The Washington times., 1894-11-21

bedian, an Armenian resident in this city.
Other speakers viii deliver addresses, and
suitable action Will be taken.
Warden Leonard Takes an Appeal-District
Attorney Birney yesterday took for Warden
Leonard an appeal from the recent decision
Of Judge Cox in the case Of Walter A. Rodda.
Beane Trick on ecord-Arthur T. Foster,
colored, was in the tolls again yesterday.
Foster was given % cents by Policemen Bass
ford and Bryan to 90 into an old colored
woman shop. which Foster said was a
''speak-easy," and get a half pint of whisky
for the purpose of making a case of unlicensed
bar against her. Instead Of going to the old
womans place The officers saw him enter the
saloon of Thomas Callahan and purchase a
bottle of liquor and with this in his POCKET
start for the little store The policemen
OWNED his rascally purpose and placed him
under arrest.
''You would have come into this court and
sworn that you purchased the whisky from
that poor old eolored woman, said his honor.
There ought 10 De some way OF putting such
good fellows as you away for good. Your ef-
fort 10 pat up job on that ola woman is the
meanest trick have ever heard OF, and you
can go to the chain gang for thirty days"
Trustees Cannot Agree-Jackson II. Rails
ton, who is co-trustee with E. A. Newm an in
lLb suit VI mary phlHnOTN vs.. AliFHQ II.
Gross for partition. yesterday filed complaint
before judge Cox that Newman, as trustes.
has been collecting the rent of No. sos Tenth
street southwest under order OF court and
has used the money without the complainant s
consent on taxes outside the jurisdiction of
this court. He has also refused to replace
the amounts so expended Ralsten there
fore thinks that Newman misintefprets his
duties as trustee and asks that he be required
TO give an account and restore money spsnt
beyond the courts jurisdiction. Newman
answers Rsston by saying that Ralston did
know beforehand of the payment of taxes on
the Moxley Point property, and that the
complaint is prompted by malice and ill-will.
The case was referred by Judge Hagner to
the auditor.
Get tho Piano and Also rcratohss-Counter
charges OF assault were heard in the police
cours Yesterday. Edward 4. Brocken5or-
ough, cOlored man employed by the Brad
bury Piano Company, was charged with as
saulting Hattie Duncan. also colored, of No.
1917 strsst northwest, while he was
removing piano from her house for non
payment of the monthly inst4llmeRts. He in
turn made a similar charge against the
woman. She claimed that BrockOnborough,
in his efforts to take the piano from the house
threw her down and placed his foot on her
breast. BrockenborouSh testified tn I Hattie
'chewed up" his hand and elaWed him like
a tigress. In lning the man SO and dismiss
ing the case against the woman, Judge Miller
held that the installment mon have no right
to lay hands on any one in their efforts to re-
cover property for non-payment, and that If
they enter house they must do so without
violence and at their own peril.
Cave-dweller Sent Down-Fred Smith, the
soiled and diapidated looking "hobo" who
was hauled out of the tramp cave on the flats,
near the Washington Monument, by a raiding
party OF First precIn policemen, was sent TO
the chain gang for thirty days by Judge Kim
ball yesterday on the evidence of Officer ORR
ana, one of the raiders.
WY He Fired the shot-The charge of
assault against Mr.. Andrew McWiliams
chief clerk of the secret service, who fired
his revolver Monday night to frighten away
James Gray, colozed, who was paying a
clandestine visit 10 Mr.. McWilliams' cook,
was dismissed by judge Miller yesterday The
defendant said he fired the pistol at an ash
barrel, as a warning for Gray to stay away
from his premises in the future.