The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-14

In the enclosure in she cty court room
shis morning reserved for wines sss there
wsrs lhirty-two colorsd wSinen snugly
: ..s.., when '. : Court oi'''s' A' sang A''
katis Brooks. colorod sirl. W. chare-
"a BY Oiileer Murphey with being drunk
snd disorderly. She interfered with him
when no WINS making an arrest. A fine OF
y md costs was imposed.
{: Sergeant Baylcy charged ~ Green
wood. colored. with being drunk. A fine
Of q and costs was imposed After ale
was taken to the station hous, last night
! siie had lumber Of ifs. $780,
George Hood and Mary Green, colored,
wers charged with disotderly conduct.
LSttie Wilson testified that shs was at
work and when she went home shof found
The place in n state of seize. Her dauSh
TOR and herself csuit not get into the
house. Annie Morris was asleep in the
hatse Hood brought in kettle Of beer
.fshe was under the influence Of liquor
when she went to the house, Julia Green
was another visitor at the house, No. 5l3
Tatnall street, while Mrs Wilson was alb
sent from homo. Hood had o butcher
knife and he threatened the witness and
Mary Green. The latter drank some
whiskey after she mad partaken of thu
beer. While the woman was on the floor
Hood grabbed her by the nose and poured
the liquor down her throat. Daisy Morjis
got no further than the entry and heard
nothing. The court here called the atten-
tion Of the witness to the fact that she
must give her testimony in a proper man.
neJ. Witness further testified that she
WINS on the steps whom the Officers came.
Hood had asked her to take some whskey
from q bottlo.. Officer Di Mare testified
that when he reached the corner of Fifth
aud rstnall streets, he was informed of
the row. He made tho arrest, later upon
chs request Of the tenant OF the house. The
0 urt imposed a fine of SD and costs.
Frank johnson and Fred Williams were
o .argsd with dlsorderls conduct, The
testimony was that party of four men
visited hous, on Orange street AMI ere.
atsd con siderable disorder. Two of them
picked up chairs and assaulted ono of the
girls in the house. The mistress of tho
h,u,c had knife ID her hand attempted
TO STAB one Of the men. Ono Of the girls
who was In tho house testified she took
tn. chair away from Williams and was
OH the head by johnson, Tho court i'm.
pcsAd fine Of s. and costs.
james Spars, colored. pleaded not guilty
- the charge Of assault aud battery on
X ttie Brooks She testified that while
wulki lg down the stresJ with Spars
father the rest of the family assaulted her.
Spars knocked her down and kicked hor
She started with Spars, ST., to got drink.
Officer Thomas Murphey testified that hi
was at Eighth and Church Streets, when
he saw the fight at Eighth and Locust
Ut eets He saw Spars knock the git
down and kick her. Salina Harris testi-
fed she saw Mr. Spars and Katie Brook,
walking down the street Then she saw
M. S ars strike the girl and later saw
the prisoner knock he Brooks girl dow
and kick hr while she was on the streets
Tho costs were imposed.
When the case of Willard Rak9s, co!
0ed was called, Maggie Hopkins testified
she saw him kick Lenora Moore. Ami,
X ,llins grve similar testimony. Raike:
was fined S25 and to bv imprisoned 70
three months.
Frank Spencer, colored, was charged
" tn the larceny af q horse, the propert,
o Charles b. Jester. The case went owe
until Monday morning.
Charles E. Miller, aged 10 years, wa
charged with being runaway boy HI
WAS allowed to 90 and will hunt work.