to
the police Sund, and gave 500 bonds to keep the
peace.