Daily Republican., 1881-08-10
THIRD EDITION.
POLICE PENALTIES.
A COlOred DesdemOnla in q ShoOt.
ing Case-West Side Pole eInsn
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ReDuked.
James Chambers was charged by
Benjam Fisher with threatening to
kill him by shooting before the Mayor,
last night. The parties are coiored, re-
side in South Wilmington, and from
the evidence adduced Chambers and
Fisher have, until recently, been the
best of friends. About two weeks ago
Chambers commenced to think that
Fisher was too intimate with his wife
forbid him coming to his (Chambers) }
house. whereupon Mrs. Chambers be-
came very indignant and pac sing her
trunk left the house. A large nun Der
of witnesses were examined on both
sides, many of whom swore TO the cX-
cellent character of Chambers. The
Mayor recalled Fisher and asked him
| if he would swear thai he was afraid
of Chambers aud upon his answering in
the affirmative His Honor told Cham.
bers that he would have to place him
under 500 bail to keep the peace and
ordr.ed him to pay the costs
George Wagner was charged by
M.nueI Richtnherger with entering
his honse aud creating disturbance,
| ruc prisoner had "A severe cut on the
top OF his head, about two inches long,
that was dressed hv Dr. Ogl' previous
to the hearing. rlrr testimony showed
I hat early last cvruin- Wagner entered
/ he house. ut EI,hernrr4rr and the
proprle or fearing disturbance, o.drr-
ed llinl out. As he wa, gong a COM
ulnlun took hold OF him and puied lam
! mp to the bar and acmauued drinks tOr
I he pair which the proprietor refused
This led to SOME word, and resulted III
al alteration, during which Wagner
wa, struck on the head with a billiard
cue winch CAUSED the '-it 4ur llSu-
e" stated in defence thar he S,AA 'in-
snltl brlUnglng To SNsacn~", y. Y,
anu wa>on h road to Baltimore, " h"l,
he lat engaged To 70 10 N"fh, nat h'
arrived yesterday and nad IH,tnd.d
leaving this evening # th,> %,tar lla"
no, happened. III" NaAor -a.d hr.
'nuu. h1 nt lad been lHni>hel enough
,t..u dl,,nir,rl III" c,.se,
Ia, case Of ,&rrnuu y lillcn, h,r-r
W II u assault ttl''I va l'N ~
Wilson, was called and bat one OF /! !ie
defendants answering, the hearing Was
postponed until Thursday night.
Daniel Mcguire, charged with as
>ault and dlsord srIy conduct by Archie
GOOkin, was next heard. The cNld' nee
in this case Was very conflicting, lMr
com rainant sworc positively mat tiic
prisoner wore light clothes on that
night and he WAS the man who had
struuk him, while the witnesses for the
det"n>e stated lust as positively that on
lhit ulgll hc WAS dressed III a dark
sat and was not al the scene of he dis
1nrb nee. The Mayor said that there
had not been anything disclosed con
meeting the prisoner with III" assault
and di>miS>c! the case. lie was salts. !
fled tha; an assault bad been commit
ted and he thought it strange that the
officers il! lhlt section could not find ont !
the guilty parties he sali further that T,
he rnDuEht !. he was an officer he could |
have no trouble in 1ndiug them out.
Charles MArklem, a snail boy, was
h ard on the charge Of jun .'iug on and |
off the cars of The p, w. x Is rJad, |
While in monon. The May OF fined him
s. and COSTS,
MAYORS COURT THIS MORNING.
/, Idle Cash was heard tniS morning |
on tn" chang: ot assault with intent TO !
Kill Patrick Rurk. The parties in this
case, principals and WITNESSES, were all |
small boys and the evidence was very
There was nothing shO" II,
however, to prove that Cash dlI the
shooting purpu,eIy and it St ms the
whole affair WAS acclIrmtal, III" rasult
ot he careless handling Of ire arms by
ii iurpu. The Mayor dismissed the
ease, and in Going 50 took occasion 10
say 10 tUN lille Clark, the boy t."l own
ed the pIstu., bar II lie would have been
brought before Alm, with tine pistol III
his pocket he would have sent him 10
Jail Tor al Iea>t thirty days, 70. carry ing
con ratcd deadly weapons. lie Thought
parents, were to blame, lUr allowing
their boys Ia ave pistols.
Charles Whitney was broagh1 up for |
HE second time this week, Tor being |
lrunk and dl>oIderly. lie was again
fined fifty ctl's and costs; and III"
iiouor ro.', him that if he was brought
back AZ un lie would lock hnn up lor
awhile.
Chas. Dillalay and William Green,
both col red, were charged with riotouH
cOnduCt ldSl night The tNll par1icr-
lars OF tli affair vii be round IN arutL-
OF colunI. After hearing hearing the
evIucncr lie Mayor decided to hu Il
tnrm III $500 haii to uansWrr court.
\ nan named CraIg was charged
with drunkenness. ana atIu. i,riun fined |
my cents 3ltu costs, w,tS urtcleI To FUR
ni,h 800 la , that he wuu.d appear as |
A- Il WllheSS Il, court, against II man |
named jackson, who lie had charged |
With LARCENY last week This Il ton
vas taken Ny III" Ma or, on account Of |
his Aavin' heard that Craig intended to
leave the city :" that he ,,uld not have
to ap! ear against JuCksUm.