The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-21
coLoRED SOCIETY ALL TORN UP.
George Williams Has a Ruined Home
and a Series Of Misfortunes.

George Williams Has Ruined Home
and a Series of Misfortunes.
George Williams, colored man formerly
employed at the Cordray theatre for clean
ing floors and assisting in moving
scenery, ETC., Ianguished in the city Jail
Friday night.
The story of his fall is a repetition of the
old tale of woman's faithlessness and
mans folly. Friday evening he visited
his home and found a friend of his own
color there with his wife. He fell upon the
false friend, tooth and nail, and pum-
melled him numerically. He then went
down town TO fire up" and meeting the
disturber of his homes peace, again adj
ministered severe drubbing, which left
that individual as limp as an oyster.
Further firing up" was required to re-
cruit expended energy, and the unhappy
husband took sufficient to accomplish this,
as well as to furnish him with enough
courage to go home and belabor his wife as
he had done her paramount.
Arriving there he began, by way of pre-
lude, to throw his wifes clothes and other
belongings through the window. The war
dance accompanying this feat was SO en-
ergetic. both vocally and physically, that
II awoke the landlord, who imagined bur
glars and all other midnight evils. The
latter armed himself with club and
stealthily entered the room where the
supposed burglar was engaged in tearing
things up generally.
'Whack, whack, whack," resounded
the dextrous blows of the landlords club,
followed by the TERMED yells of the hus-
band who ned pell-mell into the street.
There he was .collared by policeman,
who escorted him to the city Jail.
Isl a V0ica uuayaripu with AGITATION ha
said TO Captain Sheehan:
''By George, sab, want divorce from
my wife, or q bill of sale, don't care a
damn which"
The event has created CONSERVATION
among the colored fraternity in the city.
rs the erring wife was pillar of the
church. The feeling is best expressed by
a conversation which was overheard be-
tween two friends of the betrayed hus-
band:
''Whar's all dis a-goin' to end?" said
Jones TO Dick, with husky melo-dramatic
utterance.
Dunno, suah,r replied Dick, dolefully.
III tell you whar's goin' TO end" said
Jones with a solemn shake of the head.
"Sassiety is agoin' to be busted up by dis
yerc business. Dis yerc woman. q pillar
of ouah church, has wandahed from de
fold. De Lawd knows who can be trusted.
Whar's de use of fine education. Whar's
de use of fine sassietyi Sassiety is busted
up! Education is busted up. To think
dat my sister an yores have 'sociated with
sich trash as dat. Well be 'bliged To ex-
kyyiate de general foundation of sassiety
for suah. and blow de wind of regeneration
on dc dead bones"
'.Da's it, Jones, da's it. Blow dem into
Twin SKELETONS, or blow dem so strong dat
dey shall be no more seen, said Dick, with
fierce energy.
The forlorn husband, in talking to a
friend Friday evening about his trouble,
said: Trouble? Trouble? Who's had
more of it dan me? Why, Jacob and his
boys hadn't nuthin'. Take Jonah and dc
whale. Use de Jonah. oney wuss-I'm
still in de darkness. NV wife's de false
prophet; I'm de scapegoat.''