The morning times., 1896-11-09
WILLOW TREE ALLEY
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An. old table and two or three chairs com
pietc the rest OI Inc IurniSilIuSs, with the
exception OF a few dirty and solied chromos
and pictures on the walls.
There is ''Black Queen" Her name is
Luuis;t blat ADurn. she is the persUnlIica-
ton of ''touShDess." She has the proud
distinction OF owning some or the worst
bullies or the alleyas her sweethearts- The
reputation Is an enviabie one in the alley.
AS the reporter walked through the alley
he met Kate Smith. The interiors of the
workhouse and Jail are familiar to her.
She, like almost everyone else in the alley,
finds pastinie in engaging in disorderly
.isSnnibies. she has. iiuwever. prOuder
alley GiSiinctitjn. She is the sweetheart
of Blood Jones.
He is now in the pententiary. When
he is in Washington he makes his home
in Willow Tree Alley. He has done time
In Jail for stabbing and cutting. He
has been there for stealing also. He
has at least one term in the workhouse
To his credit for being disordcriy.
When lie Went 10 ,nc peniientiary, II
was almost year ago, 1T was for one
year He entered the store of Jeweler
RichenbackeT, on G street, and took seven
'"t1h'N- - Bil pb
He broke open a showcase and slipped
the timcpieces in his pocket in broad day
light. When the Officers caught him
afterward he had u revolver in his pocket
AS known to the police, his trade is a
burglar.
SOME CHARACTERS.
Lizzie Lancaster Is dcniZcn IN the alley.
she was sitting in front OF her door
when The reporter made his trip. She
Is good-looking mulatto woman and ii
Is sara thaJ she is partially reformed.
Siill She lives in the alley. She has a
police record OF being as nimble-fingcrcd
as She Is flexible Of conscience. Her
home Is rather Il pretentious affair, for
Willow Tree alley, on the corner of two
uf The leaulng tnurOuehfares Of the court.
Roda Westinghouse W aguUd-lookinguulatto
girl OF the alley. Her specially is said
to be fuCl-muuthed utterances. She is
well-known To the inhabitants Of the place
The girls passed as the reporter talked
To Bob DoZier Bob is sometimes con-
sidered the mascot OF the alley He does
not live there now, but he spends a great
deal of his time there. He has the repu-
tation Of being guilty Of the worst practices
OF which human beings are ever accused.
How does Roda make her living" the
boy was asked.
Why, boss, like every oder woman in
de alley what 1 KNOW" he replied
But say" he went on with grin, she's
one of de smoothest people in de place
when 1T comes to feelin' a mans pocket
was standin' watohin' her talkin' to a
man one day. l knuwed she took Somethin'
from him, but couldn't see how she done
it. Well de jay went away an l said,
Wot 'ye get? She show ed me thirty cents
she'd taken from his pocket. Deed boss,
she done 1t 50 smooth I couldn't see her fer
h, l.i - ,ta .
know how"
As Dozier passed on William Galloway
put in an appearance and shortly after
him Jim Taylor was met Both men hang
oni In the alley and its vicinity. Both are
said to be reforming. Galloway has lust
completed a five years term in the peni-
Tertiary for grand larceny. Taylor lately
completed aterm for housebreaking
CRUELTY A FEATURE.
Cruelty is, as might be expected, one of
the features OF Willow Tree alley. 1t
begins IN the urchins and ga;nins. The boys
that are reared in the place begin, as a
rule, {" earn their money by sweeping the
streets and holding horses, though all BOYS
that do this are not residents OF the ailcy
They Will do these things until the .irst
opportunity presents itself to steal, for
that Is what they are taught to do. From
then on they live but do not work, uuless
as blind for doing other deeds.
On one of the trips the reporter made to
the place he saw a boy toIturing a bird.
II Was an Injured sparrow that hai f,.lleu
in the corner close 10 the buildings II
fluttcrcd about in its agony and tried to
rake its escape. The boy had off his old
sluuch hat and was striking at the little
C.eaturc with 1t. and every iInt the hirIl
arose it was beaten back to the earth
He was asked to quit it. A woman in a
neiShboring doorway suggested that both
lie and the reporter attend to their reSpec-
tive business. When the writer returned
five minutes later the boy had struck his
last lick and the bird lay dead mt bis ;eet
the urChin had smile on his face and the
woman grinned.
Many OF the walls of the houses and
stables in the alley are scratched in vulga r
verse and marked with vile pictures No
easier index TO the ignorance of the place
is obtainable than the pcrusal Of the writ
iEes that are .misspe!led almost 10 Il word
There is q chapel in the alley 1t is n
branch of S!e7 Central Union Mission. 1t
Is situated near the center of the tIock
and services are held there every Sunday.
1t is to the place like n grain nf wheat
in a bushel of chaff. The place is humble
CROUCH, but it is neat and clean and s0me
people attend services there. The great
majority never 60 near it.
STORY OF A PREACHER.
A true story is told Of a colored preacher
who went to the alley recently. t was
said to have been Rev. London Shcers,
who is now in Jail on conviction IF assault
ana battery. He was accustomed 70 walk
through the place and preach in IN. streets.
One Sunday afternoon he backed himself
in front Of one of the houses of the alley
and began to eNhort. He had reno, ed his
tall beaver and placed it on the ground
Behind him. Shortly half of his audience
was engaged in shooting craps"
They surrounded him. All were intent
on the games in progress until someone
gave the alarm of police. There was
nurrying and skurrying. FOR the bluecoats
were coming in earnest. Most of the
gamblers made their escape and one OF
them found freedom by jumping beneath
the preachers legs. This caused him to
sit unceremoniously in his own hat on
the ground behind him.
We'll, Use surely glad de police has
come an broke up dis disorderly crowd
said London, as he went on with his ser
mon before the small audience that re
manned.
Such Iudicrous things happen every day
in Willow Tree alley.
ARE POORER ALLEYS.
There are many poorer alleys in the
city tina n this one. There is neither squalor
nor wealth there, but always crime. The
reonle get what there is to buy. AT the
Third street entrance OF the alley ther,
is y grocery and meat store, where tn.
proprietor says he always sells things al
less than thev cost him. Still. he Chains
he makes living. 1t Is typical Willow
Tree alley joke.
Chickens can be bought for cents 0
noiInl Butchers Wagons go through tht