The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
CoWARDLY WIFE-BEATERs

Need Not Appeal 10 Judge Smell for
Mercy-A whipping-Post Needed
BADLY.
"My friend snell is q man after my own
heart, you T." was the emphatic exclama-
tlon Of Bill as he sauntered into the sanctum
this morning and took tho telegraph EDITORS
chair and hoistod his feet on level with his
head and began purlng fragrant Ha.
vana. "Hes the right m n In tho right place,
and IL
susan ID. Anthony, DIR. Mary walker
and some more Of those old girls knew him as
well ae do, no would BIO made president OF
the Woman's Rights Association before soon.
II there is anything that rifles the old gentle
man more than chicken thieves and dudes its
'wife.beaters.' Ho Just rears whom he gets q
wife.beater, and guess he's right, too, be-
cause II 10 awful cowardly TO beat a woman.
in and say that it's ali over and they don't
want to prosecute their nice husbands and
lovers, but you can Just rely on IL that very
few OF them slip through the judges fingers"
"Well, did they have n case to.day2"
"Thats Just what was going to tell you.
The Wifo-Beater
before His Honor to-day was James Price, OF
NO. l137 Sampson street. He is welldressed,
Intelligent colored man; but that makes II
worse. Caroline Price, his wife, a very In.
telligent mulatto woman. was present; but re.
fused TO testify. She displayed great deal
than testify against her husband, and II no
was incarcerated she would do all in hor
power to get him released"
"Well; that settled It, didn't III"
"No, sir; Janifer the big colored cop, that
gave Price the collar, testified to arresting
him. Then Doctor Smith showed the Court
the wound on the woman's head. He said 1t
was made on the 18th OF last month and was
not yet we'll. Tho wound on her head was
nearly elk inches in length and the scalp had
the appearance OF being cut and torn. 1t was
stated TO him that II was done with the too Of
the mans boot. The wound was frightful
one and almost
Made the Judge Sick.
Tho defendants counsel thought his client
was going to get or nnd asked for his dis
charge, but the Judge knocked him cold when
he said 800 or six months In jail. 'rhls is a
mater matt r., OF pn6iic Interest SAID HIS Honor
such crimes even II the assaulted party is not
willing to do so.'"
"Didnt he say anything about the
Necessity for n Whippfng-POst
as n regulator OF such cases p
mo; Judge Smell Is tender-hearted man,
but guess no would favor the post"
"Well, what was the next case 2"
"rho case OF Green Durbin, the educated
overcoat thief. The case was taken up for the
evidence for the defense. He has got some
high;toned friends. He put on Captains
others TO testify TO his good character. He took
the stand and denied the robberies, but nd
mitted that an indictment had been found
against him In Indiana for forgery. There
were three cases against him and
His Sentences Aggregated six
Months.
''There were lot OF petty cases. Two little
coone named Major Lewis and VIM. Nelson
were behind the bars for going into Leopold
Eewmeyer's cigar store and hooking box OF
cigars. They got thirty days each. The next
was cruelty TO animals. case, and some poo
pie think cruelty TO dumb animals is next 10
wife-beatlng. fine OF So was Imposed on one
OF The herdic drivers for driving lame horse
only two days ago. The next announcement
was John @. Seall,
A Most PitiabIe Tramp,
who had seen better days. He was six feet
high and had the historical linen duster on
and no shirt, and Nature seemed even to have
sighted him in the matter OF covering, for he
hadn't hair on his head. Ho said he was n
stenographer by profession and came here to
get work at the Capitol. Onicer Mansfield said
he took the prisoner In for begging on tho
would BIO shower bathed or made TO break
stones. This was dead give away, and the
Judge knew this was not his first experience,
and gave him three months on the farm. Thos.
Melton and James Forsythe got similar SEN
fences for being vags.
Another Cruelty 10 Animals Case.
"Jerry Wooden was before the Court for
cruelty 10 animals. Agent Key, of the 8. z. O.
/ A., testified that the defendant had one OF his
horses In his carriage refined up 80 tightly
that II took seventeen Inches OF check 10 be
| let out before the horse got his head in com
Portable position, and that his tongue was Cut
| nearly In two. The defense showed that Il
| was necessary to have the horse hltched as h,
was, and that II was the most comfortable wa,
to hitch him when being driven with anolhe
| animal"