The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
JUSTICE JOHNS
DISCRIMINATION
Picks the Truth from a Mixture OF
False and True.
RUTH WARDROBE AND A BRlCk'
A Soldier Winds Up a Long ana TIC
tcresque Jamboree ON the hock
Pi,e-Out of Tbirty-Fivc Crap
shooters the Officer Gets one


Court yesterday. She was DlacN anu
sirevy. and lean and kinky headed. The
only similarity between her person anu
her name was that she was TAN anu LUZ
of corners She wore man last sum
mer's straw hat and thread pare shd"l
and the balance OF her WaIuIODe Nds Gun
talned in her pscudonym.
She was charged with beating Alice
Gordon, nearly white, young, plump ana
fearful. once pretty, but now bloated ana
dirty and bruised.
Justice John listened to their tales OF
woe and with his artistic perception
Gathered I'm the truth and told them when
they were lying.
IN \ WHISKY DEN.
Both women were In a whisky den. Sne
of the furniture name said something dlS-
pleaslng to the aesthetic tastes OF Aiice
and Alice threw "A brick Then Allce
threw some more bricks and punctuated
each throw with highly seasoned com
ailments and one of them Ga brlchj saiieu
into the har-room and hit man.
Then II was that Ruth arose and sald.
where thou goest 1 will go, ana she s"lleu
into Alice and when the ambulance uoc-
tor got through with Alice. she mad hve
stitches i'm her scalp. not counting D'd0N
eve and lacerated cheek.
a warrant Ruth had one Of the bricks
i'm the recesses Of her wardrobe when
she brought along as a witness and was
invited TO hold on her souvenir.
Roth promised to be good In future and
they were let go.
LITTLE LEFT
A rag. a bone. and hank OF hair j.
about all that is left OF KENTUCKY
warrior who has persistently haunted the
4 L. Sent
IN ,he rock pile yesterday morning ior
thirty days. ...-o.,,
such is the end Of d. Z. Satteraeld.
soldier bold who went 10 Porto Rico to
support the flag Of his cou try and TO
win renown by shooting n score of span
iards.
ON a beautiful spring day he left the
verdant fields OF the blue grass region
with the first Kentucky regiment, thinN.
inc Of the girl ne left behind him and or
the worlds 10 CONQUER ahead or him. For
months I'm Porto Rico he missed his ma
tive beverage. finding nothing but water
and wine I'm the ruby red island Of the
sea that he helped to capture
Thus il was that he arrived az Newport
News I'm February with tremendous
thirst I'm his throat and his pay in his
pocket
KENTUCKY WHISKY.
The fame Of certain brands of his M
tive beverage had reached even 10 the Nir-
ginia seaside and he Queuched the burn
ing IN his throat with the oily liquid
until one cold morning he found himsef
on the side OF the railroad AZ Newport
News fighting green butterflies with the
tail Of a dead lizard
fe went 20 sleep in a cool-hopper and
woke up in Fulton. Twice and even
three times the Richmond police hav'
dealt gently with him and Justice John
has dismissed him from the charge of
drunkenness and vagrancy with the
solemn promise that he would leave IN
stanter for Old Kentucky. Each time he
forgot his promise 81 the fiery LIQUID OF
his blue grass home
Again was consideration given him
Saturday because be followed tho nag.
once more ne came 10 the bar yesterday
morning and Justice John was truer 70 his
promise than the soldier, and now the
warrior bold hears the crack Of rocks
instead Of the rifle
TRUE JUSTICE.
John Wood. colored. was charged with
beating Adelaide Branch. coiored. and
resisting arrest. Adelaide was bandaged
bruised swollen. yet she said she just fell
against the wall The policeman told an
other tale. a tale Of Jealousy and provo
cation. John was I'm court looking sad.
battered and bloody from contact with
the officers club. The officer withdrew
the charge Of resisting him. commended
his punishment of Adelaide and justice
found its full reward IN dismissal of tho
case. each plaintiff and defendant bear
ing evidence Of ample punishment.
VIM. Henry TaliaferrO, colored, was
charged with hitting Ed. Dickson. col
ored over the head i'm Wolff barroom,
AT the corner OF Ninth and Byrd streets
Dickson's arm was in sling and he
said he was shot by another man. ITALIA
ferro testified that Dickson was beating
a boy and that when he hit him he was
taking the boys part. The case was con-
tinued TO give an opportunity 10 secure
the man who did the shooting.
CRAP-SHOOTFRS.
John Woofork, cOored was one or
thirty-hve who were shooting craps and
he was caught. the black dice with white
snots IN his hand Tho other thirty-four
got away. John bore the sins Of all and
went to the pen I'm default Of 60 80 fine.
John Smith colOred disorderlv I'm the
market and resisting an officer. fined $40.
Bette Tinsley. c0lored who stole Sr
from Mrs Emma Grifln. had her father
I'm court 10 give bond I'm her behalf for
her appearance ut postponed date. The
farm I'm Hanover offered IS security was
not deemed Of sufficient value and Bette
must rest another day in fail.