Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-29
TIGHT ROhE
Or the Way Noisy Citizens ore
Made TO Walk the Chalk
Line.

Monday morning in the Police
Court is always a scene of excitement,
as the cases accumulated in two days
are all tried at once. The crowd is
composed largely Of curious darkies
who pin their ears back and open their
mouths, so as to catch every morsel Of
choice testimony. 1t matters not
whether the prisoner be popular OF
odious, he gets little sympathy. The
arrests during the last forty-eight
hours numbered thirty-fve, eight Of
which were women.
Amos Braxton, charged with riding
on the sidewalk, was discharged.
Mrs. Riley, failing to make sewer
connections, had her case continued
to the 9th of September.
John Britton was sent down for
sixty days for fighting Thomas Jefer-
son.
Ed Washington was sentenced to
forty days for raising a row in a saloon.
Frank Wick was sent to Jail for steal
ing a shirt from Pat Burns. Wick
tried to beg a drink, and failing stole
the shirt to get change enough to sat
isfy his appetite.
Jake Storz was in a bad way Satur-
day. He opened the ball with a
fight. Jim Cornell was the target his
fat fists sought. Several rounds were
fought between the puffy Jake and
the lean and hungry Cornell. John
Brennan, better known as "Baby
Elephant" swooped down and gar
nered them in. Storz put up a forfeit
of $25 for appearance this morning,
and went home only to find Butler
waiting for him with a warrant for
having filthy premises. 1t was claim.
ed that the beds given to dodgers for
ten or fifteen cents a night, were not
in a habitable state, at least for men.
Jake roundly abused the officer,
though he was obliged at last to put
up another forfeit. lie was fined five
dollars for having filthy premises, and
the other case was continued.
Annie Meyers, a noisy inmate Of the
Gayoso House, paid one dollar for her
fun.
j. H. Mitchell, Charles Weddell
and Bill Ellis visited Pauline Liv-
ingston's place Sunday night, and he
ing refused admittance, gathered a
pocketful Of rocks and laid seige to
the door. In a few moments the fun be-
gan to wax warm. The neighborhood
was aroused and the hoodlums arrested
while in the height of their glory,
They were told this morning that they
might go on as many larks as they
pleased in the Rocky Mountains but
in Memphis they must behave them
selves. In addition to this moral lee.
ture they were fined fifty dollars each
and put under bonds to keep the
peace. Neither of them had been
able to give the required bond at noon
and was still in the calaboOse.
N. Devon was arrested in the morn
ing for being drunk and sleeping on
the sidewalk. He had $3.50 in his
pocket which he put up as a forfeit as
soon as he got sober. Two hours later
he was re-arrested for a like offeDse.
His fine was five dollars.
The celebrated Mrs. Dalton and
daughter Maggie were taken in for
using bad language and throwing brick
bats. The elder woman was so bois-
ferrous that the officer was compelled
to use the nippers. AT this point in
the testimony the woman's lawyer
asked Of the officer; SIS it usual 10
use the nippers on a wOman9" Not
usual " was the answer, but in a few
cases it is necessary" The court
here remarked that when a woman
acted in such a manner, the officer had
no right to recognize her sex and fined
her ten dollars and the girl FIVE, Lou
Walker, engaged in the same affair,
was called up and startled the court
with her splendid attire, which was
composed ola pea. green silk, made loSg
aud trimmed with beads and satin.
A gingham sun. bonnet which she
wore looked oddly out of place. She
was discharged.
A number of triAirg cases we're dis
posed Of lator in the day.