The evening times., 1896-05-23
ONLY -FOUR IN the b0;;%%
Three Men and One Woman Be-
fore Judge kmbaII.
MRS. NELSON'S VOCABULARY
She Has II Vitupcrative Tongue and
Keeps NeighborhoOd in "a Ferment
Brutal Moy Ong Paid Money Tor
Assaultin2 II Boy-Mr. Butler Has
Claim Before Congress.

Judge Kimball had four prisoners in the
Cock this morDing-thrce men and one
woman.
The woman was released on her personal
bonds and so was one Of the men; the other
two went down.
The police must have been warned yes
terday, as the usual small boy was missing
today. They also exhibited tact and Ills
cretion in the arrets made, for all four
cases were warranted.
The woman, Nellie Nelson. a bronze
skinned, pink-eyed female OF forty, with
a tunibng waterfall OF pale-hrown hair,
lives in Slater's alley. She is constantly at
war with her peighbors, aud Yesterday
got in trouble with Matte Jackson,
portly young woman OF thirty. Mattie's
coniplexo sho ws her unadultcrated African
lineage. Lampblack is white compared t"it.
Matte is fond Of saying her pa wuz mig
ger, he wuz. and haid no mixed blood in
him" Then she referred to some people
who could not say as much.
Such words always precipitated a stream
of vituperatiun from her neighbor, Mel
lie, and the nights that the people in the
alley did not sleep were many. Yesterday
evening a crisis came. The Nelson woman,
seeing Matte among her neighb6rs on her
doorstep. began revilihg her.
SENT FOR AN OFFICER.
Matte, with great presence of mind, kept
quiet, and sent for n policeman.
He arrived in time to see Nellie half way
out her window, shrieking oaths like
thousand furies.
Come down, Nellie, come down." said
the officer, and Nellie obedient as Davy
Crockett's 'poss UNI, obeyed.
This morning Matte told Judge Kimball
OF the difficulty.
Dat CONAN, judge" said Matte, roll
ing the whites of her eyes at Nellie, liz
allus cussin me. i amt sleeped count oh
her fer 70 teen nights.'
Mattie's husband said the same thing and
he policeman told of her specific offense
yesterday.
Now, N.mie," said the Judge, "it is
your turn
Nellie verified all that has been said and
written about the lrrepressibility of the
female tongue. She refused to be silenced
when she interrupted the judge and CAME
near being fined for contempt.
On the stand she placed her hands on her
hips. and started To address herself TO
Matte
Face the judge, Nellie" said kendig,
wheeling her in position.
Il kin face everybody" she said, turning
around
''Jedgc,' she went on, refusing TO say |
anything rclavant 10 the case. Il am tie |
mother Oh ten chillun, seven lbn, and in |
a fc cwmonthS Il
Now, will you drop this talk said |
the judge. and tell me whether or not |
you were curSinF yesterday?'
Il wuZ not
"Oh, come now, here are three witnesses |
who said you We're" replied the court cx-
asperated by her conduct.
Finally Nellie admitted she had Used |
some bad language because Matte cast |
aspersions on her honor and complexion.
NOW, why didn't you say that at |
frst?"
You didn't gimme time
why can't you people live peacefully"
remarked the judge.
"A anEil from hebbcn couldn't lib with
dat wcnch.' interrupted Nellie, shaking
her head at Matte.
BE quiet, madam said the Judge
But dats dc truf," persisted Nellie
Judge Kimball raped on his desk sharply,
and warned her to keep still.
u want TO say" he continued, THAT you
cannot annoy your neighbors.''
THE LAST WORD.
II nebber was in cote hefo'," broke in
Nellie: "dats mo- can snc say
Not another word. madam" said Judge |
Kimball, nodding at Kendig, who ranged |
himself alongside Nellie, eyeing her eau
tiously.
Judge Kimball told her { she wasn't care
.ul she would be there many times again. |
and accepted her personal bonds.
Peyton Holmes, who has helped to send so |
many men down the road, went that way |
himself this morning. Holmes used 10 he a |
''pimp" for the police in the Fourth pre- |
cinct in securing evidence against ',Speak- |
easies' in South Washington. He has aid
ed in putting lots of men in the dock where
le stood this morning.
He is a forbidding looking negro with
read SCARED from he many brawls lie has
engaged in. He was charged with profan-
ty and disorderly conduct, and the case
vas plainly made out in the face of his
senseless denials, but Holmes has had an
acquaintance with perjury be-
ore. He wore a Morton button in his
appel and from his left side dangled an
Empty coat sleeve.
Judge KiInball fined him SO and he