The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-20
JUSTICE JOHN
OWNS THE TOWN
A Fact Which He Seeks to impress
on contractors.
CALLED HER A "STICK PM
An Eoithet that Caused an Unpassablc
Cbasm Between Two pfomi-
neHt Families in Jack
son Ward.
CALLED HER A "STICK PM

| Inc Great Dispenser hae another
wrestle with contractors yesterday be-
| fore The criminal business Of the court
opened, for obstructing the streets with
paving and building material and rules
and attachments fell around the head
of Clerk White like sycamore leaves in
capitol square.
! The Great Dispenser charged the con-
tractors with harboring the belief that
they owned the city and gave them to
! understand that they We're trespassers
on his own private preserves.
GREAT GOOD HUMOR.
Justice John was in such good humo-
/ yesterday that he stopped on each
| corner and shook hands with himself al
| the way down town.
tie came into court with monarch Of
! all 1 survey kind Of air and chucklcd as
ne glanced around just because the
weather was 50 pretty, the world SO
| beautiful and the position bee holds more
desirable than to De President.
The docket was as short as a newspa-
per sermon but the Great Dispenser spread
the cases around like raisns in board
ing-house pudding and the audience left
feeling that they bad gotten their money
worth and not few stayed to the after
show and shook the carefully manicured
hand of the Great Dispenser in the pri-
vacy Of his boudoir
FAMILIES AT OUTS.
The piece de resistance came up from
the fashionable portion Of jackson Ward
in the case Of Rddick vs.. Mitchell, where
in Harriet Mitchell was charged with un-
lawfully trespassing on the premises 0t
and assaulting and beating Mamie Rid
dick.
The Witnesses were an female very
numerous and varied in color from char
coal maroon 10 cream white, The light
shades prodominating. and most Of them
were dressed as II going 10 attend tie
Presidents Thanksgiving reception.
Both women had lawyers. Mamie Id
dick told with great gravity how Harriet
Mitchell had called her IAN old push
PIN familiarity which she being NJ
high estate resented in one Ike Harriet
Mitchell ana replied that she was oot
in the push with such as she and did
not associate with her kind OF people
A BROKEN DOOR
Then she told how Harriet Mitchell fol-
lowed her to her house, smashed the
lock, broke open her door and assaulted
her with a brick
Things looked blue FOR the house Of
Mitchell as long as the Riddick forces
were i'm the field. but every dog has his
day in the Police Court. and when the
Mitchell cohorts charged the enemy. Rid
dick stock went down with 90 rush.
Mamie Taylor neishbor of the
nfff.Hnff. mir ri uf INN
explained the origin Of the mysterious
term "od push pin and claimed that il |
was nick name applied 10 her and was |
not addressed 10 Mrs Ri1dick atall atalL !
10 seems that Mamie was very persist
ent in her attentions 90 Mrs. MitchclI5 |
daughter when the girl was So sick that /
the doctor forbid her having company.
and some az the neiehbors called her |
"push pin because She waited ON the |
girl when others were not allowed in the |
room.
JUSTICE JOHN PUZZLED.
Justice John. who takes great pride In |
being up To- date on am new expressions |
In Richmond. had looked much puzzled |
over this strange term. and was greatly J
relieved al this comprehensive elucidati0n
of the problem.
The Mitchell contingent credited Mrs.
Eddick with usinG inhamed language,
having a knife and throwing a brick
THE BROKEN LOCK.
The broken lock was charged 20 Mrs.
Mucheirs furious attack" by the Rid
dicks. and The Mitcheus claimed that IL
WAS done by Mrs Riddicks daughter
sammng the door.
The door was heavy. remarked Mrs
AiifchelTs lawyer.
please note that the girl is light"
suavely retorted Mrs Riddicks counsel,
and the crowd laughed one az time as
The double play slowly percolated through
their perceptions.
BOSS LYING.
"Now we Will have some boss lying" re-
marked the Great Dispenser when the
case was called and ID was a prophetic
laying.
The Great Dispenser threatened 10 |
pack the taii with niescrs II they didn't |
keep quiet in Jackson Ward and dis
missed the case.
Eliza Taylor, colored was charged by
IRIS Beasley with stealing three fat
r0ns one handkerchief. "a toy steam en-
zine and one cup. Eliza is woman Of
infinite variety. as proven by previous
isiis 20 the Great Dispenser. but she pro-
ested against ever stealing "a steam en-
.ine and appealed 10 the judgment Of the
treat Dispenser 20 sustain her claim that
he had no use for "such as that"
The evidence was not sufficient % con-
let Eliza and she shOwcrcd blessings on
he law-givers head when released.
The other cases were trihing and there
'ere not enough prisoners bound for jail
D order up the van.