The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-11
FOUGHT STREET
CAR CONDUCTORS
ROwdy Negroes Feel the Heavy Hand
of the Law.
JUSTICE JOHN WILL PROTECT.
Pugilistic Young Men Put Under
Bonds To Keep the Peace FOR
Twelve Months-A DiIapidated
and Shaky Specimen.

Justice John was full OF business yes.
ter and so intent on the days work that
he started the ball to rolling full min
ute before the clock hands pointed to the
regular hour.
The cussedness Of the rising generation
Of buck nlggers' was fully illustrated In
the Police Court yesterday morning when
VIM. jefferson and George Brown, alias
Hog Eye. were arraigned for unlawfully
lighting and being disorderly on a car Of
the Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany and striking Conductors jenkins and
Jones and Motorman Williams.
YOUNG TOUGHS.
The two young negroes. IN company
with two others. ran out of barroom
In Fulton and boarded a car which con-
tanned number Of passengers. including
several ladies', and I'm a disorderly and
| noisy manner occupied the seats by sit
| ting on the backs and putting their feet
on the seats.
When the conductor demanded fare he
| was referred 90 first one and then an
other After this had three times been
| repeated DE stopped his car and ordered
| them or
| AAif tiN rtW iiN n as duAl t1Nlllk SLfuck the
| conductor and an the others commenced
| 90 strike the car men. Another car came
| up and the conductor jumped off 10 see
| what was The matter and the negroes.
with others that had come up. rocked
The car men.
A number OF disorders of this nature
nave occurred recently. The company is
determined TO break 1t up and had counsel
To- prosecute The case. Justice John is as
fully determined 10 protect the citizens |
against negro rowdyism. and fined the |
two negroes $50 each and sent them 10 !
jail for twelve months
The other two leaders in the row are /
known and viii be punished.
PUT UNDER BONDS.
Pat Griffin, a barkeeper. and r. S. /
Charley were before the court charged
with being about 10 commit "a brcarh OF
the peace Detective Wren stated that ne
made The arrest on Information that the
TWO men had had a fight and that bad
blood existed between them and that they !
had ordered carriages 10 meet them al
Murphy Hotel at O'Clock in the after
noon and IL was thsir purpose to drive
into the country with seconds and have
30 out.
Pat Griffin showed by his badly bruised
race that ne had received severe punish
heht before. but reluctantly made any
admissions of previous fight
Mr.. Chaikiey said two men wanted IN |
light him and as be did not feel able to
meet both at once he made "A date with
one or them, not Pat Griffin. but his
brother.
me three men were put under peace
ponds IN the sum of $500 for twelve
months.
ne end TO which liquor will bring
man was Illustrated In the case of Ben
Jamin Houseman. well-kuown citizen
VINO M about sixty years OF age stood
a wreck from drink ana charged with
the theft of pocket-book containing
siNiy-one cents from colored woman's
basket
Mr. Houseman was drunk and accord
ing 10 mis- testimony. resting in a col >
ofed WOmau's house
BENEFIT or A DOUBT.
Lillian Mcekins came in and put down +
R basket OF clothes with her pocket
book do II. Houseman picked up the q,
lockct-hook and went out The woman 4
ollowed him and took Il from his pocket
He claimed that he thought IL was his
'wn that hc had dropped. and being q,
trunk ala not notice the difference. lie ~
Mas given the benefit of the doubt and
'ut under bonds for sixty days ana sent
o Jan IN default
Joe Buck. slick little niger. Dor
owed a push-cart and sold II for ten y
ehis lie has no mother or father and | "a
s too small for jail punishment 81
He was sentenced to be whipped and n
flowed 20 select his own executouer. nj
The sounds from am inner dungeon of =,
he castle after court was fver indicated O.,
bat Joe had made an honest choice. N
VIM. Malone and James Rogers were NJ
narged with being drunk and disorder 81,
70 The latter was strung as loosely as "
Weil-artcu'ated skeleton and so dilapi- u,
lted in his nervous system that ne "
brated Ike mlk-shaking machine at
soda fountain
lie was given ten days and a stiff
rink 90 keep him from flying into little Of
rs before they could get him down 10 is
A SERIOUS CHARGE. Al
Charles Johnson was charged with be ia
2 suspicious character. lie was a
cognized as an old acquaintance who res
capped from the pen on the first day Of WI
81 October while incarcerated on a an
niiar charge. He
The offender claimed that he paid an
icer five dollars 10 let him out. and
at the officer opened the door and let ,
nm 90.
The charge was a serious one. and pa
stice John asked him TO describe the 'Ii
an. lie had told the same tale 10 sew ','
al persons and gave a different de-
-lpuon each time hi
rhe prisoners I'm the pen on the day Of IA
e escape stated that johnson climbed Do
err the top Of the gate The feat seems ,en
very difficult one. as the gate is made lH'
iron and the top is armed with sharp Po'
'ar-head points.
ne negro was sent to Jail for six
nths.