Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-06
THE COTRTS.

POLICE COURT-JutiGe Smell
To-day Joseph Heffiey, charged with refuS-
ing TO aid Officer Wheeler in making an arrest
when summoned to do 50: s. and costs R0bt.
Williams. vagrant. was sent down for sixty
days. Jennie COrcoran was sent down for va
grancy. Agnes White. another one of the
same sort. was also sent down. Richard White,
alas Clarke, charged with larceny of a pocket
book containing one dollar, the property of
some person unknown This was a case of
pOcket-hook Snatching from a lady on 9Th
street. Mr.. \. ;. White, who saw the tranSac-
ton. caught the fellow in few minutes after
wards. recovered the money and pocket-book
and restored il To the lady who went on her
way. He did not know her The boy ran up a
flight of stairs in the old lntelligencer building
was caught hy Mr.. Walker in an adjoining
yard: continued A Cohen. pawnbr0ker,
doing business on 9TH street. was charged with
a violation of the laws regulating his business.
10y doing business without license and also for
OyeTcharging Il customer. young man
named Smith testified that he put a gold ring
in pawn. and when he desired To renew the
loan was charged l. instead of ) cents per
month. and on rendering the legal rate was
told hy the pawnhroker that the time had eX-
pred and the pledge was forfeited. After
considerable testimony on both sides, The
court decided that the remedy OF complainant
was in a civil suit, and dismissed the ease.
John Thomas was fined g for an ARRAY. Den
mis- Newman. larceny of an OyercOat, worth
SIS, from Alfred Carter 80 and costs.
CHEROKEE PRISONERS.
\ raid was made by Lieutenant AuStin'S pO-
lice of the 9Th precinct last night upon Il house
Of ilI-fame on j.. between 18th and 18th streets.
kept by one Jenny Bertram, who, with six
other white females. Il COlOred servant woman
and two Cherokee Indians. were captured and
locked up in the Central guard house for a
hearing in the police court, \ regular row
was going on there ut the time. which so far
as aScertained was caused by one of the female
inmates. who had been elected 10y the pIoprie-
treSs. She. as it appeared; returned 20 the
house for some articles which She claimed rs
hers when the row followed, with cries of
Murder" and Police The whole crowd
raigned and plead not guilty. Mary Hamilton
testified that she was an inmate and had paid
Jenny money for the use of her rooms, besides
Sl5 per week for her board. She had been
grossly inSulted and abused by them and com
planned 10 the police and had been arrested.
Jenny said that Hamilton was not her right
name but il il the name she goes by. Another
young girl. who calls herself Clara McCauey.
testified that her home is on 2lth street but
She had been induced several days ago by
JENNY Rertram to go 10 her house to live. had
paid her money. There was no defence and
the court imposed fine OF $l(0.
James Lee, assault on Charles l.. Lippincott
So
SHOOTING BULL" FRIzzLE
Edward Woody was arraigned for assault
and battery with intent to Kill John W. Friz-
zle. better known as Bull FriZZle. This oc-
time of the recent flood. FriZZle. it appears
was engaged in catching drift wood on prem
lseS claimed 10y Woody, who ordered HIM on,
and on his negleciing to heed the warning.
shot him in the legs and hand with a charge 0f
shot. Mr.. FriZZie related the circumstances of
the shootlng, and said he was out i'll boat OPP
pOsite WoodyS house. Woody ordered him
away. and then went for his gun. Witness
was stopping down in his boat, when q load of
shot struck him in his legs and hand. He told
Woody that he was not robbing him, and WAS
doing what everybody had right to do. Six
teen shot entered his person. He exhibited
some of them to the court, which had been cX-
tracted. They were No. 4 bird shot. There
was five on SIN feet OF water where this took
place: On cross-eNamination witness ac-
knowedgcd that after the shooting he told
Woody: You id coward. shoot your other
barrel. and then get Il cannon and shoot. I'll
not leave here. for I'm rObbing nobody The
physician who attended Mr.. FriZZle testified
that there were some sixteen shot taken from
him i'll a space of about twelve or fourteen i'll
ches. 1t was muscular or flesh wound. 1t
might have produced fatal results if it-had
for defence. but WOodyS cornSe Mr. Muir
ray. remarked to the court that the arm used
was a double barrel shot gun; III one barrel
was a load OF buck shot, and ht fired the one
with The small shot simply 10 sting FriZZe'S
legs. but with no intention to hurt him. The
court sent the ease to the grand jury, fixing
the bonds at $l,UtD.
MULE CASE.
John L. ScriveneT. charged with stealing
two mules worth SliU from Il gentleman named
Dickson. who lives in Cumberland Mary and
The mules were taken IN Georgetown from 4
man named Robinson. in the employment OF
this gentleman and when the latter demand
ed them from Scriyener. h. refused 10 give
them up unless the owner secured debt OW-
ing him by Robinson. The case was continued
Tor an absent witness.
DIVORCE CASES have been filed i'm the name
af Mary OSterhOut dgt. John O5terh0ut and
Lewis Cook agt Julia Cook. In the last ease
the parties We're married in 1870 and lived
together until 1876. when he left her on the
ground that during the absence of petitioner
She had committed adultery.