The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-26
JUSTICE JOHN
AND THE DOCTORS
intends to Break up Lawyers Broker
age Business
JAMES FIFE CHANGED HIS NAME,
Hut IL Did Not Keep Him From Spend
ing Two Months In the City Jaii-A
Cow on the Rampage In Jeffcr-
son Park-Trutb Rewarded.

LAWYERS and their ways was the text
Yesterday for vehement speech by the
Great Dispenser, and he announced for the
benefit Of all in his hearing. That he IN
tended TO break up all this lawyers oroK-
eragc business"
lie announced that lawyers muse MAKE
ahcir living behind the bar and stop wor-
rying him with letters and petitions out
OF court. - 90
lie said he had eight letters from as
many lawyers In one day about one man
in ian. and It was all on account Of
twenty dollar bill.
THE GREAT DISPENSER.
Justice John was picture OF health
and vieor when ne mounted the throne I'D
the Police court yesterday. The lines
of sickness have left his face ana th@'
tired feeling from which nc suffered
few months ago has given away 10 an
energy "a perpetual as the Virii'y OF an
English sparrow.
The State Medical Association held a
preliminary assemblage in the Big Mhite
Chamber To attend Justice John clinic
The lecture was short. but they mace
careful diagnosis Of the Great Dispenser
The Great Regulator had sent out or
ders to his constituents to be on thoH
good behavior while these distinguished
and dignlned signeurs were In town ana
this curtailed the cdlfying entertainment
they came to see.
LAW UNTO HIMSELF.
John Evans (colored) made himself
nuisance around the premises Of Captain
Louis +. BossieuX and was forbid the
lot lie was however a law unto him
self. came over the top Of locked gates
t~~1a
lie was put under security for 30 days
and went 10 fail
John Bonina failed 10 answer the Charge
Of selling whisky 20 a minor ana an at
tachment was issued for him.
lanes T.. Fife (coiored) was charged
with jumping on Chesapeake and Ohio
train while IN motion and throwing rocks
AT Il when driven off 10y the trainmen.
Two Of the trainmen testified that he
was one Of a gang Of twenty-five VINO
constantly annoyed the trainmen and
that one Of his crew was now lad ~
from blow IN the eve from a rock
thrown by one Of the gang
one Of the men identified Fife as having
Jumped on and off the cars ana the other
saw him throw the rocks. When ar
rested he gave the name Of James
Jones policeman testified that he
WIS one Of the meancst niggers tn Rich
mond.
The prisoner denied that he was any
relation 10 Joe Fife He was fined SIC
and went 10 jail for 20 days I'm default.
TRUTH REWARDED
John Beale (colored was charged with
trespass and beating Cornelius Saunders
Pealo drives an on wagon and Cornelius
is a small boy just big enough for mis-
chief
Cornelius turned tho spiggot 10 the OIL
wagon tank while the driver was net
looking and wasted several gallons u
oil
Beale chased him up stairs in his own
mothers house and slapped his Jaws.
He I'D the straight truth about the af-
fair, an experience $50 rare with .'is'ice
John that ne rewarded him by inn
posing the smallest fine for such an Of
fence $3.50.
Joe bell. colored. was charged with
threatening 10 cut W. y. Randolph with
KIN
Randolph started a long rambling tale
Of 'n eger talk the sum of which was
that Joe Bell cursed his mother. prove
20 me that he cursed your mother and
YOU beat him good for 1t. and III dis
charge YOU" broke in the Great Dis
pcuscr
Just here Randolphs sister spoke up
WILD Nurn ttOlN anu Spllt d0FtllAA anu
charged that Randolph himself was the
man who did the cursing and IL was to-
wards his own mother. and ne was al
ways a doing Of IT,"
This statement fell like a thirteen inch
shell in the middle Of the case and those
who study the ways Of the Great Dis
pcnser expected TO see the accused with
crowned with a laurel wreath and the
complainant go TO Jail, but ne drove the
whole kaboodle out OF court. bag and
baggage. there being no punishment un-
der the law I'm his estimation for a man
who curses his moihet
4 VERSATILE COW.
+. T. MOr'tz was charged with allowing
his COW at large and dep.eddting on JET
ferson Park.
After very long stroll and meeting
none OF her kline. feeling very lonesome
and low spirited over it. and while in
this blue state OF mind she conceived
the depreciation idea.
She stood al the entrance Of the park
and s0nloQuized thus:
1T maketh the substance OF the body
less apt 10 be consumed and deprecated
by the spirits TO depredate on something
else.
Therefore she walked up and down all
the terraces with her hoofs spread Ike
pair OF taior's shears. broke OF a few
trees while polishing her horns. licked the
inscr ptions Of the monuments with her
tongue. pulled up seventeen dollars worth
Of plants with her left molars. broke
down six panels Of wire-woven fence
and awakened the nelghborhood with
rotous shouts while using park bench
as a bob sled 10 coast down the grass
covered falls
when arrested her horns were gar
landed with park flowers and her tail
tied with blue ribbon.
Mr. Moritz laid two silver dollars be-
fore Sergeant Thomas and retired with
sigh.