The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-09
CUNNING FOR A CONSTABLE.
FANNIE PRUDHOMME, INsULTED BY
ISRAEL SMALL, SOUGHT HIS LIFE.

| Negro Had Handed Her n Note, Con-
tanning an Insulting Proposition,
While She Was Sitting in the Office
of Magistrate Naughtin-After the
Delivery of the Note Small Dis
creetly Retired and Did Not Appear
Again-Mrs. PrudhOmme Sought
Him High and Low With a Re-
vOIver, Swearing She Would XIII
Him.
An irate and excited white woman, with
fury-hashing eyes, soos in her voice and
a revolver in her pocket, attracted the at
| tention OF business men and pedestrians
on Bryan street, near Whitaker yesterday
afternoon She was looking for a negro
constable in the office of Magistrate M
Naughtin, with the announced intention of
putting a sudden termination to his
earthly career.
The woman was Mrs. Fannie Prud-
homme, the object of her search was Israel
Small. Although there were no casual
ties, things for a time looked decidedly
squally-there was hood on the moon, even
if the earth was guiltless of a stain. The
continued non-appearance of Small, who
in this case betrayed a discretion worthy
of a better cause, prevented anything seri-
GUS happening. The indications, certainly,
pointed to trouble
The trouble had its inception in a case
that was heard and determined in the Po-
lice Court the morning before. Mrs Prud-
homme resides in that section of the city
adjacent n wTxrbp
its good order or hampered by the excel
lence of its reputation. Ii appeared from
the evidence in the Police Court that Mrs.
Prudhomme had had some trouble with &
neghbor and there was in question some
certain profanity and abuse, that both al
legged had been used by The other. Mrs.
) Prudhomme had the neighbor placed on
the docket and the Mayor heard the case.
The evidence was not such as 10 satisfy
mayor Myers as to which of the parties
was the more guilty, and he accordingly
dismissed the case and the charges that
had been preferred, delivering a forcibie
admonition to both The wrath of the
neighbor was not assuaged, and she went
to the eoffice of Justice Naughtin and
swore out a warrant against Mrs. Prud-
homme, requiring her to give bond TO keep
the peace and be of good behavior, to-
wards the world in general and the ag-
srieved and ostensib1y injured woman,
who had sworn out the warrant in par
, ticular.
With things in this state Justice Naugh-
tin gave the warrant to one of his con-
stables with instructions to serve it upon
the defendant and TO require her to APP
pear at his Office to give bond. The war
rant was served, and in the afternoon Mrs
PruCshomme appeared.
When she came into the office she told
the magistrate that she was waiting for
her bondsman, who would be along in
few minutes and that she desired him to
withhold any further action in the mat
ter until the bondsman's arrival. This
Justice Naughtin consented to do and left
the woman sitting in his private office.
While he walked across the street and be-
gan converse ton with some friends. The
topic of the discussion CHANGED to prove
Interesting to the magistrate and 1t was
an hour and half before he again en-
tered his office. In the meantime interest
ing events had been transpiring there
When Justice Naughtin left the woman
was sitting in the inner office while in
the court room outside was the colored
constable. Israel Small After some short
time had elapsed The constable walked up
to Mrs. PrudhOmme and handed her a
note, containing an insulting proposition
Then he wisely and discreetly retired
Neither did he linger in the outer office or
court ROOM Dut departed ana was seen
more in that vicinity during the afternoon.
When Justice Naughtin came back re
saw the woman was in tears and asked
her what was the matter. In response she
handed him the note that had been handed
her by Small and with sobs and broken
lamentations demanded that some dire and
immediate vengeance be inflicted upon
him. The magistrate looked around for
his constable. but the negro was nowhere
TO be found With other sobs and more
pronounced manifestations of indignant
grief. Mrs. Prudhomme also left the Of
fee vowing vengeance and swearing that
she would have IL
In short time she returned, on this oc-
Casion armed with revolver. 1t is said
that she had some difficulty in securing
cartridges but this end finafy attained,
she lost no further time, but began at
once an armed search for the negro who
had insulted her Justice Naughtin was
| quite willing to assist her efforts, but
Small had vanished. For some time the
injured and wronged woman marched up
and down the office and outside the door,
occasionally fouT.shiug the revolver. Then
1t was that the squal'y appearance of the
atmosphere became distinctly noticeable.
When she had finally become convinced
that Small was nowhere about the Office,
she consented 10 take her departure, but
her anger was none the less pronounced.
Should she run across the offending ard
offensive negro IL is reasonably certain
that there viii he trouble. To avoid this
impending danger Small has been keeping
skilfully out Of her way ard II his actions
in the future, in reference 10 the Difficulty
into which he has brought himself, arc
Characterized by tie some d scret'on that.
since the first offense, has marked them,
he will continue to 90 50.
MNNIGHT HELD FOR BIGAMY.