The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-07
A CAUCASIAN LADY
DRAGGED BeEDRG Am AZ RIG AN
M~GtS RATS.
Bv an African Constable and "rosecut'
ed by an African Fl. -rn*y m an
African Barber 8 op
(Newbern ChronicleD

| Negro constable, negro lawyer. negro
| MAGISTRATE. negro loafers. The odors
| tnat are peculiar to the race thick and
| Gense. and all this in "a negro barber-shop
| away ND in Five Points. Over the floor
| !, kIotted heaps were countless strands
Uf wool The room was small and stutfy
ones flesh would creep with strange
sensations Every thing essentially mig
gerry" Courts may have Il dignity that
mast he maintained. but the dignity OF
this court could not be admitted except
the mind struggled hard to realize that
the white blooded old Tar Heel State
spoke through the dark-skinned barber
mayistrate. the negro lawyer and the ne
gro constable.
A pure-minded Caucasian lady of re-
finement and delicacy. charged by the
negro lawyer and his negro clients with
abducting and harbOring a little negro
girl, and only so charged because she had
so resented the officious impertinence in
her own home of the negro lawyer and ne
gro cients-this frail lady of refinement
was summoned to appear before that
negro court in Five Points yesterday
afternoon at i O'Clock. The husband Of
the lady was also warranted. He appear
ed. but his wife did not. Thank God for
that! Law and order and respect for
the court could not. under the peculiar
conditions and circumstances drag this
white woman of refined sensibilities into
this negro barber-shOp before the crowd
Of negro loaferS and negro magistrate.
''We could bring her if we chose to"
fippanty observed the negro lawyer.
Suppose YOU make the effort" sig
niticantly remarked one of the four white
men in the barber-shop.
Blood was pumping fast and hot
through the veins of four Caucasians.
The negro lawyer made no reply.
There is no need to enter into the grimy
details of the case. or 10 elaborate the
proposition that the defendants We're en-
tirely guiltless of the braZen, brutal
charge. AS a matter of spite the case
was born of the spite and righteousness
of the African attorney--a mark to the
memory of Cardinals Supreme Court
Bench! He had not received the obei-
sance in a white mans home due a man
''of the cloth"-so he took his revenge.
The African dispenser of immaculate
justice could not read the warrant, so
This was done by the black attorney.
Still, one must respect 1.-THE court
if it cannot read its own decree!
The defendants, through counsel,
waived examination, and were each plac
ed by the intelligent court under a one
hundred dollar justified bond. The crowd
of negroes looked on in awe and silence.
What dreams of splendid powers reposed
in their race must have swept through
their minds! What victories yet to be
won, A white man-and his wife.-bend-
ing low to frizzle-headed magistrate!-
forced to hear the flashing frOth of a friz-
zle-headed lawyer-dragged into a friz
Zleheaded court by a friZzled-headed
onstable!-what splendid victories were
theirs!
But there is retribution everywhere.
Its in heaven-in the skieS-in earth
in ALL things.
The white men Of North Carolina must
stop these things. Cite South Cardinal
and follow suit!