The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-28
Fairfax Knocked Miss
Timberlake Down.
SENTENCED ANDAPPEALED
Two Alleged Wire Thieves Held For
Trial on Frllsy Mex.
OrnER DISTRICT COURT CASES.

A cake walker came TO griffin the
Sixth District Coast this morning, slnns
with group of sturdy bcxaars, two tels.
graph Wire ttisves. bicycle stealer and
a wash boiler thief. u. t
On February Is several colorsd persons
assembled in the hail cor -er dt kLignt
and Crspston streets far u Ersnd tourua-
msDt In the art of Lrice ss txemL liLet
in a modern cake walk. Tins IcFulr
pasti,ue is always sour II corsiaer-
all. rivalry. and en- this otc-sion b, ere
was an eiab1rats effort &, tgry of the
prizs 4 II the IL, al ,el 'pritiss wers on
hand to take part Ia tho exsi. lie. a1d
there was deal Il supDiessel exlitsment
pTe .ious to the start. Ferris tWrfbx.
tall, goofI looking 1, How, was on h fL
with his tie s isL ana ttey were .is tsl-
mirei 10 have tie axe. Tnsy heo p actio-
ea soms, these two, aad felt rsHsvhaLly
SURE If CAT turin t. @ prizs.
Alics Tia bar he MAS In the con pspy,
too. and she anu TER b st fellow haa Oh.
slams on the f,ost-topptd e.. etns So. 1hs
riva.rv was iDteute betwt = tlis quartet,
and afar ito w-ihsssx- -i-n--tt en- st der
way short Il g 1t wss qrite evident Tue
judges al "a hard task bt fore them 1he
rivals had some truubls In the hail.
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and reRCl.ti rs eovsr,.iog q trat-tl IS
cake vals. 1t cuImi ntsd nfter tie sx-
hibition. Miss 4 1ilnb srlaKe ncd her %.
cort were going hlona IrAnsJsn street..
Fairfax and his tompsny were elisa by,
auc the belize rant conversation stsltet ~
tho hall vas n sulned on e street. At
thu .fner OF Winter tsest Fairfax ktrucx
the vi man and kLockcd ner aawI, aid
while she was prostfate 10 10 alleged ttat
he kicked ler.
A 1Ee injury wss so revere tlat Miss
Yimberlxke was tonfinod to her tet for
several days. A police man SAW tie as
sarlt fiom dissdnca sno ~ btai tod IL
ter Fairfax, wlo, SEEING That he was
likely TO get into tte clutch 0f tie law,
ran as last as bo coul1 dOxn this street
ahd estapsd. lie kept awry from the
city until yesterday, wien M wns arr ~
ed: He MAS srraisued Ia ths sixth Dis
trict court this n forming tha1ke1l WITH
making q violent assault utoh Alitc lin
berlake. Lawyer Elosgett * Paw tuCktt
appeared in lis bohaif and told Judge
Sweetland that the woman struck Fair
fax with an um mbrella and that he stTu e
her afierwsrd. Judge Swtetlsnd re-.
marked that an assault OF sufficieiv
Was serious offcnce, and he sentet1ced
Fairfsx to Ten ca1s In the county jail. An
appeal vas taken aud Lawyer BiodRett
tecame tonosman in the sum of YOU.
frank Mulvey, an idl, psrson without
visible means OF support, MAS seut to ths
state workhouss Tor ons year. Frank
Ilarkin and Joteph Grimes we're tent 10
the state work house ,or six months ON
the charge of vagrancy. Patrick Mcken-
M denief that ne MAS n sturdy beGgar
and te was heidi the sum Of e3C0 TO ap-
pear for trial next Fridry.
George j. Marks, n years Of age and
George J. Curry, Is years Of ags, wers
arraigned for wanronly breaking down
and stealing lot OF wire telonEtnR to
the American telegraph 81 Telephone
Company OH March 30 1hey admitted
stealing the wire, but denied cutting IL
down. They were held in the sum of
$500 each to appear for trial next Friday.
of the stealing. the thieves we're ssen to
climb telegraph poles on Elmwoo ave-
nue. and cut down the wlro and take away
a 1arae quantity Of It, A re ward OF t6o
was offered by the Ameri, an TeleR h
Il Telephone Company for the aprrss en-
Sion of the thieves. Dste,tive Cann0n
was detilled ON the case and re captured
the boys named yesterday.
Charles Ioomey, about 10 years old,
was fired e5 and cost for stealing Eliza
Bruce's wash boiler from house on
Lime street,
ipominick Cannon pleaded not guilty
to stealing bicycle belonging to Cherries
Bishop and others from q plac3 on 3roau-
way, and be was held In the sum of 600
to nppear for trial next Friday.
Bridget Williams was sent tn the stat3
work house for six NOR this as common
night walker. Mary ThomI son was ssnt
to the same place for six mcnths ~ .
common drunkard.