New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-19
NOT WILLING 70 APOLOGIZE.
THE TROUBLE BETWEEN MRS. HERRICK AND MR.
vERhILYEA, AND WHY THEY SLAPPED FAC

L BI,.
lage, at Eighth-st. and Second-ave was arTaigned
| before Justice BIxbY in the Essex Market Police
Tps Jane VermiIyea dressmaSsr. ~ No 3Iz
/ East Tweltth-st. Mrs. Vefmilyea had agreed to
make dress for Mn. Herrick for SO, but when 1t
| cents for alterations. lively discussion ensued
between the two women as to the justice OF the
charge, when Mrs. herrick finally paid the $8 and
said she would give the balance some other time, as
| she did not have the money with her then The
| dressmaker would not listen TO such a proposal,
| however, and the discussion soon changed into
| fight in which the women slapped each others
| faces.
| Justice she was accused Of having been tho sg-
gressor, and was asked by the magistrate to apollo
| gize to the dressmaker for injuries and insults
This she firmly refused to do, because she said. she
| had committed no offence. Then the dressmsker
unfurled her hair and exhibited abrasions on the
forehead which she claimed had been made by her
more athletic opponent. Justice Bixby was puZ-
zled so he sent the women into groom to settle the
matter between themselves and ordered them to re-
turn to him when O reconciliation had been effected.
| They returned more angry than ever and again ne
sent them into retirement. But 1t was no use both
women were obstinate in their demands for Justice,
and each insisted that she was right legally and
morally. To end the dispute the magistrate de-
manded an apology from Mrs. Herrick. which she
| vehemenUly refused TO make he threatened her
with q smile. She intimated that she had supreme
contempt for courts in general and police courts in
particular. She INDUCED in little autobiography
to prove her responsibility, and asserted that the
police magistrates could not punish her on such
charge. She told the Justice how the law was car.
red out in her native State, Rhode Island and said
IL would be q good idea for him to adopt similar
code Of procedure In conclusion she told him that
police courts were a farce. and their action
Amounted to very little IN the end.
While the case was thus being summed up by the
defendant, the Justice sat untnoved, except when
occasion allowed. to request her to cOnfne her re-
marks to the case in question. He finally told an
officer to lock her up IN de1anlt of $500 bail. The
bas %a RS $S asny tn the
After an imprisonment Of ten minutes she was
again sent for and told to appear the next day.
Mrs. Herrick walked into the Court at about
o'clock yesterday, and sat all alone in the ser
geant's room. Tho dIessmaker, whose hair was
Carefully combed to conceal she said, the marks of
maltreatment, entered by another door and sat in
the Judges room with an officer. After private
interview with Justice Bixby, the dressmaker dc.
cided that 1t would at least be safer 70 withdraw
the complaint She then signed paper acknowl-
edging that she had received satisfaction for the
injury done her. requesting that no further proceed
n clerk who was accompanied by an officer, TO IN
form Mrs. Herrick that the law had expended it
self and that she would be allowed to go home |
peacefully and quietly. The two women left the |
Court by different doors,
Mrs Herrlck was seen at her house III the after |
noon just she preparing to go to Court She |
received TRIBUNE reporter in her parl0r, and be- |
gan TO argue the case on the exceptions she had |
taken in the course of the examination. She Is |
widow, about thirty years OF age, TALL OF stout |
figure and commanding appearance. Her features |
are large and expressive and her complexion Is pale
She has Mt command vocabulary of vigorous Eng |
sh and she INDUCES in sarcasm. Her temper, APP
parentIy, is never aroused she is always calm aud
collected. She told the reporter the story Of tho
unpleasantness in which her opponent had been |
yanQushed and said that she did not fear any more
trouble from that direction. She was asked If she
did not feel disturbed when ordered into CELL and
she laughed and replied
SNot at all. knew tho magistrate could not
keep me there
minutes ~
II don't know, indeed unless it was to inspire me
Did Won receive any ipspration77
From that man.. we'll not much. lie wanted
me to apologize and ] said would DO gr9tiiied to
oblige him but really didn't know what had to
apologize for. 1t might have been pleasant for
them If had lost my temper. but l. didn't, They
They would never do it in Providcnce-but then the
matter is not worth talking about;
BURGLARS CAUGHT ENTERING A HOUSE.
Charles Fisher, Of No. 129 HesteT-st., and Richard
Smith. of No. l21 EldridEe-st were arraigned IN
the Harlem Police Court yestercay; 70 answer :
the bouse OF William Alderman, IN one-hundred-
-thirty-sixth-st, aud 81. Anu's-ave. They wer"
tective wilkins and ofFcefs ScSoske and Black, Of
the Thirty-thrd Precinct Several weeks ago the
S nOase g, nrsr the S5neTasd
was broken into and several hundred dollars
apparel stolen. Tho burglars effected an entrance
by pTying of the shutters of one of the lower win
dUws Oi the dwelling. aud then. with thn-blnded
knife. pushed open the fastening. There followed
series Of burgares. all conducted in u similar man
ner. The houses eof William +. Freedman in One
hundred ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. near the boulevard.
Joseph Pickcts, at BoGton-avc. and OnehundTed-
seventeth st., Henry Brnmbuol. IN One-hnndred-
and-thlrty-seventlst.. near the Boulevard, and
James Barlum. at One-hundred and-siXty- nuth-st.
and Boston-aye., all robbed IN tho space OF a
fortnight. and property valued at many
hundred dollars was carried of. Captain Xii
llea finally in company with Detective
Wilkins aud Officers Schosce and Black.
all in citizens attire, patrolled The preelnct
at night. Toward midnight on Monday they |
noticed two suspicious persons in tho nclghb0rhoOd
OF Mr.. AckeImnus house. The men proceeded 10 |
wrench of the shutters of n window aud were inst |
about to enter the house whep thoy were arrested.
A large number Of pawn tickets was found upon
them calling for sllyerware aud clothing. Many OF |
the articles were those stolen fIpm the houses IN
which tho bnrGlares were committed.
INTERESTS OF HOTEL MEN
The Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit Association held |
its second annual meeting yesterday Mt Masonic
Temple, Mt Twenty-third-s and Sixth-ave. There
were about 100 members present, among whom
were Alvin Hubert, of the Sherman House, Chi
cago I. c: Gaddis St. James Hotel, Cincinnati;
William Wilkinson, Congress Hall, Saratoga;
jeremiah MoEihben, Girard House, Philadelphia;
Francis Hilton Rockingham House. Portsmouth;
and George NJ. Coburn, Clifton House, niagara
Falls. The meeting was called to order 10y Presi:
dent Charles T.. Hilton, who delivered an address OF
some length. +. WzRice, the secretary and trea,
surer In his report, Stated that the receipts last
year were $i,550 b. and the expenditures
$3.50 30, leaving balance Of 1888 -. Sow
eral amendments to the constitution were then dis
cussed. II was decided that no ono should he adj
mittod TO the ASSOCIATION hereafter without a GER
titcate of medical examination from ply slCan in
good standing.
. The next business was the election of officers.
There were MG az 6c iG th9
Adams, of the Metropolitan Hotel. Of this city. The
latter was elected. +; w. Rice was elected secre;
tary and treasurer The following were elected
directors: J. G. Mathews, J. r. Bowler NJ. NJ.
Towne, q. c. Hilton, L. Willis Howe L. f. Howard,
JAZZ. Waterhouse, J. w. Scott. The association