The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-26
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN POLICE COURT
Peace and Good viii Reigned There
Too.
A JUDICIAL SANTA CLAUS.
Boys Cut a Hole in the Glass Show
Window of the Harris Hardware
Company and Steal Pistols
and Cartridges.
A JUDICIAL SANTA CLAUS.

Christmas IN the Ponce court was a
notable Nay. The big white chamber
was packed with people in holiday at
tire to see what gifts the judicial Santa
Claus would put in the ragged stockings
hanging 10 the bars Of the prisoners
pen.
The Great Dispenser only needed a
sleigh, six reindeer and a long white
beard to make him a genuine Santa
claus His smile IS as merry and he
is teeming with good will. lie is suni-
GENTLY rotund but not rubicund, his com
..A Oglug tnll OF a cherub just scrub
oed.
~ KEEPING WITH THE SEASON.
The nature Of the season and the
.cuptauons % briu-s. cOiofed al NE.
rulings. and the long list Of cases with
the word dismissed opposite the nain,s
ue ohenuers. tod the story OF justice
tempered with mercy more eloquenuy
a. ue teiuug on the story.
There were fewer arrests previous 10
Christmas this year than for many years
aAa a. n0 aolc TACT existed, That
ere were 10 cuttings or shootings to
De tried. whereas heretofore they have
,een numerous at this time.
BURGLARS BOLD.
Adoluhus Brown, Charles Taylor alias
lraxtOn. and Juulus Goes, cOi0red boys,
were charged with breaking into the
rs hardware Company store, 40
east Broad street, Sunday night and
sealing a lot OF pistols and cartridges.
Between S and O'Clock Mr.. Samuei
Walerstein saw two boys dart into the
doorway OF the Harris Hardware Com
pany and away again several times
when anyone approached
lie reported the matter TO the Second
Station, and Sergeant TomNnsoh ana
officer Bedford responded.
When they got near the place two boys
ran. and the officers pursued them. ON
GER BEDFORD pursued Charles Taylor Win
the speed of a mogul locomotive ana
would have captured him, but the boy
shot ND am alley only four feet VIDE, TOO
narrow gauge for an after dinner gun
.or "a man of Officer Redfords cahDie-
As well try TO get the old Dominion
through the canal lock, and he gave up
the chase
A HOT CHASE.
Junius coles. the largest of the two,
ran around the block, through PACK
alley and doubled until he was oVertaheh
bv Sergeant Tomunson in rear Of
store near First and Broad. hiding behind
a packing box. when captured ne was
putting cartridges I'm "a pistol and might
have shot the officer had he not put MS
own gun 10 the negro rs race.
Junius had two pistols. one OF when
he threw away during the chase.
WE'LL LOADED.
when searched az the station house
he had a box OF cartridges wherever one
could be put about his clothes, ana TINS
probably retarded his speed and helped
In his capture.
When the officers returned TO the scene
of the robbery they found that a square
hold had been cut in the lower corner
Of one of the French plate windows Of
The Harris Hardware COmpany's store
with a glass cutter, and the piece knocked
in with a rock.
Tie rock was afterwards found In the
pocket Of Junius Coles.
Junius told who his accomplces were
and Charles Taylor was arrested at 2
o'clock I'm the morning on west Leish
street. where h. lived. and some OF the
CARTRIDGES were 20 bed with him ana some
on the washstanl in the room.
ALL THREE HELPED.
Adolphus Brown was arrested yesterday
morning and confessed to officer Tomlih-
son that AN three helped cut the glass
None of the firm which was robbed was
present and the case was continued uhtll
today
Thos. White (colored) was charged with
disturbance on the street and was hneu
$50.
BURNLEY TAYLOR.
Burnley Taylor, who IS wanted IN Bos-
tom ON an alleged charge of securing H,vD
worth of coffee from a warehouse on
forged order. was held for ten days as
fugitive from justice. Taylor declared
his innocence of the charge ana VIII re-
turn without requisitiOn whenever the
officer comes for him.
Horsman Pollard. conductor Of street car
No. g. of the Richmond Railway and
Electric Company. was charged win an
unlawful assault on Mike Craven, and
Mike was charged with being drunk ana
disorderly on said car.
Justice John will get into the merits or
the case to-day.
A SCRATCHING MATCH.
Minnie Roberts and Lucinda Brown
swung corners together in the FIRST
Market and tried 10 skin each other alive
with their finger nails.
They paid s. 80 each for the diversion.
George Booker for creating disturb
ance and fighting in the street, paid $50.
George TOmbs was charged with beating
T.. r. Burnett and J. w. Tombs alias
William Blake, was charged with threaten
ing to do the same thing They were not
ON hand and attachments will bring them
to-day.
Fred Jackson (colored) paid $3.50 for
creating a disturbance on the street
4 number of small cases were postponed
until to-day. and perhaps for the first time
in the history Of Richmond on Christmas
day. there was not "A case Of felonious
assault.