Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-26
FIFTH edition

4 f. sH,r - SuatlNTly
Z. 8, Sharper was arr6lgued before fl.
Municipal Court this mofhinp IA, c0 Sa
hitting an assault and battery M C Tv,a'
line johnson, good-looklns cInpSH.r'
colored woman who came from plWaIy%u
phia yesterday to enjoy the snt"i W.
OF the "Big Quarterly sharne, ~. '
the credit OF keeping a bolrl'ng bd sva
and pool room at No. 1874 French NV, MY
formerly the "Pa ker lIous,." C,,'..
johnson says she came down yeu,.d'.s
knowing nobody In Wilminp,op ~.
" Mt down 70 The church.: II Far Gn =.
but she couldn't recollect the ham,. =,
the church or the street it was on -.
happened 10 see colored maa VIM ,'m'
down on the same b at AMI they wer,,
bharper's place, where she sad s.p w.,
treated TO beer and she In turn tre,t,1
several in the house.
She says she was grossly ins.il,ed ,,,
when she found what kind ui hons !,
was she wanted TO get out, she ali
Sharper assaulted hcr aud Ma T.,
roughly and she cried for polite p,o,rs.
ton. Sharper, she says, tore her clolhA,
tlspped her In the face, and tore lroI
her watch and chain which she had M,
recovered yet She took htr cape of h
court to show where Sharper Tor, h,
dress aud tore the bugles aud be,dN,
from her cape, and she sail II thfre ma,
q lady present who would cyamlue h.,
she would flnd her black aud blue rom
the bruises she had eceiyet,
Sharper denied the allegations O, IA,
woman, and said she calne down on M
boat drunk aud was drunk when ia
came into his house, and she was 50 IN.
orderly that he caught her by the arm IA
try to paciS her, but as she would pa
be paci1cd he had 10 call In polclm,n
and have her taken out Ilo denied MI
he sold apy beer or liquor, and taid ,hs
woman had no watch AMI chain, but bai
droppe n breasipin IN this entry, which
was found afterwards and given 10 her,
Elizabeth Sorrow, gAiy drs.gd
woman, who eaid she YVES from Phlsd.l.
phia, said she vas in the house, saw h)
woman come 10 drunk and made a fl.
She asked for liquor, but was to ,A,re
was none In the house. She ADMITTED
that the men In the house had dubbed 10.
gether aud had bough; keg of beer,
which was drank, but not sold. She saw
Sharper trying TO make the woman b
quiet.
Kate Smith, another gany dressed
woman from Philadelphia, had IN Iua
testimony to offer. and she was coriCNOt-
ated by Alfred Fountain, who said lts
woman was ornery and devllish. HI
eaw no beer nor liquor sold; but av
Sharper trying to quiet the woman, Wh9
insisted in calling murder.
Frances Simmons was the next Wit
mesa. She has aires ~ been lined To-
keeping q house Of ill-iame In the ParA,l
House. She said she was Sharper
housekeepeF, and she kept boarden, bu
no women boarders. These women VIII
were there yesterday were only visitor
She denied that any assault was commit
ted upon the woman, or that any beer 0
liquor had been sold TO her or auytOi
else. There was beer In tee house, ba,
/ was not sod. There was whiskey Their
too, In bottles, which the men brOugl
with them. She told Sharper not !
touch the woman, bat 10 cali fer the p
lice.
Carrie johnson was o rain callel 10 Il
stand. She expressed her utmost horn
at the lies that had been sworn to. WI
said she, went In there with O. and
had very little wheu I came out. 81
told how she paid 65 cents for one rou
OF beer,so much for another and 30 nu
for other rounds, and t. ere Is the WON
(poipting 10 Frances Simmons) Il
sold the beer, and she knows II. WI
she brought II up from the cellar In o
bucket aud dished II out, and abe s
whiskey and all kinds OF liquor. s
was surprised they were not ARID
swear such false oAths.
Judge Emmons said there viz u
doubt OF the assault on Carrie Joutso
by Sharper, and fined him GIG. o, Incu
Ing costs.
Frances Simmons was then immt
lately placed in the dock and accused
selling liquor on Sunday and sell
without license, but at her request
hearing was postponed until thIsO ven.
as there were some witnesses from Phi
delphia she wished TO obtain, somt
whom were offic rs Of the city.
As the hearing was over, Otiicers Il
mond and solmon discovered colo
: man In the audience who told tLem
terday that he was treated to beer
Carrie johnson in Sharp RS house
soon as she saw the witness she rec
nlzed him as one OF the men she trel
} and who treated her. He gave bis na
as Alonzo Patton, from Concord, Dt
ware county, Pa, but al at once be
forgotten about the beer drinking,
only drank ginger ale. Chief oil 20
n Swiggett detained him as u witness '