Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-19
FOURTH EDITION.
CONsTABLE AND GARTER.


They Have q High Old Time in =
'squtre's once, and Change the
Seat OF Justice into q Miniature
Prize Ring.
At 10 o'clock to-day Magistrate Cole
might have been seen mounted upon
his Office table, waving his arms in
great excitement, while look Of an
guish overspread his benevolent fea-
lures, his voice rang ont In words
drowned to the ears Of those outside,
and his whsls manner resembled that
Of an English Major General reading
the riot act to crowd Of insurrection-
lists.
The cause of the Magistrates great
excitement grew out Of q case which
had been adjudicated 3 few minutes
before. The case was that of Moody
Smith vs. Andrew aud BENJAMIN Con-
nor. Smith is q colored man, and Is q
driver for the Messrs. Conner, who are
carriers. The case was an action for
wages. The Magistrate, latter care
tul hearing Of the case" gave judg-
ment in Smiths favor for three dol
lars, and imposed costs upon the Con-
nors. This they promptly paid.
A few minutes after this Constable
Hickman aud one Of the brothers got
into an argument, which developed
hard feeling. Presently both the men
got angry and Hickman called Conner
"a liar" The next moment
Conner sprang upon Hickman and the
two walled around the room la the
most energetic manner pelting each
other in the face and giving the rapidly
increasing crowd outside an elegant ex-
hibition Of muscular pugilism. sN
This was kept up for some time, dnr-
ing which the Magistrate called Justify
for the police, and did all In his power
by word and gesture to quell the dis
graceful disturbance. At last unable
to restrain himself longer he left his
lofty perch upon the desk, and, grasp
ing a heavy piece Of wood, advanced to-
ward the two pugilists. By this time
Conner was getting the advantage Of
uiOhmoAs al oJO WitA0bo tAAo uo-
scribes what followed:
"Just as the Squire approached the
two men, Conner tripped Hickman, and
the Constable and carter went down on
the floor together with the carter on
top. Then Conner commenced TO get
in his fine work and was giving the
others face few decorations for Sun
day, when tho Squire, club in hand,
danced up eager for the fray. But the
brother Of the one whs had Hickman
down jumped in and took hand there
and kept the Magistrate and his club
at bay, while the other beat the big
constable to his hearts content. There
was good bit Of swearing going on
and the crowd cried constantly, sail
in, Conner or get up Hickman and
lick him.
1t seems that the efforts Of the Squire
and his club we're almost useless. He
delivered one Of the Connors a blow
with ii, but the next minute he was
picked up bodily in a pair of brawny
arms and dropped on the inside of the
railing where he discretly remained.
The fracas finally terminated with
Hickman struggling to his feet and
Squire Cole dragging him inside the
railing by the coat tails and locking
the wicket gate. The Connors, thus
left masters of the field, soon left the
office, seeing Constable Neary approach
ing.
Inquiry shows that the whole affair
was Of a very disgracsful nature and
that Hickman was as much to blame as
anyone else. He does not look much
the worse for his thrashing, and
would possibly still be able 10 arrest
Democratic repeater if he saw one
and wRutad tn