The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-02
NEGRO PROBLEM
IN POLICE COURT
It Comprised the Bulk Of All the
Petty Criminals.
SLASHlNG WITH THE RAZOR,
Justice John i'm a Tender Mood BE
cause Of an Appreciatiye Letter
from a Boy that He Befriended.
Suspicious Characters.
SLASHlNG WITH THE RAZOR

Justice John knows the negro better
than he knows himself and many of them
are persuaded he is mind-reader. lie
not only looks them over, but looks then
through
A periured ne drys Up on their lips un-
der his searching eye and false witnesses
pale under his inQuisltion no matter how
determined they may be.
Yet the negro is as much Of a problem
70 Justice John as he is to his white
brother in Foston. ,,.
Thev comprise fve-sixths Of all me
|. 1-t-,,i,,sis thst come before him and the
c,ftinrs and sho0tings are constantly
e,roy ill.,, in number lie can only account
9nr A. ~, tbe ground that the negroes are
going crazy ,,ooD
A TENDER MOOD.
1,,,rfsbrnents were as light as they
copld he made under the law in the Po-
lice Court yesterday Justice Jonn
vas I'm "a mood of tenderness TO al ihA
world and the milk of human kindness
oozed from every pore so rich that the
cream stood on # Ike the Jersey Varis'
tv. and when lady passed on the olh-
er side of the street goat turned ~
The benign smile on the face Of the
Great Dispenser was due TO letter ne
had Just received from Charlie AitchelL
a boy. whose pardon he was instrument
tai IN securing from the BOARD al lhe
EeformatOry. The treat D'Slehsoi
vouched for the boys future soou Dc
havior and two months ago Cnd'i'e WIS
"a INNGaNnDtE
adopted by Captain CoHeS' "
and Ohio conductor.
Ills letter To Justice John tells Of =
GOOD home al Phoebus, kind treatment
ana determination 10 make man ~
himself.
lie refers 10 the good advice giyen
him by the Great Dispenser and how
much he has prodted by H. una eN-
presses an earnest desire 10 have anoih-
or talk with the great and good Law CIV
err ,..
Thus when the weak and weary sinners
came before Justice John NE looked
kindly on them and spoke soitly as a.
afraid OF wounfing their sensi0.ires.
AN INCORRIGIBLE.
YIN. Ciarkson. an incorrigible inehri-
ate was given sixty days in the chain
rang and bv native eloquence and per-
suasive pleading got it CIT IN half orc
ising 10 work faithfully darins the short
er term. and Try TO make a good Cit
izen when it was over
Henry Hawkins. colored youth was
charged with feloni0usly cutting John
Ross with a razor Henry is the cub
boy in a barber shop. and after learn
ing to deity handle the razor conciud-
ed to carve John Ross.
lie made two slashes at John and Ovid
ed his sable check until Il took five
stitches " put it together again. The
case was continued until Tuesday to get
John into court.
Rosa Hopkins. colored, was charged
with being drunk on the street and in
cidentaly with robbery from the person
and was sent 10 jail for six months.
Mary Uzzell. cOiored. was charged with
being dlsorderly In the har-room OF John
Onesty. Justice John dos not allow
women In bar-rooms. and Mary was fined
$3.50 without investigation OF the question
OF disorder.
Earnest Jenkins. colored youth was
CHARGED with breaking and entering the
house of Matte Christian In the day time
and stealing two vases. which he sold.
Earnest did not deny having the vases,
but said he 60, them from another boy.