The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-14
SOLDIER TRIED TO KISS HER.
Judge Norwood May Have Another
Case If the Thing Keeps Up.

Case II the Thing Keeps Up.
Embracing young ladies' on the streets
seems to have become something Of fad
with some Of the soldiers. The last victim
was a pretty and attra ctive society girl
1t was said that the audacious soldier not
only embraced her, but that he went even
further and attempted to kiss
her. She was greatly mortified
over the affair, and refuses to
consider il as a compliment and the evil
dence Of the admiration she inspires among
the military.
1t was on Bull street that the embrace
was given. The young lady was walking
with three or four of her girl friends when
the soldier came up behind. With a swift
ness and precision that showed he must
have had some former practice, he folded
his arms about the fair one and it Is
said attempted TO administer
kiss. Whether he succeeded how
ever. there is a difference Of
opinion. 1t is asserted that the soldier
certainly made the effort. The young lady
may have been successful in avoiding
him, in which case he must have been a
sadly disappointed soldier. His taste in
such matters has been greatly commend
ed, but he has been roundly censured for
having displayed IL so publicly and at the
expense of a modest and most lovable
young lady, who did not know him from
the thousands of his Uniform who are on
the streets every dav.
The man ran as soon a he had yielded
to the resisttess temptation that had be-
sieged him when he saw the pretty girl
Strong heart at once became faint heart
and he thought that possibly the best thins
he could do then was to avoid a $500 SON
tonpQ with Ia a.t 1tf of mo Is
spent on The gang The prospect of going
to Cuba was not so hateful TO him as TO
make him choose The gang instead. He
was mindful of the penalty that had just
been imposed on the arulleTyman for his
drunken and bear-hke proclivities.
In the light of the recurrence Of the oc-
currence for which Judge Norwood fined
a Maine artineryman, those who have
lavished their sympathles upon the soldiers
may be lead to think his punishment was
not excessive, and that it should have been
even more severe. There has been entirely
too much of kindness shown the soldiers
by the ladies of Savannah for them to have
to suffer modification of any such indig
mites They think if there are men among
the soldiers who are rude and ungentle-
manly enough to innict their embraces or
kisses upon unprotected ladies on the
streets there should also be those to visit
the proper punishment upon lHOSe WHO 40
it, The comrades of the men guilty of such
conduct would certainly know them, and
it would be no more than right and proper
for them to take the matter into their own
hands and administer the treatment the
offense demands.
There are not few who think the Maine
artilleryman was rafferty, severely punish
ed for his embrace or attempt to embrace
lady. They recognize that the penalty
was adjudged for his having assaulted the
escort of the lady but they do not regard
this assault al having been at all violent.
They think the real reason for the impo-
sition of the penalty lay in his having en-
braced The lady. A wen known lady has
interested herself in the soldiers behalf
and it may be that she viii arouse some
influence TO secure Communication of SEN
tence. A captain, lawyer in civil life, is
also interested, ana he has made an effort
to secure from the Maine camp something
about the mau thar may be used as evil
dence in his favor TO show that he is not
altogether bad. 1t is desired to have his
case reconsidered or to have such legal ac-
ton as might be advisable under the cir
cumstances taken. The soldier is now serv-
ing his time on the gang.