The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-04
LONG LIST
OF PRISONERS.
Monday Mornings Ses-
sion of the City Court
Proves an Inter-
esting One.

The prisoners for tho bum cell at New
Castle jail assembled in thecity court dock
this morning. Judge Ball placed their
term Of office ut thirty days each. Tho
men were John Read, John LAWN, and
Eld0n Hngany. Reed had close shave
last night from drowning. Flo was drunk
and wandered to the Orange street wharf.
The liquor made his walk unsteady and
he fell overheard. Neither Reed nor thu
stuff he was loaded with liked Cbristiana
water and they both succeeded In getting
to the wharf once more. Officer Davidson
arrived on tho scene and called the patrol
wagon. Reeds clothes were drled at the
city hall. When he came to his senses he
asked what the trouble and one of tho Of
ficers gave him big surprise when he
told him that he had been robbed and
thrown into tho creek. "Bucky" as he
Is familiarly called stated that he is a
hard duck to kill and that coast liquor
and Christiana water will never do 1t.
They will give some poll ters to the vis.
tors at the jail uuriug the coming week
Reed Is OF the opinion that the fellow who
robbed him went in debt MS he did not
own dollar for the past throe months
Daniel Slnttery was fined $40 ane costs
for being drunk and disorderly.
Frank Bayara, Wesley Benson. John
Graves and Benjamin Hunter. .colored
were charged with the larceny Of a lot OF
iron. Henry G. Pickles testified that
quantity of scrap iron was taken from tho
foundry on the night Of August 10Th.
Next morning he went to Norton, the Sec
ond hand man, to look out for the scrap
iron. He followed the four young men
aud they ran away. The wheelbarrows
and iron were recovered Thele were about
s. worth of iron taken. He positively
| identified Hunter as one OF the four mel
who took the iron.
Officer Simon Moran testified that lie
notified Mr. Pickles that some scr' p
iron had boon taken away Ho saw Hunter
Bayart and Graves With the iron IL thei r
possession. They dropped tho iron and
ran away.
Joseph Elliott coored, testified that he
was with them on tho night in question
Mt he Central Foundry. He left before the
iron was taken Tho boys had the bags and
he saw them with the iron. Graves asked
him Ii he did not help him with tho iron.
Ho stated he did not help and did not
help wheel the iron. The two must an
swer the charge al tho upper court and
bail was fixed at 800,
Lewis Reason, colored, was charged
with the larceny Of two baskets of peaches.
He failed to deliver !hom. Reasn stated
that he left the peaches at Twenty eighth
and MARKET street. He will face n jury. u
! Samuel Biackiston, colored, pleaded
not guilty to the charge Of assault and
battery on his wife. She testified that on
May 10 she left him and went to her
home. Her mother was out and he struck
h r sevcra, times and she slammed tho
fire shovel at him. The case was dismissed.
James II. Parker was charged with rs.
sault and battery on Susan Miller. Tho
testimony was that he is her stepfnther
and that on Saturday morning she was at
| the house. She was washing and he took
the soap. Later he came III and threw the
| irons off the stove and then went to the
yard and tore tho clothes off tho limo and
tore up several underskirts Because she
refused to accompany him upstairs he
struck her three times and drew knife
across her throat and cut her finger. Hc
! claimed that size struck at him with Nat
iron and that if her finger was cut ii was
done in trying to got the iron away from
her.
Frank Stout testified that he saw the
girls finger when tho complaint was
made 1t was bleeding nt the time
from n fresh cut on the end. 1t was o
clear cut and was not made in his opinion
bv tho iron The case was continued uu-
| til Tomorrow morning
Isaac Anderson and Solomon Lewis COL
orel. were charged with disorderly coil
duct Lena Fisher dcposed that she saw
tho beginning of the fuss Anderso IL came
to the Lewis house at Sluby's court.
| Lewis called Anderson foul name and
Isaac sent half brick rs a porsunder to
Lewis Tho latter was cutting wood and
struck Anderson with the back Of n
cleaver Tho brick that Anderson threw
at Lewis was taken from the shed. She
was looking out tho window and was
struck on the back with the brick An
derson wGntol to have tho witness back
examined by the matron.
Ada Fisher heard tho fussing in tho
yard. She came down stairs and saw An
dcrson throw the brick. Lewis lodged
and the brick struck the wall. Then An
dorscn attempted to get another brick
and lewis drew tho Cleaver and ruck
Anderson. Later when Lewis was taken
into tho house Anderson threw more
bricks. Both men were swearing.
There were about dozen of witnesses
examined and their testimony went to
show that there was trouble in Andersons
court The language used on Saturday
/ night was not of tho character that would
uagc used by tho witnesses was something
that caused some OF spectators and wit
nesses to shudder.
| Anderson call I'd Captain Kane to testify
to the condition OF tho men when brought
to tho hall. Lewis was drunk and Andsr.
son was sober Officer Solomon testified
that Anderson has never given him any
trouble. The court said this was case
OF disorderly conduct where The public was
dis urbcd, A fine of $40 and costs was
imposed,
Ella Cclo colored was charged BIZ Officer
Brown with having been disorderly. He
test itisd that the more no talked to her the
louder she talked and used very bad Ian
guagc Sho claimed that The trouble arose
over her imam" ,sking her off the cur.
Shs was fined IS and costs
Alexander Slago and Constance Lacoskl
were charged wirh keeping disordorly
house at No. 400 East Second street.
Mrs. Annie Ferry testified that she re-
sides at AZ East Second street. The de.
PENDANTS live on tho opposite side Of tho
street and the noise from the house is very
annoying. The man comes home at times
under the Influence OF liquo r. On Sat-
urday night he kerr cursing on tho street