Evening journal., 1896-06-29
HIST! IT'S THE CAT !
Owners of Fowls VIII Know
Where They Go, Perhaps.
PRYOR WAS CUNNING FOR FRLIEEa

Registered at the Chateau for the SUM
mer-other Victims OF the Municipal
Court Mill.
For many years, long before Key wrote
his famous stAaz ls (which immor
talized the Star Spanglsd Banner-or
vice versa, the love for the colored clti
zen FOR chicken was q matter OF record
Now this old timo tradition is In danger
Of being retired to innocuous deseutude,
and the blame for depleted hen roosts
must fall on other shoulders. 1t must
be, as the erudite editor OF the New
York "Sun" claims the fault of 1.-THE
cat, The discoverer OF the new theory
is Mitchell Pryor, q oolored brother, who
was brought into the puTvsis of the po
lice authorities by Ofhcsr Moran, on Sat
urdAy night.
He Evidently saw the Cat.
Ho was in very bad condition His face
was badly cut and his shirt was GOV
cred with blood. The officer arrested him
/ just across Third street bridge after be
had met the enemy aud after he had
fred shot from pistol which he had
concealed in his pocket
He claimed that no was on his way
home when be was assaulted by at least
dozen roughs, who jumped on him.
/ threw him down, beat HIM and knocked
| him UNCONSCIOUS. Then when the gang
! again made an attack on him he drew
| the revolver and fred but not to hit any
/ one, trait which an unconscious man
/ generally mas When officer Moran sr
rested him he had the pistol In his
pocket.
The Gutter Got Away.
When srraigned ins Municipal Court,
this morning, he told this story. The
charge made against him wss carrying
concealed deadly weapon, and this he
could not deny
Three young men who cbsncsd TO be
crossing the bridge behind Pryor, stated
that they saw him and another colored
man talking with two white men when
they pResed them. A few minutes later
they were attracted by the signs Of
fight and went back to stop It. Ole Of
the party, John Taggsrt, tried 10 get
Pryor to. 60 home and WAS shot at.
Another, named Feeney, who tried TO
act as pescemaker, was cut In the face
by Pryof's companion Pryor, who fred
the shot, WAS arrested, but the weilder
Of the knife got away.
looking for Cats.
Pryor claimed that at least.hve men had
him down and that he fred IN self de
fenso He brought two witnesses Walter
Jones and James Blackstone, who testi-
fed that Pryor, got his pistol from q
house where be formerly boarded so that
he could shoot cats which were stealing 3
chickens which belonged to his friends
Judge Ball smiled and Clerk Adams
leaned over to Captain Chambers aud
ssksdin soft whisper, whats Cats
Grst uams2"
The prisoner WAS held In 800 bail for
the upper court 20 answer to e charge Of
carrying concealed deadly wsapon. As
be left the dock be remarked: Der
walnut no tWo fsllers could mount me
an sit awah wifi me- Nus bin moh dan
} dat"
Was Hit with Bottle.
William A. GFinley, a young colored
man, appeared as the complainant
against Mabel Leo, with whom he has
been LIVING When he WAS brought into
the police station he was in bad shape.
BE had a bad cut on the left side OF his
head and his clothes were literally
soaked with blood. He was 80 weak
thst he could hardly stand. and when
asked how it occurred he claimed that
white men bad beaten him with n club.
Later he said that one Peter Welch had
cut him
The police investigated aud found that
be had been cut with bottle nt the
hands of his mistress Mabel Lee, and
arrested her.
Only a Medicine Vial.
Mabel WAS arraigned this morning
, GrInley was loath to testify against hsi
and said thst when he went home stag
gering he found Mabel home and lRtei
found himself cut.
q A nsighbor, Caroline Clark. testified
however, that when William went home
= he rad some words with Mabel Shl
g threatened to hit him and when she
I asid she'd hit she always did" The blow
WAS administered with q beer bottle
d Caroline dressed the wound
Mabel WAS In Court last September fol
n cutting William and Judge Ball weighs,
this IN his sentence De decided tba
$50 and costs and three months nigh
cure Mabel, and he presented her with
diploma. calling for that prize.
70 Another Heavy weight Drops.
- Stephen Turner, oolorsd after IN alb
% sence of six years from his wife Lottie
y called at the house where she was at SCI
. vice on Ostober 80. 1895. and demanded a
audience. She granted it. when he pr
ceeded to rate her for her failure {
oondone bis offences. She tried to clos
a the interview. when he seized chair an
m hit her Had It not been for tue fac
10 that she was standing close IN a corner
pf she might have baen badly hurt
m Judge Bsll decided that Stephens e,
& perience should cost him something An
that that something should be $25 an
costs.
Lizzie and Ella at Outs.
er Lizzie Brown and Ella Csmmomiie. tw
w Of the lea ders Of the coast 800. got into
IS, squabb's at Water and Market streets c
Saturday night They started 10 oil
- cussicn on the charms Of ply sicsl beau.
when Ella made some remsrk as
- L'zzis's footwear, while Lizzie relstietr
So by referring to Elias dimple. Oaicsi
n' Lyons and Renholiz who we're called
:. as referees could not settle the questio
and referred 1t TO Judge Ball who gs'
= each one prize of So and costs
re william Hazard any Mary Pctte
IN colored prizes captured BY Ohic
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