The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-21
mo DEVILMENT
WITHOUT MONEY
People Generally Quiet Down by the
Time Friday Comes.
JUSTICE JOHN PERSUASIVE.
a Negro With Nervous Fits Makes
Mince Meat of Officer Wyatts
Finecrs-A Vicious Dog Must
BE Killed.

1T Is a notable TACT tndN V"'0 "
long civil docket, that comes with I'M
vailing regularity every Friday, there are
always very few cases on that day OF the
week.
People are generally paid off on Satur-
day in Richmond and as money is the
root Of all evil, the Devils commission
has run low by'the following Friday.
LIGHT DOCKET.
Justice John was as busy yesterday as
a hen with one chicken. and had as little
TO DO as a railroad Waterman az street
eros sirg.
Inc oocket was short and padded at
that, like a Henrico voting list. and was
no more OF morning work Tor the
Great dispenser IMAM a strawberry would
be a dinner Tor a mule.
But people will have little troubles mat
nobody on earth can regulate but Justice
John. and they bring them TO him as
little ciiid carries its broken TOY TO ITS
mother for consolation.
DOWNTOWN merchant sold an up
town retailer d few bags Of potatoes.
They did not suit his fancy and hc sent
them back.
The merchant refused TO receive them
and they were dumped on the sidewalk.
The merchant was "A man OF inhexibiity
and sw0re they should stay there until
everybody was furnished with water
meue before he would move Them.
PERSUASIVE ElOQ UENCE.
But Justice John was persuasive. He
pictured a terrible epidemic Of cholera In
this great city. with the people dying off
like flies. all on account OF those awful
decaying potatoes, and as a climax sugy
gested the fearful public calamity that he
himself might be a victim.
The merchant was greatly moved and
there WAS not a dry eye in the house. The
merchant swore he would move them at
once. II he had TO eat EN-.
Then another citizen came and charged
a neighbor with having put dirt iu The
public alley. which being full of small
rOund stones produced great temptation
I'm the rising generation to place them one
at time In his yard in more or less
erratic manner.
1t was shown that the dirt had been re-
moved by spreading II evenly in the alley.
but the stones were there and the boys
are not all in heaven.
Justice John thought he smclt a mouse
and made careful inquiry II there had not
been some previous feeling between neigh
bOrs?
lie was not satisfied and left with
member Of the city Engineer force after
court To convince his own eyes.
KILL THE DOG.
Lizzie Taylor. colored answered the
charge of having a Vicious dog An Off
Ger saw the dog run out of the lot and
Chew up a boys leg"
The woman came out with a pistol in
her hand. she claimed to be after boys.
who were stealing luunbor
The dog was ordered 20 be killed. and
the woman threatened with twelve
months in Jail if ever seen with pistol
again
Alberta Ellis. young col0red nurse.
became angry with a small white boy and
struck him with a stick. The boys fa-
Their was ON the side of mercy. Alber-
ta's mother paid costs. and Alberta was
given the lesson OF her life i'm the way of
stern warnings.
Alex. Davis. colored was in court with
knot on his forehead like the cupola on
Monumental church, from which the
blood had found free course in his bushy
hair
NERVOUS FITS.
He was charged With disorder and re-
slstiug Officers wyatt and Harris i'm the
discharge of their duty. Alex. Davis
according to his mother. has nervous
fits" and he was raising hail Columbia I'm
a crowd on the street when officer Wyatt
came up and put him under arrest
Alex became yet more nervous and
gave officer wyatt more athletic eXer-
else ana more quick thinking than he
has had since the cold winter of -
After describing a few parabolic curves.
Alex got three fingers OF Wyatts hand
between his broad white teeth and was
proceeding 10 convert the digits into Ham
burg steak.
Things were growing interesting for
Wyatt ana he called for help. Some
body hit Alex over the head with a piece
Of scrap iron, and hence WAITS escape
and the knot
\ commission of lunacy was ordered in
his case. lie is said to be the same ne
gro who gave an ambulance surgeon cold
chills down his spine by corncrng him
with a big knife.
DID NOT APPEAR.
Ernest Ward who was charged with
stealing a bicycle valued at so from +.
j. Blair. and was bailed for his appear
ance. did not answer TO his name when
called.
His bond was ordered 10 be forfeited,
and an attachment was issued for him
John Greenway. who was let 90 the
day before with the promise that he
would go direct 20 "The Little Sisters"
took I'm the sights on the way and was
back again for drunkenness. lie was put
on the cooling board for twenty days.
Charles LauteTbach. for throwing rocks.
paid g.
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