The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-27
MANY FEL0NIES
ON THE RECORD
Free Use of the Pistol and Razor Dur
Ing April.
NOT A WHITE PERSON IN COURT
Ncishbors Fall out and Submit Their
Differences to Justice John-Hc Ia
culcatcs Wholesome Lessons
While After the Truth.

SO far this month Justice John has
furnished the Hastings Court grand jury
with fourteen felony cases, and there axe
yet some days 10 spare.
Negroes have been on the rampage an
during April, and the freedom with when
they have handled knives and razoI9
would clear the Fnpinos out Of the
jungle in a week.
a cutting scrape is the c1ncomitiNl
OF the darky programme. and The monln
Of April will bravely keep up the rec -.
for carving propensities among Jail ally
and Seventeenth street negroes.
NEIGHBORS FALL OUT
Little disagieements among
neiehbors engaged the attention
Gro8t Dispenser yesterday. Not
white person had 90 answer for Single
offence against the peace and dignity oi
the Commlnw, alth. bur thc types "i Ailo-
Americans that marched across the stage
and acted their little parts and said ihelI
little lines worid give POLK Miller material
Tor a seasons lecture tour.
Rosa Gaines got cut warrant ch"i 81
ing Martha and Kate jefferson with tIes-
passing on her promises and beating her'
Rosa IS short ami dark and Martina
and Kate are tall and light. Rosa mas
a well i'm her yard and Martha went ln
TO get water.
Rosa was not ON speaking terms WIN
the Jeners0ns and therefore poured inc
water out Of tho bucket and forbade
them to get any water A. n 1.,.D ven
I,stto remarked that she would get
bucket of that water II she had 90 20
through sheol To- get TO- not taking heed
of the legendary scarcity of water I'D lh"t
localitv and she proceeded 10 go.
Rosa was talkaUve witness. She talk
ca when il was her turn 70 talk ana then
talked i'm everybody else's turn and he'd
her hand over her mouth 20 keep from
talking more while Justice John was ln-
culcatiue his wholesome lessons Tor the
benent of The audience.
These same lessons were dressed lh
similc. metaphor p0esy and illumination
so illumiuative that one fat citizen sll''ns
sQuaroly in front nearly fell over from
apoplexy with merr.ment. and wet "a big
bandana with tears of laughter ana SIX
other citizens turned simultaneously 70
their nc.ghuors and remarked AIN ne
peach?'
I'm the meantime Rosa talked some
more and got 20 going so fast that she
hummed like an electric snow-p.ow.
THE JEFFERSONS
The Jefers0ns finally got am inning ana
swore Rosa was the aggressor ana thst
the well want hers. Katie got into the
row 10 help her mother. All hands show
ed scars
There was so much ornate and pictur-
csQue lying that wheat ran coulHH
separate the false from tho true ana the
case was adjourned over 10 get the stale
ment OF white man who saw the row
Hester Warden has neighbor named
II. i'll
outs. Lulu has a rubber neck and
highly resilient tongue at the end OF II.
She went into Testers yard and cursed
her and cursed Testers husband and
Hester beat her with "a stick.
NIP AND TUCK.
There were two witnesses ON o side
and it was nip and tuck az TO which could
construct the most enthusing narrative.
According to the evidence both sides
ought to be hung, but they were only
fined $50 each.
Eliza Wallace and John Roland fought
in the alley and then fought 10 the
house. They fought up stairs and down
stairs. Both were bloody from bites and
scratches when taken % the station
house. John boarded with ELIAS mother.
Eliza did not give him his breakfast ana
John bundled up his clothes 90 leave
and Eliza undertook 10 dctain him 10y
force. The neighbors finally took q mana
and now both are cooling on in JAIL.
so COMPROMISE.
John Johnson. "a young coiored buck,
was ND on warrant for cursing and abus-
inc and assaunus and threatening 20
shoot James Level. Johnson committed
these sins when Level was walking ON the
street with his daughter.
But Level was fore.ying. Johnson apol-
ocizcd and he wanted % compromise the
case. The Great Dispenser heard the evil
dence and fined Johnson $500.
Gertrude johnson was charged with
disturbing the neishbOrhood in the dead
hour Of the night she laid IL AN on Joe
Carter. who flung her down and stomped
her clothes mos on She went 10 the
pen 20 await the arrest OF Joseph.
william Bannister, a black Jenu who
has the record for paying fines for viola
tons Of ordinances. was up again for
soliciting passengers at the depot VII
liam's ready tongue did not fan him and
he got two days respite TO summon "a Wit
ness.
Max Mead colored. was reported FOR