The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Notorious Negroes PrOfane Objec-
lions TO His Arrest.


The Office Of Magistrate C. Noble Jones
was the scene of a sensational encounter
between an officer and his pris-
oner, yesterday afternoon. The pris-
oner was william Mungin, better known
as "One-Eyed Mungn," and the officer
by whom he had been taken III custody
Constable Constantine of magistrate
Jones court.
Mungin is distinctly a bad man. On one
occasion, many years ago, he was arraign-
ed in the City Court for some INSIDE
meanor. found guilty and directed to stand
up and receive his sentence. Judge w. D.
Harden was then the presiding officer Of
that court and as he spoke TO the con-
victed criminal he was confronted with
glare of defiance and rage. When the
judge ANNOUNCED that he sentenced him
to term of one month on the chain-gaug
Mungin retorted that the judge and the
sentence might both seek a warmer cline,
and made the statement with virulent
emphasis that the court could not but
deem misplaced.
Judge Hardin gave Mungin six months
longer and this also was received with an
oath, directed toward the judge. An adj
ditional six months served to quiet him.
and he was pushed out of the court. Ira
dition records that the bailiffs Of the court
did not permit the negro's action to re-
the court room he was suddenly precipi-
tated to the foot of the stairs and re-
ceived at the bottom with the business
end of the arm of muscular court off,
GER 1T caught him exactly on the nose
and did not serve to increase his at no.
time remarkable personal pulchritude.
Since that time he has been before one
or another of the courts on several oc-
casions. He was indicted i'm the Superior
Court two years ago for robbery by force,
the basis of the indictment being the allie
CATION that he had attacked a negro wo-
man in the western part of the city and
despoiled her of a watch. The evidence
was not altogether conclusive, and as one
trial resulted in a mistrial, the case was
finally nolprossed.
The incident in which Mungin figured
yesterday well serves to illustrate his gen.
eral character. A woman entered the Of
fee of Magistrate Jones and averred that
Mungn had threatened her life, and as
she knew him to be desperate character.
she was afraid that he would carry out
his threat She wanted a peace warrant
issued and served, and her request was
granted by the magistrate. She had the
witnesses present to substantiate the
charges she made and to the truth of
which she was prepared to swear.
When the warrant had been issued the
magistrate sent over to Mungin, who was
selling ice cream cakes to crowd of
waiting newsboys, and directed that he
SHOW up at the Office This Mungin, after
some urging, consented to do. When he
did appear Mr.. Jones told him that he
was under arrest This mild statement of
the fact of the case aroused Mungins
ire to an extent wholly unnecessary, and
he announced, profanely that he intended
to leave the Office and leave it at once.
Constable Constantine urged him to con-
slider that under The circumstances this
nor ha 10 t,sar
it had no percepdble effect.
When the constable approached and
caught him by the arms Mungin resisted
and opposed force for force SO vigorous
were his efforts and so uproarious his
profane objections, that It became neces-
sary to use a club to silence him and force
him into his seat. 1t was never possible
TO stop the eloquent flow of his profanity
Constable Constantine and another Off
Ger finally started TO the jail with the pris-
oner, whom Magistrate Jones had remand
ed for resisting an officer in the discharge
of his duty. 1t was necessary to trans
port Mungin by force of arms as far as
the street car line and to get him into
the car in the same manner. On the car
he swore at the constable so Viciously
that the conductor protested, and when he
reached the jail there ensued a free fight
to get him to leave the car. In the office
of the jail, he confided to the consta BILE
'ti"e AO "ONiu NIL nm DO aoOh d. tHe GUNS
were removed from his wrists, and if not
then, at some future time.
Mungin was finally placed in a cell and
his wholesale profanity stopped for a
time. at least. The prisoner does not In
appearance or manner, belle the opinion of
his character, and conduct entertained by
the police and other officers of the law
He is universally esteemed a thoroughly
disreputable character, and every time he
gets in trouble, which occasions are not
infrequent takes the opportunity to en-
phasize and strengthen the received esti-
mate of his general worthlessness.