The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-28
A Day Of Incident and Financial Emhar-
rassmaRt In the Police Court.
HOW TWO OF THE FIRST FARED BADLY,
Sunday Nights Arrests-Goes UP for
The suIn,ner-The Result or Arxu
Charged With Crap Shooting
Turned Over TO Justice Gregory
Minor Police Court Casey.

about 8 o'clock. The facts as DEVELOPED
IN the evidence heard at the Police
court yesterday are somewhat as fol-
owE Some time shortly before the
hour mentioned two sailors from the
Maine. named Martin Fitzgerald and
Pat Gafney. repaired to the house OF
Estelle Copeland. on Avon street, and
assaulted the proprietTess. They would
probably have hurt her pretty badly
had not Laura O'Neal. an inmate of
the place, come to hhe rescue. The
noise attracted the attention of Officers
snyder and Burnham, who rushed upon
the scene and were soon with both feet
In II. Burnham grabbed Gafney, who
& him around on Washington
street. struck him in the face, threw him
down and split the knee of his trousers.
rnh held on very pluckily though.
ana succeeded in bringing his prisoner
safely in. Meanwhile Snyder had gone
after Fitzgerald. What happened NAV
best be told in the words of Office Cur
It's. Said he: Il heard cries of Help.
help! and hurried in the direction from
which the sounds proceeded. When |
|came up | found Martin here sitting on
officer Snyder in the gutter. | asked
him to get up but he YOU not do so.
AS did not have my club with me, |
drew my pistol and made him get off.
Then we brought him down" Each of
the pi.t:onofs was fincd as follows:
breach OF the peace, 81 and costs: as
sault on the officers. $50 and costs; as
sault on the two women, $50 and costs.
They telesraphed to Boston for cash,
and Will remain In jail till II arrives.
SUNDAY NIGHT ARRESTS.
on Sunday night Sergeant williams.
assisted by several su~bordinates. ar
rested I. j. Richardson. the proprietor
of the Elkton saloon, No. 1913 Main street.
and James Pebworth, Jr., one or his bar
Keepers, who Is charged Jointly with
the proprietor with selling liquor on
Sunday, the 10Th inst. The police were
ohstructed In their attempts TO enter
the place by one skinny" Lash. 4 white
man. against whom the charge was
lodged of acting In the capacity of a
spy. Waterman, or doorkecper for r.
j. Richardson's bar by stationing him
self ut the door and warming the in
mates oil the approach of the police"
All three men furnished bail, with w.
>. Fentress as surety. 800 being re-
CURED in each of the first cases and S25
in that of Lash. When their names were
cllled in the Police Court they failed
to respond nor did their surety show
up. and the bail of all three was de-
clared forfeited. They afterwards
came into court. however. and this ac-
ton was reconsidered. the case being
continued II day. bond being furnished
in the sum of 500 in each case. except
that OF l.ash's. who's bail was fixed at
$50, j. c. Shadbolt going security for
the whole crowd.
GOES UP FOR THE SUMMER.
Officer Chasteem arrested Hardy Wild
by. a big colored man. Saturday night
for beating Annie Maria Riddick. The
evidence was hat he Jumped on her,
Struck her eleven times with his fist and
drew a musket on her loade with TWEEN
ty-four bucksho;s. any one of them gua.-
anteed by WILDLY TO kill the man. Wom-
an or child who molested him in his
~Pleasurable diversion. The prisoner
swore tina: he was only trying to ge:
Annie Maria 10 so back to her husband.
He was fined $50 and costs and SEN
fenced to the additional. penalty of three
months in Jail.
TIE RESULT OF ARGUING.
About ; O'Clock Saturday afternoon II.
NJ. Bowie. q young white man, who had
been employed at Beynard's dairy lunch
room. on Church street. went into the
place and was told hat he was dis
charged. He wanted to argue tbs ques-
ton with the proprietor and the result
was Il row. In which a butcher knife and
glassware figured prominently. One Of
the tumbleTs thrown by Bbwie az his
egstwhilc employers head missed its
mark II struck Miss Annie Mell.ck.
who is employed at the lunch room. in
the forehead. intilcting some ugly scars.
He was arrested by Officer Nelson and
yesterday fined $40 and costs.
ORDERED OUT OF TOWN.
Officer Palette on Friday arrested
a blind a John King. whom he found
bowling drunk on the streets. accom-
panied by a colored man named William
Coleman. whom he had picked up in
Washington. ID. G.. and who was also
locked up. she charge OF nuisance being
lodged against him. King claimed that
he was trying 10 get TO Newport News.
whe:e he had relatives. and His Honor
released both prisoners. ~instruc;ing them
10 get out of town on the first boa
TURNED OVER TO JUSTICE
GREGORY.
Mrs. Margaret Tennis, a white woman
living at No. Al DENLY street. was ar
rested Saturday evening upon the sus-
picion of insanity. 1t seems she has a
little granddaughter about z years old
living with her and has on several occa-
sions. once with u Ratchet. driven her
from the house. and threatened to Kill
her. She was bailed by Justice Gregory
and failed 10 ppear when called In the
Police Court. His Honor turned the case
over 10 Squire Gregory with instructions
10 anil into the woman's mental con-
dltion. She was taken before a COM
mission In lunacy in the afternoon and
adjudged of sound mind.
CHARGED WITH CRAP SHOOTING.
AT 1915 Sunday morning Officers Rus
sell, Hodges INC Grimstead made a raid
on u Union street stable loft and arrested
Joe Lovitte. j. r. Hill. Charles Miller,