The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-25
our FRIENN
The POLICE.
A Few Items Caught About
Headquarters Today.
A SHORT POLICE COURT.
Two Obstreperous Females Fined
This Morning. 1.-Two Boys.
OTHER GENERAL POLICE NEWS.

OTHER GENERAL police NEWS.
Harry Owen and Liny Fuqua.
white and colored respectively, were
today warranted for lighting. Fuqua,
with wound on bis head, from
which considerable blood was split,
was arrested and locked up. The
boys fought near the First district
school house.
Three warrants have been issued
against Bruce Gillian for his conduct
at tlS FloreLce Station depot last
Sunday. Justice Winchester issued
then ALL One charges him with
cursihg Adam Hughes, another with
cursing Hughes brother, and the
third with making q general nuisance
OF himself. He liyes in Graves
county, and has not been arrested.
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Case against Ida Jones, indicted at
Benton for killing her'eousin, Lee
Rudolph, is set for Tomorrow. The
general opinion is that the shooting
was accidental, although there are
some suspicious circumstances con-
nec!ed with it.
Yesterday afternoon two prominent
young men engaged in AN exciting
hsticuff over who vas to pay for
some damage to property done by
the storm. One was knocked down
twice by the other, whOAis near
relative by marriage. The latter then
struck at him the third time and fell,
skiHning his nose. The otter was
acquitted in Justice Winchester's
court, and the other was fined 80 and
costs in Judge Sanders court.
John Ladd, the fisherman, who re-
cently escaped from the chain gang
and carried with him one Of the
city's shovels, was arrested this
fc. enoon in Mechanicsburg by
Lookup keeper Harry Kellar and
sgain landed in the lookup. He will
he tried tomorrow and gwen double
,en.ence aud nay hfe to serve 10
term for petty larceny.
Eva Dora Willis and Vic House,
colored, engaged in a fight last night
at a house on North Nufth street be-
low Lallys grocery, over a pair Of
curling irons. According TO reports
the Willis woman went TO the others
house and knocked her down, being
in turn knocked down by Yves Haw-
kins the House womah's son, bad
wound being inflicted over her eye.
They all surrendered before Judge
Sanders, and this nothing in the
police court the Willis woman wasn't
there, and the case was continued
until tomorrow.
The case against Fred Bcmeut and
George Davenport, charged with cut
ting Jim Page in Ballard county last
week, is set for today before Squire
Woodward at Lovelacevllle. County
Attorney Houser will defend.
Justice Winchester yesterday is
sued warrant against Bruce Gillian
charging him with committing a
breach OF the peace at Florence Sta
ton by being pIofsne aud unruly,
and taking charge of the depot plat
form.
Nav Francis Caldwell and lsedore
Herring, two notorious colored
wenches, were charged with being
common prostitutes and with visiting
saloons. They pleaded guilty and
were fined - and costs each.
The case against Robt. Smith and
Robert Molett, colored, charged with
malicious assault and false, swearing
respectively, were continued in Judge
Sanders court this morning on ac-
count Of Moletts death, chronicled
elsewhere.
The case against NJ. Ruth, for dis
posing of spoiled fish on the market,
was continued until tomorrow.