The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
WHOLE BATCH OF BAD ONES


Recorder Wilson Sorts Over the Police
Drag Net.
Recorder Wilson was kept busy yester-
drv disposing OF the cases that had accu-
INFLATED since Saturday.
the "drunks' that had come in Satur-
oav night were sobered up and ready to
see the practical illustration of the hard
yyav peculiar 10 the transgressOr.
Francis YoungblOod, co.ored, was
charged with throwing dish water into
he streets, aud also with resisting an
oA7rer. She gave the policeman hard
russIe when he tried to run her in, and
rbe recorder made blanket fine of $40 or
thirty DAYS in iail for both charges.
4 Gang of little darkies was forcing the
sDring base ball season in Crawford
square Saturday, but the policeman only
caught Joe Rivers, who was fined 81 The
-ss- of the crowd postponed the game in
definitely or until Joe gets out of jail.
henry VINEYARD, colored, got all tangled
mo with cheap liquor, was arrested, had
no excuse to make, and was fined 50.
Jimmie Williams, d little darkey, was
hauled up for throwing rocks, and was
fined =. ..-,
and for this privilege and for cursing to
his hearts content ne hao TO smell
Harry Latson, colored, was fined $40
for striking Mr.. J. NJ. Fairs little bow
T. seems that the darkey thought the boy
had hit him with a slingshot and slapped
him. Psrt of the testimony was to the
eject that when the boy was struck by
me negro he fell senseless to the ground,
and was carried away from the railroad
track by his little playmate.
The two little boys denied that they
had shot their sings at the negro. The
nov that was struck showed the result of
the blow but it was not proven he had
been so violently struck as might by in
ferred from the charge
The case against Joe Ruben, colored,
for understanding au officer and attempt
ing TO arrest countryman, was continued
until this morning.
Robert Bennett was the would be vic
tim. aud after he testified as a witness
against Rulep, he was told to step over to
the other side of the recorders desk. He
then heard a charge against him for steal
ing 30 cents from a negro boy. 1t looked
as if the boy had lost some money, and
being afraid to tell his aunt. no told
policeman that Bennett had taken him
into lane knocked him down and touched
him to the tune of 30 cents. The case was
dismissed as another policeman had seen
Bennett some distance from the place
where the darkey had mentioned at the
time the robbery was supposed to have
occurred.
Hannah Smith. colored, was arrested
for being drunk, and although she said it
was a mistake. as she had only taken
big dose of pills, she was fined 80 or
chance of taking the rest and cure in jail
for five days
John Williams, colored was taken to
the barracks carly Sunday morning for
acting in a suspicious way, and was fined
So He sWOre he was out hunting for
doctor. as his wife was 'gettin' worser, g"
but the stories did not agree. hence the
fine
Policeman Mcclure made a successful
raid on a house down in st. Gall street..
arresting three negroes who were break
ing the Sabbath in all kinds of ways
Joe Hill was fined IS, but James Cook and
John Johnson told such straight stories
the recorder let them go.
Robert Henry, a small colored boy,
tried TO throw whole brick wall in sec
tons at little white boy and was fined
81
Fancy Moore, a colored tourist from
Boston, could not register at a hotel and
made himself comfortable in a feed house
on Bryan street. He could write an essay
on hard times How to live on nothing"
and 50 forth but he was turned over to
the city court for further Instructions,
and his next publication will probably be
on the labor question.
). K. Maloy was TOO tired to go home
and crept into a box on St. Julian street
TO sleep. He got S3 or five days
Spencer MCNarY was fined So for dis
orderly conduct in Mayor McDonough's
saW-mill yard.