Evening journal., 1895-03-14
WILL BLOOM IN PRIVATE
A Cammomile Which Will
Grace Sheriff Gillis's Garden.
SMASHED A POT ON NELLIEs HEAD

And Got Fifty Dollars and Six Months In
JAN as RewArd-Dens which Are y
Disgrace aud should BE Torn ont.
other Gases.
At the very gates of the city and
lying along the lanes of the p w 4
B r R., and where visitors or passersby
on the trains cannot help but see them, are
located a number OF unsightly brick and
frame structures which s's disgrace TO
fair Wilmington, bre.r ing places OF
disease, and dens OF in nmorallty which
put TO blush the old time Five Points Of
New York, the famous Boiler Alley Of
Buffalo, or the teuderloin sections o!
any Of the cities Of the United States.
These buildings are filed with negro
women OF the very lowest character who
are always on the lookout 70 entice
drunken men into their rooms and rob
them, and negro men, who consort with
these creatures and when not engaged In
any crimes OF their own, live on the
products OF their shame and robberies.
The police are constantly given trouble
In this section which is known as the
coast, and fully two thirds OF the cases
which come up In Municipal Court
originate or occur there.
One of the worst OF these dens Is tie
four story brick house, at No. 100 East
Water street, owned by the P w. &B.
r. and rented out by the room TO
colored women Of the very worst charac-
ter There are thirteen rooms in the
house, and after nightfall even cat
could not make its way through the
inky Railways without danger Of losing
It's way. In the day time It Is but little
better, the sunlight scarcely ever being
able to force it's way through the musty
dirty and dark stories.
Almost every week cases where white
men. who have unfortunately overloaded
with the fery aqua fortis sold under the
name Of whiskey, In these dives OF the
neighborhoou, have been enticed into
the rooms OF inmates OF this building.
and then robbed, but in each case
the victims refused TO appear against
their despoilers, and the latter went free
Three cases did get before the cadi
within the past week but they were for
assault where the inmates thems elves
were concerned
Last night a fight occurred there
which was Of serious nature, aud In
which Roxy GAmmomile, notorious
denizsn of the placs, and Nellie Morris.
another inmate, we're engaged. The
story, not as told by Nellie on the
stand, but as it actually occurred, was
this:
About II o'clock last night Nellie had
white man In her room He was treating
her to beer when Roxy CammomIle passed
her door and hailed her for a glass OF the
beverage. She got 1t and as she showed
an inclination to stop longer, Nellie
elected her and locked the door on her
Roxy got mad and going to her room got
stoneware teapot, returned TO Nellie's
room, burst open the door and smashed
Nellie In the head.
Officers Lyons and Maloney, who were
on that beat at once made a search OF the
house. Nellie WAS sitting on her bed
with the blood pouring out of several
cuts on her heao. Roxy had led and the
most vigorous search failed to reveal her
whereabouts until finally she was dis
covered hidden under a bed which was
little better than a mass of rags She
was hauled out and at once asked how
badly Nellie was hurt on being told
she remarked: "Ill put mark on her
that she won't get rid of the balance Of
her LIE,
This morning she pleaded guilty to the
assault, In a manner half defiant and
half-reckless Her manner changed.
however, when Judge Ball fined her $50
and costs and sentenced her to con-
hnement in New Castle for six months
She stood for a moment, stunned, and
then burst out crying and turning,
walked rapidly out Of the dock
Richard Rowe, charged with assaulting
a man by the name Of Holland and taking
$50 from him, was arrAigntd again, the
case having been continued from yes.
terday to admit OF witnesses who were
present at the time Two boys and two
Young men swore that bothRowe and Hol.
land were very drunk and both fell down.
Judge Ball decided that both men were
not 10 condition to know Just what
occurred, and dismissed the case.
Jacob Sanders, colored, was charged
with larceny OF a coat owned by Edward
Wdgan and valued at 81 He proved
that he only took the coat as a Joke, ran
around the block and then took IL in the
house again He was dismissed, but
won't Joke with Wogan again, along the
same lines