Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-15
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he was talking to, and that she was q
teacher in the public schools. The
officer added that he was obliged to
remove her by force before she would
60 back, as she was obstructing the
passage. Officer Rogers, Of the police,
who was on duty at the theater at the
time, says he saw Mrs. Hooks as she
went in at the door Of the theater and
offered to show her a seat. She re-
piled. "You needn't bother; | know
where to 60" walked down the aisle
and took a seat next to the colored
portion. He followed and told her she
must go over in the colored side, and
she answered that she would 90 no.
where, and said a good deal more.
He continued to talk to her, but she
would not listen to reason, and grew
more and more boisterous.
Mr.. Brooks hen came up and did
all he could, but she refused to listen.
She would only say that she was a
teacher in the public schools and her
ticket was the same color as the rest
and entitled her to a seat any where
in the family circle. The officer told
her she would have to go with him,
as she was creating a disturbance.
She refused, and he took her by the
arm. She chung to her chair with the
other, but finally let go and was es-
corted down stairs.
On this point others agree with Mr..
Rogers that he did not have hold of
her arm going down the steps, bus
stopped to pick up her cloak which
she had thrown down. and followed
with it. Mr.. Brooks, an at
taehe of the theater, corrobO-
rates the foregoing, aud adds
that the disturbance was so great that
the people appeared panic stricken.
He heard Ed Shaw's wife say hat her
companion was acting in a shameful
manner, and heard another colored
woman say the same thing. The same
woman occupied a seat in the family
circle once before, but it was the re-
suit of a mistake, which several timid
ladies begged him not to rectify, but
to let it pass. Both white and colored
buy their tickets at the same place at
matinees and enter the family circle
at the same door, as OF this occasion,
and are separated after entering. The
cOlored people gain the part allotted
to them by a door cut in the partition,
through which no white people are
allowed to go.
Mr.. Hedriek, an employee Of the
theater, states that several persons
cried put her out" when the woman
grew boisterous. He said she dared
the officer to touch her, and he replied
he did not want 60 if she would be
reasonable.
Upon arrival at the stationhouse a
charge of disorderly conduct ives pre-
ferred against Julia A. Hooks. A
few hours after a warrant was sworn
out before Esquire Elliot, charging
Officers Rogers and Toler with assault
and battery. They we're tried and
put under bonds to appear before the
criminal court.
julia Hooks came up for trial this :
morning before Esquire euigley, act :
ing judge Of the police court. Gen.
Humes, Of Humes & Pos.on, and Ed r
Shaw appearing as counsel for her. ,
The testimony was the same as given
in the foregoing. Mr. Frank Gray,
manager Of the theater, stated that
when Julia Hooks came to him on the
evening to have her money refunded 9
be refused to give il 10 her, saying he
was not responsible for the action Of
the officers.
Ed ShaW's wife swore that Officer
assisted Rogers in taking Julia
Hooks out Of her seat, when half a
dozen others swOre that he did not |
the theater at all. I
In bis speech General Humes said l
the court, that be ought to look at !
this matter just a. if Julia Hooks we're
bic, the courts wife, or bis own, and +
IN that case it would have been dan 2
gerous for the policeman. t
I'd. Shaw followed By saying he was q
glad it was not his wife, az be would a
have been a dead man BY this time. !
Judge Quigley stated that in his {
the theaterb had a right make c
such rules as we're deemed proper for
It's peace, and ifa white person we're A.,
to attempt 10 enter the part set aside
for colored folks, hat intruder would
have been elected, hence he deemed
Mrs. Hooks guilty Of disorderly con-
duet. She vas fined s.. Her coun-
appealed, and Mr.. I'd Shaw says
he will sac the management Of the !
for 5000 damages. He has J
not yet decided whether or not he will !
sue the bondmen Of tho police officers !
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