St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-09
THEIR DIRTY LINEN.
The Bowkers ct Al. Advised No
TO Wash 1t in Public.

4hS DUMB ct Al. AQVlSeu NOT
TO Wash 1t in Public.
The street squabble between the
Bowkers and their neighbors on Hal
lowee'n was aired in the police court
yesterday afternoon. Miss Julia Peter
son, who abides in the Bowker resort.
charged Mrs. Della Bowker. who does
not abide there. and Eben Tyler, a
neighbor. with assault and battery, and
more especially battery. The story has
already been published in the GLOBE.
The trial lasted until long into the
shades OF the evening, when Judge
Mahoney found Mrs. Bowker and Mr..
Tyler guilty, ana fined each Of them SO.
The testimony was decidedly con-
tllcting ana equally spicy. The prose-
cutiOn's witnesses, including Miss
Sofa Peterson, James Ryan and Will
lam Schaetfer, testified that Mr.. Tyler
had thrown Miss Julia Peterson to the
ground, and that Mrs. BOwker then en-
gagged in an alteration with her. in
sisted on ascending 10 the porch of the
Bowker establishment, and finally hit
Miss Peterson with big stick of wood.
The row was Occasioned by a lot OF men
and boys VINO had assembled III front
of the Home" on Halloween, and
with the aid of Numerous tin horns,
succeeding in making frightful din.
Then the defense told its story. The
most graphic witness was Charles
Johns, a young farmer. eighteen wears
old, who lives on Pleasant avenue, near
the scene of the atfray. MIR. Johns said:
while we were all out there having
some fun Miss Peterson came out of the
house with her dog. She said something
about our going away, and then set the
dog on the crowd"
How did she set the dog on you?"
she elapped her hands and said
Sick 'em.'"
Then what happened?''
"Mr. Tyler came up to Miss Peterson
and took hold of her arms to stop her
from sickin' the dog on u.s."
And them?
"Then they both fell down."
''How did they fall?'
Zone fell Oh top of the other"
''Who fell on tOp?"
Miss Peterson"
WHO got up first?"
Miss Peterson. Then Mrs. Bowker
came up and Mr.. Tyler left the two
women together"
Witness next related how Mrs. Bow
ker went up to the porch, and how Miss
Peterson told her she had no business
there, and couldn't come in. Asked
what happened next, witness answered.:
Then Mr.. Bowker came to the door
with stick or something III his hand.
He hit Mrs. BOwker over the head with
il, and that's the last l saw of Mrs.
Bowker," added the witness, which
remark occasiOned considerable laugh
ter. Witness admitted that Mrs. Bow
ker was able to walk away with assist
ance. He also admitted that he expect
ed to be paid for testifying, as Tyler
had told him he would make 1t right
with him.
After Judge Mahoney had announced
his decision he administered a scathing
roast to ali parties. He said:
Il have always regarded the Eighth
ward as a respectable neighborhood. IF
this affair had occurred i'll the slums,
l should not have been surprised. 1
have no doubt that the Bowkeri
home is not what it should be, but the
neIghbOrs should not manifest their
disapproyal of it in such a manner.
And hereafter" continued the court.
Il hope the people connected with the
home, and those at enmity with them.
will wash their dirty linen elsewhere
than on the public streets. l fine these
people in the interests of law and
order, not in vindication of the home.;'
Court then adjourned and the Bowk-
ers ct al.W ent to their homes.