Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-27
HIM DOWN,
GREEN FINED FOR AssAuLTINc
MR.. FRANKLIN sTEARNs, JR.
FINE IMPOSED ON Mr.. COLLINS.
assessed Ten Dollars for Using
,..u1dng Language TO His Wife's
~.istcr-0thcr Cases Before the Po-
,tec Justice.

Tho scenes about the Police Court yes
t,v morning were those Of hustle and
sness activity. and intense interest
5eplcted on every face in the great
nd rathered behind the bar and the
r.lngs.
Az Raleigh T. Green, the editor Of the
c,ioepor Exponent. and a prominent
~ man Of the Middle Virginia sec
was before the court on the charge
sssaulting and beating Mr.. Franklin
Seams. a w~ell-Snown gentleman OF this
Kew Mr.. Green was represented by MIR.
~ a. COX. Of Manchester, and. through
bic attorney. entered the plea Of guilty.
a. sfesrns. who bore marks of the blows
had received. requested that The case
. s,reI 70 the bottom. This was NE
Low Of q taken by Justice Crutchhcld.
and Mr.. Stearns was placed on the stand.
ID, said ne was coming up Main street
Monday night near midnight. and mad
..,hel the Third-street crossing. He
w totally unprepared for an attack,
,-a indeed had his hands I'm his over
,,.t rocket. Thus. unawares. a man
,me suddenly up to him. and struck
BIN heavily. At first he did not recog-
s his assailaat. but the latter soon
made himself known by upbraiding him
Or using impairment and disrespectful
,.rr-tce 10 Mrs. Annie s. Green. the
lsferdant's mother. Mr.. Stearns stated
..,- he denied 10 Mr.. Green that he bad
made use OF language TO his mother cal
.f.,ed 90 wound her feelings. b1t that
,r Green struck him again. again.
,- stearns was knocked down. and quite
r..nfaly injured about the face.
f-nl "a short while ago. Mrs. Green,
rfo Is the mOther-in-law Of Mr.. Stearns,
resided az the residence Of that gentle
IAN and il was the understanding of
,r Green. who bears the relationship Of
hr,fhcr-in-law 10 Mr.. Stearns. that the
later had made remarks about his
mother upon her leaving his (Stearns's)
house. calculated TO wound her self-re-
spect
Justice C"rutchfeld fixed the fine at $40
and costs. which was promptly paid.
FINED FOR INSULTING A WOMAN.
Hardly less interested were the spec
f.-0rs in this case than in the one which
followed. Justice Crutchfeld nned James
TT. iNlfIMr tIN anu ANTA0 AVA RooNt+N-->
ana using indecent language to Miss
Alice r. Ryan, a sister of Mrs. Nicholas
Leonard. in the news-store of Mr.. Leon
ard. No. 90S east Main street. Tuesday
night. an account Of which appeared eX-
cfrsively in yesterdays Dispatch. On
a. c-oss-warrant. Miss Ryan was arrested
Yesterday morning in the private ONCE
~ Justice Crutchfeld. whittier she had
rne 20 await the calling of the case.
The charge Of assault against the lady,
however. was dismissed, on the ground or
being i~ustifable. in the light Of the in
srlt she claimed TO have received from
Collins. Her statement that the accused
had called her a most opprobious name
before she raised her hand was corroDo-
rated by both Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard.
Their statement was that when Collins
f0llowed his wife. a sister Of Mrs. Leon
ard. into the store, Miss Ryan spoke to
him. and that the dispute which followed
evolved into Miss Ryan's striking Collins
fairly on the nose. Mr.. Leonard described
The blow as 'being straight from the
s~houlder." 1t is true that Collins bled
very freely.
when on the stand Collins said there
rss a conspiracy against him. and he
had a long story to tell, but this story,
however interesting. is lost 10 literature,
f0r he did not tell it. The fine was paid.
CASE OF ASSAULT DISMISSED.
The continued case Of Mr.. Charles
Myers. charged with assaulting and abus-
irg Mrs. r. Z. Anderson. was disposed
q Yesterday morning by a final dismissal.
The dispute was shown TO have arisen
from a conversation carried on between
Mrs. Anderson and Mr.. Myers over the
psvment OF a small bill. Mrs. Anderson
said that Mr.. Myers's manner in address
INK her was most ungentlemanly ana
dfscourteous. and she was very much
frightened. because she thought she was
about 20 be held up by Mr.. Myers.
Nr. Myers stated that he simply asked
Yrs. Anderson for the amount of the bili'
and denied that he had made any rude
remarks.
FINED FOR SHOOTING.
Iobn McLeavy. the small white boy
arrested Tuesday night for shooting Ed
ward Valentine. a negro youth, and
woundlng him slightly. received a hear
lrg. and was fined $50 and costs. The boys.
So said the evidence, were engaged In a
game OF cards, and out of the sea OF ex-
cl,ement incident on the fckleness of for
tune q dispute arose between the repre-
sentatives Of the Caucasian and Ethiopian
races. resulting in the clash of arms.
The black man went dow before the
Anqlo-Saxon. but when the two left the
Presence OF Justice job yesterday
morning Il was the Anglo-Saxon who
went down. while the Ethiopian went
forth to breathe the blessed air Of free
dom.