The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-08
So Docile.

AAIc. SitiOOus you dIC CldfStu Wltu
disturbing the peace,o said his Honor to
woman weighing 180 pounds and who
had head as round as a cannon ball !
s'Me disturb the peace Now, then.
who could have told such lie about
me!' she exclaimed in yirtuous indig-
nation. s f8
..Iti is here recorded that you climbed
a line-fence seven feet high, dropped
into neighbor's $ yard, and did then and
there beat, wound, bruise and assault
one Mrs. o. O'Rorke.n
.sMe! Me climb seven-foot fence!
Me beat Mrs. O'Rorke! @! grave,
where is thy sting! Judge, you don't
know me. a
..Well, / think this is our first meet
ing.'' sstsf.ss'
s.You don't begin to know me! Why,
I'm the most peaceful, docile and sweet
tempered woman in Detroit. I'll give
anybody $50 to prove that ever hurt a
fly. 1t must have been some other Ca
room indeed it must.
"I'H call the witness. Mrs. O'Rorke,
please step forward =
Mrs. O'Rorke was a small woman,
with a peaked nose and look of silent
sorrow on her face. She had her head
tied up with red-bordered towel, and
there were two long strips of court
plaster on her face.
Witness, do you recognize the pris-
onera'' s,
yves, think I do.''
..Does she live next door to you?'' "a
YES
- State what occurred yesterday
9. Yes. my dear, Mrs o. 'Rorke, added
| the prisoner, estate what occurred yes
terday. Tell the court what loving
friends we have always been, and how
gently nursed you the time you had
the bilious fever
= Well, she'd been slandering my hus-
band,' said the witness, as she turned to
the desk.
'.Slandering your husband your kind,
faithful husband! Mrs O. Rorke, how can
you-hoW can your
..FShe had also talked about me. and
yesterday morning, when I saw her out
| in her yard. told her she must quit it,
At that she climbed the fence.'' M
Climbed the fence! o, my dear Mrs.
O Rorke, think of a woman like me climb
ing fence. Please take it baekr's
'.She climbed the fence and said she
would make mince-meat of me, and il
/ oursdog hadn't bitten her In the leg i
guess she'd have killed me-
| .sThose hurts were received at her
hands, were theyp'' aoR4 sHfaea i
:. Yes, sir; besides several pinches on
| my arms. - s.. s
30. Mrs. O'Honor- Judge o.
| Rorke, ! it's all mistaken cried the
prisoner. ssThis woman eats opium,
| and it was all a al-hallu--hallucina
ton or whatever you call it, Look at
me, your Honor! See how calm and
peaceful and docile / am! / wouldn't
take the life of bed-bug, to say nothing
almost numbering the nearest friend
| have on earth. Mrs. O'Rorke come
| over till hug you.
s.There is no hugging in this case, =
remarked the court. MRS. Caroon,
you are fined ten dollars or sent up for
sixty days y
20, sir, and I'm so docile!'' Hs
"Can't help that. Please retire to the
corridor issts4 81
II ,ean't--Is can't. It's all mistake
and must go home! Judge, I'm do
Gle woman g
That's whatyou're sent up for. Fall
back =
Bijaheseorted her into the corridor,
and they had scarcely disappeared when
he cried for help. Two officers rushed
in and found the docile woman holding
him against the wall and kicking his
shins until his heart ached. She was
pulled of, but it took the three to get
her into q cell, and when the key had
been turned she cried out:
s'Cowards Of the law, you dare not
give q -docile woman q fair show at
your' Detroit Free Press.