Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-08
THE "FOGGY BOTTOM GANG.
Judge Miller Lectures Two of Them and
Gives Them ssFull Extent of the Law. -

Nat Morris and '.Sam" Carter, young COL
ored men, were charged in the Police Court
this morning with completely in the shooting
affray in 'Foggy Bottom" last Sunday, as pub
lished in yesterdays STAR. The afflay &C.
Cured en- Goth street. at the mouth of Hughes
alley.
One witness testified that there were five or
six hundred persons on the street when the
shooting took place. The witnesses saw both
the defendants taking part in the shooting. A
colored woman appeared on the street AID said:
.'Shoot the of =" Then shots were again
exchanged
Policeman Gehrman said he heard thirteen
pistol shots fired. but did not think these were
more than half of the number fired in the
melee. One of the bullets came near strikin =
young man.
BLOOD FIELD, NUMBER ONE"
THAT neighborhood," said Policeman Hurd,
sis Blood Field. number one." Then the Of
fcer gave the defendants an unenyiable rep
utation and told of the pistols that were used.
..Step up here, Morrison said the judge.
Where did you get your pistoll'
I'm Georgetown"
Whereabouts in Georgetown
| ''In pawn shop"
"How much did you pay for it?'
Zone dollar and a half"
Ibid you get it to kill one of these men
| with?''
mo. SIR
What did you get it for?"
| TO keep in the house."
"Did you think somebody was going to harm
your
NO, SIR"
"Rob you?" JLaughter.1
| JUDGE MILLER On PISTOL CARRYING.
| "Look here, boy" said the judge, "let me
tell you one thing. You have got to stop car
rying pistols about this city. 1 only regret
| that l can't send you away longer than the law
allows. You ought to be put in the peniten-
tiary and remain there for the balance of your
| life. AS long as / hold this court l intend to
discourage the carrying and use of deadly
| weapons by applying the law to its fullest ex-
! tent For carrying the pistol you are fined
| $50 or 80 days and for being disorderly you are
fined $50 or 80 days. That is all the law allows
| and am sorry for it, for this is one of the most
outrageous affairs of the kind thatI have ever
| known here"
| CARTER GETS THE SAME.
Carter was then called up and told that he
might know what to expect. The remarks also
applied to him, and similar sentence was i'm
posed.
Then the officers told the court of place in
the alley kept by colored man named
''oLD UNCLE NICK"
| 'It's place." said Officer Hurd, where loaf.
ers, thieves, crap shooters and murderers con-
| greSate. Virgie Jackson, Mary Beckett and
| Henrietta Brooks, colored girls, were arrested
there last night and were charged with va
grancy. ''They caused al the shooting" said
1 Officer Hurd, land Buddy Ridgely, a profes-
sional crap shooter, is one Of their friends"
| Henrietta Brooks was released on her per-
| sonal bonds and her two female companions
and Buddy Ridgely were given ninety days
each.
Baltimore Anarchists Going to Celebrate
| A program has been issued for q celebration
in Baltimore OF the anniversary of the hanging
of the Chicago anarchists. 1t is long and
violen. IL closes as follows: Anarchists. the
day has arrived for paying homage to your
ectnr.des, to brand your enemies, to promul-
gs.e your IDEAS sdgance the struggle, to
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