The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-24
WHERE IS HIS WIFE?
William Barber Searches For His
Wife and Children.
JOHNSON VIOLATED THE LAW.
Acknowledged tho Fact, Begged tho Par.
don OF the Street and Sewer Depart.
ment, the Plumbers and Paid $40 Fine.

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don OF tho Street and Sewer Depart.
ment, the Plumbers and Paid $40 Fine
me CITY. Court abounded in SURPRISES
taiS morning, After Judge sent NedIy
mui'ey up second street for 20 DAYS, VIM.
hclley, coioreu, pleaded guilty to being
ufunk ana disordorly and was fined III
ana costs. He went to his mothers konse
,nst night, cursed all hands and threw n
lighted lamp at his sister.
| John Bcalc caused a sllrprisc IN nil band.
| interested when be waived henring fnr
| tho upper court on three charges of obtain.
ing goods under false pretenso. He was
| held in $500 bail. 1i0 was
William Walker, colorod, was CHARGED
WIN the iarcenyof a suit OF clothes He
was noiu In SsoO bail to appear tomorrow
nT'S ne was arrested yesterday at
Eleventh and Church. A"'
William j. Johnson pleaded gu,,tv to n
violation of an ordinance rcjntipa n
plumbers by not taking out license, He
u,u t,, h lou know no violated the ordinance
9htll ne received copy Of the law yestcr.
Wy. nc mate galvanized tank and
p'urou an attachment to it,which was con.
iinry 10 the law unless the person SO doing
iInu numbers license. He begged the
pardon of tho Street and Saver Dnnart,
ment and of any plumber who's husimnss
he lntcrlered with and was fined 0nnI
costs. ' A"'u CIV anu
for four or five days Mrs Pierce Gould
nus ilollGeu II stranger watching her house
nj Fourth and Jefferson streets On We'd.
nesday letter was received dirrcte,i to
her late nv mother, Mrs. Mary "a,
bhIper. Inc writer asked for a meeting
Hnu IL Gaze OF that beng inconvenient
iur nefto send registered letter to WIN
lihrklns through the general delivery sys.
tem. me matter was reported to the
aul norltleS and yesterday the man went
to Mr. Gould's house and wanted IN soe
Mrs. Barber. o ~ SUI
me obJtct OF the man could not he nm.
dcrstood rs Mrs, Barber died about six
Meoks ago, Officer Scott arrived on the
o,ve bi "' na .le man was locked up He
stat II that in 1872 he lived in this ctv and
worse MTrheI IN TIE diamond State Rolling
Mlll. ne married Mary A. Sbanely in on.
loro, n. D., and four children were bnrn If
thn marriage.
he mas bcen away from his wife for 13
{l w. ana mas been trying to locate her,
iau iLas 'raVG'eu all over tho country
I hn aIinns ior ms wife and children, whom
,e alleges her people have spirlted AWAY
nc now secs bright prospects ahead us he
Is IN charge of claims ana Worrying thnm
ne mas IN his possession one little niece of
mineral worth $3.50 p'@No Vi
~ ms VIE $ name was Mary A. Barber,
ana the same name being in tho directory
ne thought he had found his lost wife. Tho
reason he dld not go to the house before
Yesterday was that his clothes were rough
ana ne thought his wife was at service mt
plS mouse, He was held until tomorrow
morning to give the authorities n chance
w ,niNtst'Eh'c the truth of his statements.
"ui hickhhan was ordered to pay s.
anu n co''S Tor Scorching on Washington
t I ny nhu Two witnesses, but they
threw no light on The case.
officer Davidson never rode down tho
MI ut rate Of fifteen mllcsnn hour. lick.
man was u the opinion that no rldcrc1uld
go down the hill at the rate stated and
turned this side Of the bridge.
some oil IN" police officers have taken
exceptions To the article in yesterday RE-
PUBLICAN on officer Davidson, They claim
hr"hIy did his tuiy and that no one is
known when arrested and that the patrol
wagon must be called. Tic lives Of the
people are IN danger from tho reckless
riMihS by HE bicyClists and the special
oiIIccrs Will stop the searching
1T takes time tn do 50 but the bicycle
coils VIII perform the duties assigned re-
sa'dleSs OF me criticisms Of the people.
i, was II close call with Charles Henry
u 'he ehhfEr Of dumping garbage on d
deposit two barrels Of crabs on n Loft
h'N"nh Market street bridge. The case !
was dismissed '
1T was really accidental" were tho
words Of S"rici King, colored, in refer
ehce TO me shooting affair by Charles r..
case, another coiUrrd boy. Charles WAS
allowed to go with Il caution.