Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-01-07
A RAID ON THE GIvEN,s.
The Neighbors over Eleventh
street Bridge Raid n Family
and Mako q Clean sweep-A Sad
Sequel.

street Bridge Raid n Family
and Mako Clean sweep-A Sad
sequel.
The last case tried at Police Court
last evening was that in which James
and Emeline Given, who reside over
Eleventh Street bridge, were charged
BY their neighbors with disordsrly con-
duct and being general nuisances.
His Honor had Q little trouble in get
ting Mrs. Mary sary, the first witness
down to business, as she seemed very
anxious to wander off to the merits Of
another case tried at Esquire Brady's
which is reported elsewhere, but she
finally came to the case under consid-
Grafton, and when once fairly started
the scoring she gave the prisoners in
the dock was simply awful. They had
made a habit Of bombarding her door
with everything imaginable, and only
last Sunday evening good sized rock
came through her chamber window
carrying a goodly portion of the sash
with 1t, almost Draining one of her
children, and scattering glass over bed
and floor.
The language they use too, coutin-
ued the witness, is horrible, and she
wound up by giving it most emphatic
ally as her opinion that they were not
fit to live in q civilized neighborhood.
In answer to His Houor's question as
to whether either of the prisoners
wished to ask the witness any ques-
tions. Mrs. Givens replied that she
did not wish to have anything to say to
witness as she "was lying anyhow"
Mrs. Annie Rowe was the next wit.
ness and she not only confirmed all the
preceding witnesses had said, but If
anything gave worse account of the
general character of the prisoners, and
while giving her testimony became so
excited that she was affected to tears.
A half dozen other witnesses fol-.
lowed each telling how the Given's
robbed them of sleep by their noise and
giving them a character not particularly
noted for peace and quietness.
George Price and Lewis Weaver fol-
lowed for the defence but as Mr.. Price
had not lived near the prisoners since
1876, and Mr.. Weaver lived some dis
tance away from them, their testimony
did not weigh very heavily in their
favor, and His Honor fined each OF the
Given's $500 and costs and held them
in $500 to keep the peace. And the
prisoners were taken back and locked
up.
There was little sequel to the case
on the out side of the station short
time after the hearing were over which
had some very sad features about it..
A REPUBLICAN reporter on coming out
met very pretty little girl, poorly but
neatly clad, leaning against the Journal
Building, sobbing as II her little heart
would break, exclaiming between her
sobs that she wanted "her mamma"
Upon making enquiry we ascertained
that the little one was daughter Of
the Given's who had just been locked
up, and that there were two other little
ones at home weeping in their loneli-
ness for their parents who could not
come to them. The fact was thus strik-
ingly illustrated that though these lit
tie ones were "brats" as one of the
lady witnesses designated them, they
could still possess love for their pa
rents, sDd their little hearts might also
be capable of realizing the anguish Of
bereavement.
The officers at headquarters kindly
took the little girl into the cell where
her parents were compelled to spend
the night, and some kind hearted per-
son went down to their home and
brought the other children up also.