Daily Republican., 1879-09-06
HIS HONOR's sOIREE.

"A yanily Thst CoulAn't Ap-
pFeciste Go . d Music - Jaw
BreakinE and Barrel ThWmp.
Ing.
Those who labor under the impress
sion that the police court Is q place
where nought but bummers, THE
yes, roughs or those who indulge
too freely In the ardent, are wont
to test his Honor's patience, would have
had their opinions Of that important
esta ablishmsnt of municipal justice
wonderfully changed could they have
been present at the hearing Of the i'm
portant case Of Lukens vs.. Hilton last
evening. No doubt the large audience
which 1llsd the room, and blocked the
outside Of the window, thought as did
the poor benightsd reporter, scrouged
up in his little corner, that they were
going to be treated to . rendition Of
Pinsfors, with full chorus, when the
prosecutors, dsisndantsaand witnesses
in this important action filed into the
room. First in order, came Mrs. joan
Ina Lukens, Sarah Ann Luksns, Mrs.
Katie Oler And Elizabeth O'Rourke for
the prosecutors, and then followed
Jonathan Hilton, Mary Hilton, Bessie
Hilton, Annie Chadwick, Mary Nc
Cormick and Annie Holland, the &C.
cused and their witnesses.
The indictment charged the first four
Of the last named batch with disorderly
conduct and threatening bodily harm.
Mrs. Joanna Lukens was the first 10
take the stand and after being duly
sworn related tale of suffering and
annoy ance sustained at the hands of
the Hiltons that was narrowing In its
details. "Its been over q year now,
Mr.. Mayor" said she at the out set,
"thst this thing has been going on.
I've been insulted, my children threat.
ened and annoyed had faces made at
me slurs thrown across the street /;
and day and night this has continued
until 1t is unbearable. When asked to
specify exactly what the Hiltons had
done that was 80 horrible, she stated
that they one and all seemed to have
an inordinate desire to break her chill
dren's jaws; that they called her
daughter "snapper, and that they
had habit ofputting their fingers to
their roses, when she dared to look
across the street.
SITS all because We sing on our
step," continued she, "and / suppose
they can't sing and are jealous. Last
night, for instance, when we began to
sing, first Mr.. Hilton came out OF the
store with bell and began to hammer
on q barrel with all his might; then
Bessie Hilton came out, and getting a
box made believe to turn an imaginary
hand organ; then Annie Chadwick also
came out and converted q barrel stave
into violin, as though they were an
orchestra, and were playing an accom-
paniment to our singing"
"Did you call that singing" ejacu-
lated Mrs. Hilton.
"Yes," said Mrs. L., sand they also
said We didn't get enough to eat, and
would hold up heads of cabbage to
taunt us.
Sarah Ann Lukens, the next witness
gave 1t as her opinion that the Hiltons
had no soul for music and although
they had an organ that they would
thump on occasionally, they couldn't
turn tune to save their souls, and
didn't know good singing when they
heard it. Mr.. Hilton took pains to in
suit them when they were singing; he
would stop them right in the midst Of a
soul stirring cantata to inform them
that there was q man sick somewhere
out in Mill Creek Hundred, and he was
afraid their warbling might distract
him.
Mrs. Oler also testified to the wooden
orchestral accompaniment, the barrel
humping, organ grinding, etc.
Mrs. Lukens at this stage informed
the Mayor that several important wit
nesses were absent. To which His
Honor replied that she had enough
there now to hang Mississippi muir
derer.
Then the defence was called and the
witnesses ene and all testified to the
good character of the Hiltons and gave
them q grand send off for peace and
uuietness. One witness testified that
the whole trouble seemed to be caused
by the loud singing of the Lukens,
Sarah Ann especially possessing such a
tenor that when she got fairly started
the whistles of passing trains had no
show at all, and when the full chorus
got under headway forty horse power
brass band was nowhere. She was
fond of music and could stand q great
deal, but when she had to take her
baby out in the country every time 1t
wanted a nap she thought 1t was about
time to shut down.
At this stage of the proceedings, His
Honor, probably fearing that some of
the warblers might insist on giving an
ILLUSTRATION of their vocal abilities, dis
missed the case, and the chorus and
orch estra slowly filed out.
Not Implicated.
George Clavey and Howell Heusted
inform us that the report OF their WIS.,
| II to Glenolden was incorrect. On
Friday evening of last week, they went
out boat riding, when they we're Joined
by the lad referred to yesterday, who
offered to pay the hire Of the boat and
also purchase two watermellons if they
would permit him TO accompany them.
To this they assented, and after pass
inp sometime on the Christianna
together, they returned to their homes,
and had no further connection with
the lad or the matter alluded to. Alexis
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