The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-09
HOW TROUBLES
ARE REGULATED
Justice John Straightens Out Prop
ery Owners.
MANY SINNERS ANSWER CALL,
The Dog Catcher is Abroad in the
Land aud People viii Sympathizc
with the Pursued Although il
Comes High-Family Troubles
MANY SINNERS ANSWER CALL,

The most troublesome cases that come
before Justice John are where the prop
erty interests of citizens clash and there
ia no specific law 90 cover the case. The
property located between seventeenth,
Eighteenth Grace and Franklin streets
enjoy the privilege of "a sewer running
through mc center of the square built
hy private parties I'm the dim long ago
the sewer is stopped mp and time and
again the property owners have been
reported for allowing nuisance. The
city mas no control of the sewer
Nobody especially was responsible ana
nobody would go to the expense. single
handed. OF cleaning it out andGhousands
a. dollars worth of property was being
damaged Tor want Of a few dollars ex-
pcndture.
Tne Great Regulator yesterday sum-
monod the whole kit and billing before
MIN and threatened 20 fine every
mothers SON OF then for creating a nuts
ance if 30 want abatcd.
FINALLY au hands agreed TO chip IN 10
clean out the sewer and the case was
dismissed. and everybody lived happy
forever afterwards as the fairy story
goes.
LARGE BUSINESS.
uonul0us pom was the marked fea-
turo 81 tho Police Court yesterday morn
Ing and am the human emotions were de-
uicttd boo the countcnanccs of the trans
gressors.
The pride with which q Panitentiary
ryUrfIN walk To the
Sorccmts desk and pay the fine of
rocalcltra1t SON and then crook her
finger at him through the bars as a sign
fhlt she had bought his freedom was
pleasant 90 see and offset much OF the
detection with which the aforesaid son
FIRST set his steps towards th1t cool re-
treat
Although collections were satisfactory
there was eoodIy number left when the
fne eou. at the prisoners van sounded
with It's startling claug ON the outside
and Sergeant Thomas called The roll or
tho unfortunatos from his commitment
ron with son0rous voice and military
precision.
Respe table looking white men who had
given away 90 @ great thirst for liquor
and spent 1000 their cash for thp same oc-
cppi.1 seats on its slick benches. and
petty thieves and disturbcrs of Che peace
surrounded the door ON tho inside like
cXcursionists al the glneway of a boat
about to land
TORMENTORs
Cornelius Banks. Juuns Davis. George
Talbot and Dick Tucker camo mp from
penitcntiarv Bottom CHARGED with throw
inc rocks at Frank Carter au aged
dcnizen of that o3critcr0us locality
The offenders were of uniform age of
about fifteen years. hut very diversified
in size and color
None told the same tale and Garter
Identified each one as his constant tor
mentors
They we're fined $3.50 each. except Disk
Tucker Who initiating many of ne older
bucks ~ the bottom. carried a revolver.
and was given the standard punishment
for that offence $50 and thirty days
Several of the others were bought of
by determined looking negro women
whose mouths had "a cast.iron set which
forecast 90 serious state of affairs with
tho offenders who looked ass ~ they
thought they were jumping from The
frying pan into the fire.
Chas fultz, c0lored was charged with
disturbance and interfering with an OH
Ger 300 the discharge OF his duty This
was tho first dOs-catCher ease 90 tho sea-
SON. There s something On the human
emotions that makes a man resent tho
work of The oog-catchcrs whether Dc
OWLS 70 NNr Nl NNlr ana every year a lUf
Of people gee themselves into trouble lv
trying 60 protect some trining cwnerlcss
cur which brings mo- tax Co the ci.y and
IL nuisance on The public streets.
COSTLY SYMPATHY.
Charles Fultz drives am ice wagon
A dog took refuge under his wagon and
when ine dog catcher approached DE
moved hls wagon so as TO make 10 dinlcut
FOR the catcher 10 reach the canine ana
then punched the dog q make him run /
out on the opposite side when the catcher /
nearly had him IN the net.
Charles was fined 500 and the Great |
Dispenser gave the crowd warning that |
a jaM cell was waiting for the next Of ,
fender.
James Jones and Robert Moshy, two !
..,rod boys were found IN possession Of /
A mule for when they could not COM
prehensively account and they were held |
on the charge OF being suspicious char |
scters. ,sssst |
WIN. Jefferson and George Brown. Atlas