Evening journal., 1899-05-31
ONE GENT
"DARKTOWN" DAY.
Judge Balls Court Overrun
With the Colored Element.
DlsORDERLY CONDUCT PREVAILS

MEMORIAL DAY DRUNKs AND
ElsCRDERLHES LINED UP Be
FORE HIS HoNOR-TEN GASES
DISPOSED OF THIS MORNING IN
CITY COURT.
Fgcm tha aIl,SEgau-s cs Ca:y Coult
tlE5 m rhLng un5 coIontd element APP
rarent.y thlhrlk THAT Memorial Day was
instJtuted eapdoiaEy for tham 10 have
free foot as far as law-brelIlolnig is
cOnceInsd
OF the ten cases disposed of by Judge
Eall negroes Figured dn SEVEN of them,
anil in Cne case Uhroe were ddfandAEss
upon dhe same Clhauge.
lDbordeiIy conduct was this prevail
lng order OF the day, and Judge Ball
d.spcsdd or the cases with dispatch.
Charles Hall. colored. was the first
prls-nlsr called What charger"
quelied HIS honor.
''Iilsorder.y conduct, responded CLERK
Adams ''Five and COSTS" remarked
The judge, after hearing the evidence.
Lydia Cartier" next called cut cha
Clerk ~ tIhe court.
Whats the dharge?" again quenlcl
Judge BAN
"DnunS amid disorderly condmct."
again was the response.
Ten and COSTS" said THE Ccurt, and
"BtCycle lUdle' waIs 1dd elbow
George Rhineham.' cheaiy callei
Clerk Adams.
"Whai's uha changer" was asked by
hls honor
"Dismdcsly ocndrct ard d.mnkon-
Ness wlas the uosp,nlse
Five amid costs said iIhe judge after
hearing THE evidence
Amid 50 it went ON down tha hne.
Gemlgd Bonanger waschane.d with dis
lCrdeilg conduct by hills wife. but WAS
dsnllssad at har request, hs taking Tine
TlledIge.
Frank Hunter amid Samm5s Emory,
bCHh oclOred. were charged with dis
lcrdIMly conduct by tlglhting cn the
gtraeis, ihit as THE evidence was NOT
sufficient to sustain the chhrge. they
weue dismissed
HAIRY Laws. colOred, was charged by
his wife with disOrder,y conduct He
Slapped her face alnd otherwise abused
HER yesterday wlhlle full OF coast whis-
key. Ten and costs was the sentence
of the count.
James Cooper Mary Simmons and
Wll.lam Simlth all OF tha "ouIed''
class were dhargcd collectively and in
ltlnldivldually by Officcr JChn Welsh
lwibh disorderly conduct and swean.ry
en- the etrcots. Each tried to tname
iha oflense en- thle either, and bolh MIN
lsau THAT The woman was the cauSe M
it all" The result CT ilhe dlkuute was a
|. Inn. CT $40 and costs I'm each CAGE.
! R9Bcrt L0yy. a production or the coll
lcred race. was Ohafgof with assault
and battery by mis- mislrass, Annie
MuTey. Oats my MAN." said ANNIE,
J and 1 did hub him. but last mlelht
/. Gonna hlame with John Duckery to my
hcuse. Mo l A1lJls' Court. amid Robbie
was upstairs asleep. and as john want
led to see him / WENT mp ami woke him
lup Dem we had SOME words. and
lsays TO him jest take ycur clothas and
go He WENT, and / put his CLOTHES
after him. butt Ihe cama back and hit
| lme"
!, "1hat a.l he did?" querled his honor.
Yes, sir" Ten and COSTS was THE
loomment Of THE court.
Lewis Townsend, a bartender alt
Elaventh and Frendh Streets was ar
raflgned en- a charge OF assault and bat
t6ny upon Perry Townsend. coIl,Ted
Perry said hle had beun working about
the place. and thaIa yesterday some
PARTIES paid for two drinll1s for him
at that when HE asked for tlhem Lewis
swcrs at him and struck him over THE
hoad with a tllliard cue. His hlsad
= showed evidences of being hit with
: scmeuhinlg-
Lewis tcck tlhe stand i'm his own de-
fonse. amid showed evidences THAT hs
had ''hit" several before he came init
n lccamt. He Stated that Perry had beer
!. sassy" der a long time, and yestendao
= lhe get tE5d and raped him one
y "Twenty-hve dollars and costs" sail
lh1s honor.
Henry Boyer, colored, was held with
cut ba.l to await THE result cf injur.e:
8 inflicted upon Joseph Vance yesterda.
2 with a brick.
y THAT is a.i," said Clerk Adams.
'Wlhew,' remarked Judge Ball. as h
lhurrie1 cut Of THE court r5am, mopp'na
his brow. "All this Is the result or nc
weathar, I guess"