The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-15
PROFANITY IN COURT.
Mrs. Mitchell Cussed Out T. f. Hall
and Both Were Fined.


Yesterdays session of The Police Court
witnessed a scene of disorder and oTcn-
sSve contempt of the court and its author
ity such as has probably never been sur
passed in that usually quiet, orderly and
dignifed temple of justice. The case on
trial was one of disorderly conduct against
I. f. Hall. and the Objectionable person
age one OF the prosecuting witnesses, Mrs.
T. e. Mitchell
Han runs an ice cream, soda water aud
cider and vinegar dispensary near the
corner of Drayton street and Duffy lane
while directly across from his place Of
business is the green grocery of Mitchell
The parties are rivals, IL appears, and the
embers of discord have been for some
time smouldering and threatening to
break OUT each day into a disastrous con-
fiagration Early yesterday morning the
spark was applied and epithetical CONVEX
satlon, blazing and Illuminated with pro-
family, made the ala lur!d blue.
Halls customers are principally or al
most entirely negroes, and the conversa-
ton carried on by them, the songs they
sung and the afrectionate names applied
by them to each other had kept the
Mtichells awake uutl the small hours OF
the morning and become more than I'M.
bearable. That's what they said On the
other hand, Han claims that his pace is
model of order his customers The very
embodiment OF decorum and the protests
that have been flied by some OF the neigh
bors the airy outbursts OF spite, from peo-
pie whose abilities do not allow them TO
appreciate a good thing when they see it,
The crowd Of negroes accustomed to
gather In The neighbOrhOOl Of Han place
were wont IN TIE cool Of tie evening 10
cross the street ana seat themselves upon
The stepping stone ia front of MltcheI's
store. To this practice he very much o.
jected. and OF Tuesday evening spriuk ei
the stone p.sntifully with rcd uepper This
condiment had the desired effect and was
The fiery brand that touched 10 t1e cmbeis
OF the old row $ arted new b.aze ana
brought on The fight.
The negro women who sat On the stone
got uD with a remarkable Ccgree Of &c er-
ity, express ng al he same time their oDiu-
ion OF Whoms ever had played this scurVy
trick upon lnem. The nose Of tner shout
ngs drew Han across The street and the
Mitcheils from their store, and the trio
became involved without more ado in an
animated and proiane ColleQuy. Mrs.
Mitchell Informed Han tha; his decocticus
were poisonous and had already teen the
cause Of The death Of one boy; that he was
inoonshner by profession ard preference
and that HE spasm0tic atta eks Of virtue
of which he he'd allowed himself 10 be-
come guilty n The course Of the long and
wicked life she aecrihed to him were net
Of sufficient moment to talk aLout.
Han retorted by saying that she and her
husband were cfi ken thieves and Ivy call
ing The woman a vile name Not 10 be out
done, even for a moment. he came back
at him with one Of the same nature, AMI
the parties mixed and were separated with
difficulty.
Early yesterday morning Mitchell and
his wife called upon Policeman McCool to
arrest Hall and McCool, with Policeman
Murphy, proceeded to do it. In The contro-
yersy that ensued something of the old
bandying Of vile phrases was INDUCED in
again, and Mrs. Mitchell tried to get hold
of Murphy's. pistol for the purpose OF
shooting Hall In this she failed and the
man was taken to the station house
The evidence that has been given all
came out in the testimony in the Police
Court, and Mrs. Mitchell was the star
witness. She made half dozen state
ments, and when ordered OUT Of the eouri
room by the Recorder came back through
another door. She insisted on repeating an
of the profanity and obscenity that the
parties had been guilty of in the rows, and
addressing Hail. spoke to him in a man
chills run UP and down the back Of the
Recorder These statements of personal
opinion were repeated with an emphasis
and degree of conviction that tried once
too often the Recorders patience, and he
sentenced the woman to pay a fine of Sl5
Hail was fined s., as he admitted he had
applied to the woman the term which mad
caused the arrest, but in his case the fine
was RENTED, the Recorder saying he con-
sidered the defendant only technically
guilty.
Later in The morning Hall went before
Justice Naughtin and swore out a warrant
to keep the peace and be OF good bena-
Vior against Mitchell and his wife and
Mitchell before Justice Nathans and swore
out similar warrants against Hall and
his wife Bond was given in. all Of the
cases.