The evening times., 1896-05-04
HER BRUTE Of 4 HUSBAND
Mrs. Peter Smith Causes His
Arrest and Punishment.
PREACHER IN A BAD PLACE
Arrest of the Rev Harry VILLA ms
on Suspicion of Being Promoter
OF Policy-He Cues Too Frequently
to Jackson City-wail of IA Flower
Boy for One Who Befricnds Him.

'Oh, woman! God beloved in old Jeru
salem! The bcstamong us need deal lightly
with thy faults, If only for the punishment
thy nature will endure, in bearing heavy
evidence against us on the Day or Judg-
ment.'
These words We're written by the master
hand that grew cold and lifeless at Cad:
Hill as the twilight paled and night camt
on years ago. All the sorrowfui truth OF
these words embodied by Dickens in Mar
tin Chuzzlewit,' could have been used as
a text i'll the case of Peter Smith, charged
with disorderly conduct.
Helives in TIE enleyto wn and has wife a nj
five children. His wife, a poor, wan
creature, about 10 bring another suffer
ing life in to the world. aroused the neigh
borhoud yesterda 8 by her cries.
The brute was drunk aud beating her.
OFFICER Bradley told the court he went
there four or five times before he arrested
Smith and tried 10 reason with him. TIE
last time Bradley went in Smith confronted
him with a viCiOus-looking knife. Mrs.
Smith screamed down the stairs, For
Gods sake lock ont: he will stab you"
Il guess not replied the policema n,
calmly, going up TO Smith ana disarming
him.
HIS CowARDLY PLEA.
Judge, your honor, said Smith, "let NE
go. I've got wife and four Children
Were you thinking OF them Sunday
asked the Judge.
Smith bit his lip and kept silent.
No. said his honor, answering his own
question; you were too busy drinking. Ten
dollars fine
Please take my personal bonds, ~ whine d
Smith.
too bad case. 1T might nave been murder
instead of dsordcrly conduct.
Smith walked back. No doubt the wife
will wear her beartstrings sore until She
gets the money for his release.
II would favor, Co.'S" said HOgg, las a
punishment for wife bcaters, something con-
tanning boiling oil. like the yspeak of in The
Mikado.' or a thorough fla ying with a Rus
sian knout.'
'B'dad, Hoggy, me bye" replied Costi-
tigan, bala ncing u stout walking stick be-
tween his tbumD and forefinger, all I'd
want wud be 10 give few wbacks wild me
shillaley on his snort ribs. Shure that wud
fix his bizness. An don't know" adtlcl
Cos getting dangerously red in the face,
but what the next tonne l meet him I'll
take fall out of him inDy way;
Tut, tut, Cos, .reproyed Hogg, mind
your own affairs
Costigan retorted that when mon
bate a woman it was everybody's affair
A LOUISE ALLEY BARBER.
Harry Williams is the proprietor of a
barber shop in Louise alley. He also claims
to be preacher, basing his claims to the
cloth on the strength OF a rather aged silk
hat and a clerically cut vest.
He was arrested Saturday by Policeman
Banagan on suspicion of being a policy
writer.
This man. said the policeman, point
ing 10 Williams, wriggling in his chair,
and glorying because he had reta med
lawyer, "makes trips across the bridge
every day to jackson City. We suspect
him of being n runner for the policy shops
over there"
Banagan said nothing was found on
him in the way of slips and drawings.
Il had a tussle with him when made the
arrest. He refused at first to go with me-"
The defendants counsel; Thomas I
Jones, asked Banagan II he wasn't in
citizens clothes The officer said he was.
And you didn't show him your badge"
''No; l didn't have time.''
Jones remarked that his client was per-
fectly right in resisting him. How did
he know you were an officer II you dids't
show him some mark OF authority
us this man preacher" asked the