The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-18
NOAH BESTS THE POLICEMAN.
JRfUMpHANTLY ACQUITTED off
At ONCE TO GET MARRIED.

A Dramatic Darby from saugcrhes W
Had the Court with His from tne
mrns NE Came On the siaee-Csuet 10 New
York 10 Hls Wedding and Landed In JIM
Noah Harper. q b~ow-legged and very black
man, with a broad smile. was tried yes,esuaS
in tho General Sessions for assault. Ponce
man Welsh testified that he was on posi- IN
Bleecker street, at $50 A. NJ. on April d wnen
he snw Harper with q valise In MS manu-.
Harper acted suspiciously. and welsh ASKED
him what no had in his valise. Harper retuseo
to tell. and cursed hin. Then he tried to arrest
Harper. and Harper hit him with the Saiiso,
Then he hit Harper with his fist and arrested
him. The policeman had no witnesses 10 "aeN
up his story.
Harper took the witness stand. He wore
countri0ed clothing. the trousers coming down
only to the tops OF his boots, but he had a nhe
gold watch chain on his vest. and from IL osh-
oled an immense charm. He asked 'uoee
MARITIME to allow him to stand whiie ne "es
testifying. He put the witness chair oacR
against the wall and gave a m repre-
sentation. He testified that he had been en-
ployed In O hotel ut Glasgow. Ulster county
He took the steamboat Saugerties at SAUCER
ties, intending to come to this city to be mar.
ried. Ho had the address OF q man WIDOWED
in Minetta street. One Of tho passengers too
him that any policeman would point out the
wavt 10 Minettn street. AtMorton and Blocker
streets no saw Policeman Welsh walking with
his hands folded behind his back and Ms
head down. -
At this point Harper walked up and down the
witness platform in imitation OF a policeman
When he got near enough to Welsh. Harper
Welsh looked at him from head 70 foot and
asked him where he was going. and ne saiut 70
came from and he said saueertiessi m me
W WI I. asked .sIa a,n him Whit Tfen he Wash Sss IN as ks yf hi%
really going to nobo1enn , +" get %ss msrf he had i jmst
come from and he said The steam boat Snu,
e%erties.". Then the policeman straichteneaup
"N"w. look here. Yon told me a while ago :
yS 9H say ago You you s tGid T me you 70 were eSof from SAUCER.
s ssss sns ss1 Ta sSl sfy y %" s ss% fsllins a damn lie
a1 Ha l em p prote.ted that he had told the ,truth,
ana sIsTsd , the address He SAYS Of .h hss @ SE,ssS
,n h Under the influence Of LIQUOR; He
concludea to part eompsny. and M,. II
ihs %PES .rps4 ,ll Tsy %ps NiiS G %sny ,eI BOWS s' and
scrapes how. he crossed the street to get away
I IsS;aI sh S,p pol'sSs ser sRe p other D SIDE oi B aas c esr
street there was Q colored man. and the col
with that "a to56icera" -
ri didn't have no trouble with him. ! guess
he %u fel be Ssanfwi. Welsh faad ra nSSssdf! ape :. hi%. mo-
tInusai "do Q E.. MAXI .1nIn e yi mS sso s%dlSos 6 6ixs he se
mado anudder yIrtuous dive at me. and hit
me over Do eye, II he hadn't th a.h a'ds me; GEM M
me- long. and he said: You tlnk rs drunk: do
You : and he dong bifr me about ten times in
HARPER uaIpoiosizey. but Il, was no use; the
s Spoka ace = soa 9nddest tooth oulA At the station house
! cell he kicked him in the groin. ,-
Later. when the policeman came TO take MIN
to the police court. Harper said;
,, .L5ookc ~. yeT : .s bout oS; q a tshi ss!p' git mah'o 10
hired a lawyer that Welsh named and gave the
IsxysT s i5a but PoI, the lswys, DID idr MT SiS syen IL Hep %as
committed to await the action OF the Grand
~ am satisfied. your Honor. that a mistake
h hns s tsse m msas in Il th .ss Sa sse y . the GaaR have ss ~:
Msit Sssse. !TS., yeR Ps Mf s. Mss defissr. ted as sSSss
in this case. and I don't believe 1t has been
Committed by this colored man. I advise yog.
gentlemen OF the Jury. to acquit the defeno-
Harper was acquitted. Judge MARITIME told
6i nm 1has hs eps hnd to m sPee "a e Se,H!s q ,as es ra,it
against Welsh. or begin q civil suit against
Welsh" said Judge MARITIME to the police.
man. who. with a very red face. was moving
toward the door. your. conduct In this AFFAIR
is most disgraceful. and it is my intention to
call the attention Of your superior officers to
it, g..
have been very roughly handled and. most un
Justly. in my opinion. trust that this untor-
tunate incident will not rob you OF the woman
that you were about to marry.
"Ihope not. Judge. and / guess not" re-
piled Harper. with q big smile.
Lawyer Lewis Stuyyesant Chanler. who is
wealthy and does q great deal Of free law work.
and who defended Harper BY assignment from
the court. slipped a gtesnback. into Harpera
hand. and Harper said gratefully.
Say. boss. II you ever come. up to that hotel
where works; will give youtne best chicken
In that house"
He told Mfr. Chanler confidently that he was
to be married last night In. Twenty-ninth
street, but he would not divulge Just whore.
He said that as soon as he was married he
would return to Glasgow.