Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-27
A ~sENE9AMBIAN sEANOE.
The Lively Little Atforney-GeneraI and
b Great ConstftaftnnAlA~wyr-

There was q little episode in the Police
Court Yesterday morning which furnished
laughing material for half an hour or 30.
This time the Court was q silent witness
(except at times when a climax was reached,
when he became as boisterously happy and
hilariousiy disorderly as the most unruly of
his audience). The case was white man Us.
negro, and was tortured into Goat Hill Us.
Senegambia, by the prosecuting lawyer.
The attorneys in the case were Judge Pat
Winters, in defense of Goat Hill, and Col.
Nat Taylor, prosecuting attorney for the
Senegambia representative. These two prom
inent Police Court bsrristers, il is we'll known
by the frequenters of that tribunal, have
been "pards" in whatever could be picked
up round there, but being arrayed against
each other in a case involving the national
reputation OF two RACES of people as anti
podal as daylight and darkness, the natural
sequence was fun for the boys on the out
side, who bent their bodies over the railing
with ears erect snd mouths open, struggling
to catch every word that fell from the lips of
the legal gladiators. And the wool few, for
q fact. The plot of the case showed that
Robert Dalton, a young white man in
charge of Lawless's boiler factory,
was giving directions to Jack Read, a eolored
man and green hand, about some work. Dbl
ion was holding a piece of boiler iron, which
Read was hammeriDg with a sledge, but hit
in the wrong places, by which Dalton's hand
became bruised. Dalton showed the striker
where to hit, threatening to do something
rough If ne hit in the wrong place again.
The negro gave an impudent retort 10 the
threat and threw hi sledge at Dalton, and
then He'd out OF the establishment, pursued
by Dalton and several other young white
men employed by the establishment. A DO
liceman seeing The rumpus arrested the par
4 -. .-A 49,
we're entered against both Dalton and Reid
Upon this simple story Vas bssed the most
gigantic II gsts O. fancy" BY the attorney
on the dark side of the color line and tn on
determined to "deind the Goat Hill b'ys'
until The last armed foe expired. Tayl ]
drew his color line as distinctly az possible,
but was irsquently interrupted by Winters
until at last Taylor dropped the thread O.
argument to warn his legal adversary Il
Speak plain English, and give us less O
your brogue-" "Ab, my dear man, the brogn,
ls sweet" replied Winters "Then you hat
better garner its sweetness until election
day," reiorted Taylor. Interruptions Of thi
character we're frequent during the inyesti
CATION, until the Court cut the fun short b
inning the Goat Hill man $40 and the Sene
gambian IS.
Inc remainder of the cour's proceed in
consisted OF cases of minor moment, tn
most important being a charge of wife-whip
pin against John Gre u, colored. His wifi
was present with a -ix-weeks-old babs in ne
arms, who endeavored to plaster over tn,
cruel deeds of her brutal husbani. He ha
down TO rest. He began ahns;na hor'.nn
saving that he gonld leach re- hov - ri
i him, gave her several sIsns on tbs chez,
and threatened TO sell ont the furp;tnre tn
neighbors state that he hest bsr nnmsrcifnII
Wednesday night. He Was fined $40
Four white laddies were nm for baino dis
orderly. The testimony went n show ths
two Of the crowd were endeavor;ng 70 kas
the other two quiet. A Zoe of 30 escb wa
assessed Against the two d;sorderlv chan
and the peacemakers we're di-cbarped.
The broken lamp-post ON TToion s,rea, h,
: been traced to Calvin aud Green Evin
colored, who allowed a wild borse n o,
away from Them and 10 H. danaS rs
were allowed time n renIscs The - ~
which will cost them sbouf sa5
d John McFsdden. a yonnv wh;,e man q,
= on a high down on .J.Gs,so, straa, 49,
1 dav evening snd wsnted ~ nnn;sh Ia -
Dsbercbisr for M, banJino -. ;
t allegretto movemsst and 5sed Ianansns =.
: we'll adapted to nraver mast;nas sai.
psrlor si1 Of which :,
doubt he found much eni,vment ss lon,
it lasted. And the Court thouobt II W,
: worth 500 Tbsra ia sno,har -
McFadden fer carrying concealed weapon
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