The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-28
IN THE CITY COURTS
Lively Dockets Yesterday In All the Courts
Police Court Record,
FRACTURED SKULL TRYING TO ESCAPE
Fleeing Prisoner Got WchEcd IN IN
Alley ana DnmnSctl Himself Con.
cd United states Court News
Court OF Law una Cl,nnccry News.

AS the result OF drunken spree in
which he tried TO clean out Hatton's bar
IN Talbot street, George Hawkins, q
colored man, is at ST. Vincent'S hos
pital with fractured skull and 81 bro
ken rib. On Friday about midnight
Hawkins went into the bar with the in
tention OF cleaning everybody and ev-
erythinS out. and the first subject he
attacked was John Fcrrebee, the bar
tender. Ferrebee, in order to protect
himself, picked up a beer bottle and
dealt the drunken man a blow over the
head. The noise attracted the attcn-
ton of policemen East and Harrison,
and when they arrived, Hawkins fled.
He ran to Thayer's stables, in Plume
street and got wcdged into u very mar
row space, and in u desperate attempt
to escape fractured his skull and broke
a rib. Even with these injuries he
showed fight and drew q knife, and Po-
liceman East. in striking at the des-
perado, hit officer Harrison over the
hand. Hawkins was finally arrested
and sent to st. Nincents hospital, where
he is improving. ITerrebee, the bar
tender was also arrested for assaulting
Hawkins, and in the Police Court the
case was continued ten days.
AN OBNOXIOUS BROTHER.
some very respectable colored people,
gave q ball at Good Samaritan Hall
Friday night, and in tho midst OF the
festivities Brother" William NIcMillen
entered under the influence of liquor.
He was evidently looking for trouble,
but hadn't proceeded very far before
! brother Alonzo Norman had him ar
rested. Justice Tomln imposed n fine
of 81 and costs for dsorderly conduct
DID NOT CATCH HIM.
When Mrs. Oakley, who lives at No.
20 Mariner street, arose at O'clock Fri
! day morning after q vain attempt to
| sleep because of n nervous headache,
Ishe heard some one fumbllng at her
| front door knob. Instead Of screaming,
as many women would have done she
quietly informed her husband that a
| robDcr was on the premises. Mr.. Oak
Hey opened the door just in time to see
the Would-De thief vault over the front
fence. He was pursued but managed
to escape.
SOME POLICE NOTES.
| Attorney Selden Woodwork. counsel
for young Walters. now IN jail charged
with the theft of $50 worth of jewelry
from his uncle in Washington, D. c.,
| has returned from the latter city, and
thinks the matter can be compromised
| Chief OF Police Dornin has q letter
from Rhode Island inquirinE OF Luther
Tatty, white, aged 3S years, q. painter,
who is OF light complexion and is slight
| ~ cross-eycd. His relatives think he Is
| IN Norfolk, and any information Of his
whereabouts will be gladly received by
! Chief Dornin.
John Jones, colored, has been remand
! Ell TO Jail to await examination on the
charge OF robbing Mr.. Harry Trice OF Il
| coat. which was stolen from his resi-
dcnce and afterwards found in that
lgentlemans back yard.
Maggie Batten, a white woman walk
ed into the station-house at II o'clock
Friday night and asked the captain in
|charSe TO lock her up. as She had no
place to go for shelter. Her request
was complied with. and in the Police
Court she requested Justice Tomlin to
send her to Jail for six months This
he refused to do, anu gave her ten days
| in default Of Il fine