The daily gazette., 1879-11-18
Thirty Minutes at Pol;o
AN INTEREsrINa

AN INTERESTING CIV nm,
cAsE-"A BERRY BAD row
rkulTr's oFFENsE.
Young America crowded iD,l
lice office in greater number % ~
last night expecting no DOM, W :,
the hearing OF the assailanl, ~
nell, the bar tender. "
Charles Stewart and .Iohr
two plumbers, were charged j
lAting the city ordinance in -
tapping water pipes. The q,
had been lodged by Chef
Of the Water Depar tment, MeIn
lac was the first witness. The q
nesses called were John Gjn
Booth, VIM. J. Morrow ,nj
Earnest.
The case was a very unusual d
pipe Tapped wa. a private one
Messrs. NJ. L. Lichtenstein and
Booth about a year aso, on peI
from the water department. I'M
supplied were ereci ed by I'M
named gentlemen, and were In,I
the city limits and near the erlS
Delaware avenue and UnionI
Other parties living In the row
time refused TO bear the expeu1
pipe. Mr.. j. p. Earnest, who IN
came TO Messrs. Stewart & Grej
asked them to tap the pipe aud !
Il with . hydrant in his yard. ID
fsrred him to the Water Deu1
when he informed them that il !
necessary for him to get a permi
pipe was a private one and the
outside the city limits and Id
have 10 pay water rent anyhow.
Acting IN this light Of the d
went 70 the house, tapped the
made the connection. The CLiI
neer said that II was by mere I
that the deed had had been dis(
and there was no record Of the
the books nf the department an
no information that the parti(
using the water. But for this Il
might have been used for five \,
the fact remain unknown. A
Of $50 and costs was imposed
Mayor who SAID the prisoner
have been ignorant. hut the law
allowances TOR such discrepal
knowledge.
"Oh, dey 'bused me scandal,
marked Sarah Alexander, AN age
ed woman, who now appeared a
negro led in the dock, name
Berry.
| John Berry," said the old
innocsntly making a pun, ~.
bad youngster. He declared h
my brains cut (the lad was hart
enough to shoulder gnnl and
ed me awful because l said Ia
mother about his abuse. Dey b
nigh drove me outen my head. "
The berry bad boy was held II
keep the peace.
| Lizzie Truitt, young negro
next arraigDed upon the charge
ceny fro IN the house Of John
Sarah SariDgs an old lady and q
of the party who lost the goods,
that the girl met her in market
day morning and said she wi
down 10 her house. witress
not to as her daughter was s.
should not be disturbed. The
however and teld the hired glrl
SarinRs sent her down TO assist
ing house.
She wanted to scrub the fio
COED room, but It WAS locked.
40 one was looking she took
and forced the door open. lnsl
chest contai ming underwear, al
and gold seal and S. IN mopt
SEAL" said the witness, was
worth SO. 1t WAS solid gold, P
CaliforDy gold"
Other witnesses corro0Jrs
above, and Lizzie was held In
of 500 TO answer. =,
One young man charged vic
enness, WAS fined fifty cents an
The trial of "Whitey" NC
Pat Muady was expected 70
but owing to sickness OF John
mel, tho shief witness, from hl
the case was continued.
"Boys," remarked Chief
looking Ct the crowd OF youtn
osity seekers, who had Deen
the session hugely, "you VINO
practice OF coming here every
and have no business, but Sa
! up the room, must not come
II must be stepped or l w.m ,
up" The yodhgsters scAtte''''