The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-07-11
Atlanta Journal !

Look cut, there!
Zie
Don't hit her
Yes, | will
Put down that chair
Look out.
Stop that man there, throwing
those apples
Zip.
Order in court.
Take the fellow to Jail.
And sundry such remarks and
noises awoke the echoes in the SUI
perior court room this morning.
There was lively fight going
on, in which a white woman and
her husband were trying to do up
Lawyer Frank P Walker, of Wool,
folk fame.
Some time ago there was a case
tried in the recorders court in
which wi tie man by the name Of
j s Martin was tried fol fighting a
negro, who, it wss alleged, had
grossly insulted bis wife. One OF
the witnesses was a negro named
Flemister, who made statements
very damaging to Mrs, Martins
character.
Flemister was subsequently ar.
rested for perjury and was tried in
the superior court room this
morning when the fight took
place.
Mr.. Frank Walker was repre>
senting the defense. In his argu-
meDt to the jury Mr. Walker
handled Mrs. Martins character
without gloves. While he was
speaking the woman began crying,
and he turned to her and said in
terrible oratorical burst:
Weep Weep! You should have
shed those tears long time ago -
You should have
The sentence was never fin
ished.
The woman sprang to her feet
like an enraged tigress, and Selling
a heavy inkstand, let it fly straight
at Mr.. Walkers head. 1t struck
him on the right shoulder, and his T.
summer cutaway was spattered with
ink.
Mr.. Walker picked up book /
and started toward his assailant.
Don't hit her yelled somebody
in the crowd.
yes, | will, replied the lawyer,
and as the words fell from his lips
June apple swished past his head. .
The woman>s husband had taken a |
hand in the fight, and he began to
empty a bag of apples with tre-
mendous force. The walls of the |
court room are now of crushed> |
apple color Mr. Walkers Won
derful dcdging powers sayed his
head.
BY this time Justice Richard
Clark was calling for order, Depu-
ty Sheriff Greene was frantic and
some halt dozen lawyers had chairs
drawn, either to help their col.
league, or ward off the apples and
inkstands.
When peace was restored, and
the bag of apples seized by the
sheriff, and the inkstands resumed
their customary places, the judge
said he was greatly shocked, Mr..
Walker had overstepped the
bounds in addressing Mrs. Martin
as he had done, and Mrs. Martin
and her husband were both guilty
of contempt.
Martin was sent TO the county
Jail for ten days, and his wife held
by the court until the case against
Flemister is disposed Of, when she
viii be given an opportunity to
show why she should not be fined
for contempt of court.
Martin, who is now in jail, says
he could not sit tamely by and
heal his wife's good name abused,
and if be had had some other weap-
ons besides apples Walker would
have been hurt. Mrs. Martin is
not at all sorry for what she did.
She says that Walker had no right
to talk about her as he did, and
when the court wouldn't make him
stop she thought it was her duty
to do so.
When the court was clear
: Mr., Walker resumed his argu,
ment, but the starch was out
OF it.
The jury remained out about
half an hour, and then returned,
bringing verdict of guilty. Judge
Clark sentenced Flemister to a
a. n, of five wears in +bo ,,o,;4-.,