The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-20
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
A Notorious Thief In Sent to the Hastings
Court-The Cases.

The melancholy pstter Of the rain upon
the window panes at the police court yes
terday played in sorowful harmony With
the thoughts of three poor unfortunates
who were bankly staring into vacancy from
the recess of the forbidding-lookingp pen:
while the dreary whistling OF the WIND
through tho yentilators was kept up as per-
sistently as the small boy with new comic
opera tune. .b
crowd like the forest vintage changes tn
fe. and the erstwlile gang OF colored loal-
ers is being succeeded by seedy-looking as
semblage of sunburnt white loaters VINO
for the want of something else TO do ana
the vigilance Of the Capitol police. now
spend the morning hours out upon the saw.
dust covered arena listening 10 the tales OF
sorrow that are daily told into the attentive
ear Of the great dispenser OF equity.
The iovial disposed dragon of the yawning
drawer informed me that he thought the
negroes we're rusticsting in the rural wiids or
Hanover. or probably Chesterfield, where
the time is spent in the blackberry helds or
huckeberry swamps. There IS something
so sweet and country-like in spending rev
hours in the pleasant occupation or gather
Ing the luscious berries, at which there are
at present 50 many. And then 1t IS 80 pleas;
ant when you get back 70 the house 10 spehu
the remainder Of the day and the greater
norton of the night in a vain and truitless
fight with the myriad of chigres that such
hunt is surely heir to, while an occasional
WASH nest or snake adventure adds new
lustre TO the occasion.
James Stanley. Mildred Lewis and Henry
McCabe were charged with being suspicious
characters and with breaking and entering
in the night time the restaurant OF VI. A.
Dehayes and stealing a lot OF cigars,
cigarettes, champagne and ham. Stanley
is very tough-lOoking white man, WIN
restless muddy-looking eyes. that are
tribe crossed. and gives him not only
hideous, but horrible look. The police
regard him a. one of the toughest charac-
tiers in the city His haunts are IN Lump
kins Bottom and around Fifteenth and
Franklin streets. and he enjoys the appro-
pirate sobriquet of Pepper" for IN deeds
of wickedness he is always the hottest lie
will steal anything on earth. and even cent
in blind beggar's cup Is not safe II Stanley
is around. He served pumberless terms In
the CITY Jail for petty larceny. and on one
occasion was shot while engaged IN
one Of his lswless deeds. and
had he been worth the space bis
body would fill in The earth
he would have surely been killed. McCabe
is one of Stanley's victims. and many other
youths Of the city have been led astray by
this felon. Lewis claims TO have arrived
in the city last Saturday from North Carroll
ma. He has a face that is greatly against
him, while there appears 10 be more wicked
ness in his composition than anything else
They we're held in $500 bond for twelve
mouths as suspicious characters and sent TO
the grand jury for stealing.
Rena Davis and Rosa Banks, two colored
nurses, were charged with obstructing the
sidewalk by rolling their carriages abreast.
When told that they could not do 80 by
Sergeant Mathews. Rena was somewhat
abusive. Rosa was excused and Rens fined
-
b. A. Patterson, charged with assault
ing and beating Robert L. Huntley, was DIS
charged
Edwin Cook CcoIored) was charged with
assaulting and striking Thomas Byrd. q
blind man. The evidence seemed to show
more disorderly conduct than an assault
upon blind Tom, and Cook was only fined
$3.50 and costs.
John Patton. Frank Larnum. Emmett Le
Clair and b. Osterbine were each lined 81
for drunkenness.
Charles Motley Ccolored) was charged
with stealing fifty cents from Cora Overton.
The case WAS dismissed at the costs OF CON-
planant
Charles West (colored). charged with
trespassing on the premises of Charles
CASTOR and abusing Susan Castor. was dis
charged.
Frank Anthony. drunk and disorderly
was fined $3.50 and costs.
John Cox paid $3.50 for fighting in the
street.
Eddie Lewis (colored), charged with as
saulting and beating Albert Trahue. Dis
missed upon payment of costs.
Dayy Thomas. charged with being disor-
derby and fighting in the street. was dis
charged.
Minnie Tomas. charged with being disor-
DERBY and using abusive language to Mrs.
Helen Cook. Case was continued until to-
day.
George Gibbs. charged with trespassing
upon the promises of and abusing and
threatening TO beat Richard Lewis. Con-
tinued until to-day.