Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-04
JUSTICE
The eureka COls'' Runs the Gaupt.
let and Goes Free.

The eureka COls'' Runs the Gaupt.
let and GOes Free.
Miss Alice Allen, better known as the
Colt" was tried in Justice Harmon's
Court yesterday on the charge of disturb
ing the peace Wednesday night on Buel
street, in the rear Of the Truckee saloon.
Twelve good men and true, to wit: Neil
Campbell, John Price, T. W. Pearson, M.
V. Bailey, A. G. Lesser, J. N. Fletcher,
W. ]. Mccormack. Dayton Coleman, j.
Vanderlieth, r. Luzinger, j. Lean and H.
B. Mckee, were sworn in as jurors to try
the case. Deputy District Attorney John
T. Baker appeared on behalf Of the com
monwealth and Alexander Wilson for the
defendant. The "Colt," at the outset,
acted as her own lawyer. but shortly after
the trial had begun her attorney appeared
and she took q back seat. A number OF
witnesses were examined for the State and
for the defense, the latter being four Of
the soiled denizens of Buel street, Miss
Louise, Miss Hattie. Miss Lizzie and Miss
Cora. The sum of the story is that Miss
Alice went with Miss Cora on the night
mentioned, about 9 o'clock, to the Truckee
saloon, where Miss Cora offered two bits
to pay for the drinks for the festive pair.
Instead of giving them the drinks the bar
keeper, Peter Martin, saw them to the
back steps and shot them downwards into
the street, whereupon the Colt" already
three sheets in the wind, did use
upon the e~jector some very vile,
but not unfrequently heard, words that
must have been born in the gutter,
and which are heard for the most part
~cNn~ xka ta;,oo ThA urnaks1n
for the jury to determine was whether this
crowd of uncertain dimensions to assem-
BILE, constituted q disturbance Of the
peace" The defendant claimed that her
action had been ladylike throughout and
that she did use one bad expression, but
only after she had been thrown down
stairs. She said: wasn't we ladylike
when we came in with our money and
offered to pay for our whisky? ?" She re-
ceived no answer and doubtless felt that
she had scored an important point in her
favor. Miss Hattie, a f1axen blonde of
large size and cheerful mien, said when
the disturbance was going on outside she
was across the street in bed and asleep and
did not hear a word Of it. Mr.. Baker sug-
gested that 9 o'clock was an unusual hour
for slumber on Buel street, but the wit
ness stuck to her story, much to the
astonishment and amusement Of the jury
and the audience Of outsiders.
Mr.. Baker, in his address to the jury,
said he felt very tenderly towards the de-
PENDANT. He had known her off and on
for the last 10 years. Let her be what she
may, she is kind and affectionate. He
hates to prosecute anybody, especially a
woman. But the law must be respected or
else we will get back into the days of 1901"
again. If Miss Alice is guilty, and you
know she is. why say so and you will be
doing your duty, although l am sorry that
such is the case.
Mr.. Wilson made q very ingenious argu-
ment, and swept away every semblance Of
anything that occurred on Buel street that
might be construed into a disturbance"
The defendant wept s~pasmodically. but
~copiously, as he told Of her troubles and
the wrong her arrest and imprisonment
for two whole days and nights had subject
ed her to; but as he went On demolishing
her oppressors and holding her up to the
admiration of the gaping crowd spotless in
the eye of the law, the tears on her cheeks
shone like ever cheerful pearls, and the de-
PENDANT became SO conscious Of new life
that she could hardly suppress q shout of
qualification and red-eyed satisfaction.
She made no outcry, however. but con-
tented herself with sitting bold upright
and with an effort to pose and call back
the lost charm of her presence.
The Jury found her not guilty.