The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-10
ANNIE'S HOUSE HER CASTLE
She Held the Constable and His
Varlets at Bay,
Flntlron In Each Hand Was Too Much
for the Brave Swinburne
and His Men.

Constables have never been favorites
with the public-that is, in their official
capacity. Off duty they may be princes
OF good cheer and waliow in tenderness for
their fcllo W-nldn, but IN their unflinching
pursuit OF ievying, throwing out, locking
up, etc, they have always been thoroughly
dl>llked by the average citizen
1t Is q toss up which Is the most unpopu-
lar, Cog catcher or a constable Men
who owe money will make books the
constable is Dickens immortalized them
IN PICK Papers. Thackeray thrust
them through and through with is ironic
steel In Vanity Fair.
Miss Anuie Henson never in her young
life beard OF those two distinguished dead
and gone authors but she has the same an
upaIuy for cons tables as they
SO when she sa W Mr. William wiuburne
who lSa constable We'll kuownin the Henson
Family, heading for the house Monday
afternoon she called the family TO arms
bdfrICddiug All entrances TO the hCgse both
back and fTout.
MIR. William ; winburue- no connection
or the iluslrous English bard, although
history records instances where poets and
COnStdbleS haye got been Stranger moved.
thanked by two truSty assistants, on the
house. In his strong right hand he waved
writ OF repleVin issued by Justice 0'NeiI,
calling Tor set OF furniture bought by
stiUlt from uD IlISldIILItHl dealer.
Anne had pad S;U ara ICiUsed 10 pas
;hC balance. some so. hence tie presence
o. the stern SwinnUGne. and his varIets
Mr.. SWInburGc knocked at the front
door. first softly, then loudly. at last
ViCiously. His vaTlcts played piaTiS-
siEno Taps on tie shutters Heads were
thrust irCn upper windows, and nys
ferrous mGmblmgs about employing Pc
toInac water III routing the invaders, came
2 q of
Mr.. swinburne and his loyal hsncEman
held thTcC-miuute CUnfab. and started
off, Us if they intended giving up The at
tempt. The coup deaf was successful
The bcSiegcd thought such was he case.
aud opened the hack gate. What was tieir
establishment when Mir Swinbgrnc came
pouring in the gate. his men behind E;m.
like lead out CT Il mold. But Annie held
the bridge. Swinging two nat-ic1ns i'll
hand, she babe item stand back, at their
peril
Mr.. Swinburne refused to say. "S'death
or | am dcrued il / CO. and stand there
coolly. as some people would ha~a /. lie
stood back considerable.
Annie followed him out in the alley
grabbed the paper from his hand and kicked
it i'll the gutter. There was Il tussle in
which Mr.. swinburnc claims he was as
saulted. Annie remained on guard with
the flat-irons, and the constable this time
actually departed
He sworc out warrant. charging Annie
with assault. Yesterday afternoon the
case came out i'll Judge MiIler'S court
After Mr. Swinburne had related the
outragcS perpetrated on the law aH1 sim
self, Judge Miller said. quietly. Did you
execute the writ and get the furniture?'
''Of course, ] did not" replied the
constable. ansrily think 1 was gon' to
get hit with d flat-iron?"
Annie paid Il fine of SO. She sill has
the furniture and Mr. Swinburne the writ