The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
WISUBONE WILLIE'S DREAM
..v, CAT WERE L-SQVEALTN' WHEN
1E THREW TINE UAMMER

-uol nj. Wife on tho Head and Put Her
=, sl..p, too >istcr-in-Law Corroborats
Ys,m After Having n Dream In Court.
u,.n william Thompson Of Coon Hollow"
9th .yenus and 1hirty-sevsnth street. was
...,sp.d In the West Fifty-fourth street po-
,...,u,t Yesterday on the charge ~ throwins
r.umsr at hia wiie's held. he declared that
-. All dream. and asked Magistrate Cor
~, % b.miss him and not bother with tho
.-...,sl His wife. who was unable to be In
~, because Of her injuries. WINS represented
-, ,ster. Cynthia Washington. the biggest
ar. socially and physically. Of the Hollow
""Youah Hon,h." said the prisoner. An did
.s,ou Ala, ham msr at meh wife. but All was
800 asleep In NAH bed an All got a-dreamin'
.hout oats. An there was sech a-sauealin' an
.'ra,uo' in nah sleep that All threw the ham
. ,en' Il, hi nah Martha. But Jest as sho'ly
.I.. a-ibbIn'. J,dge. All nebber meaned to
bit nah own Wife
"Vh,. dat nonsense youse tellin' TO his
uo,,h. Vi.hbone WillieI' interrupted Cynthia
washington.
""Whq, did you coll the defendantf" asked the
Magistrate.
",scpss ne. youah Honah.fsr a-callin' him By
Ma nickname in ie coort. but we'ss so used
"a calm Of him Wishbons Willie dat All
.san ,orglt whar All was,
"you see lat mark. Jedge," continued the
vomaD. grabt ing the prisoner by the nose and
,,lnting 10 a white scar that began at one
nos,riL. extended over the bridge Of the nose
and then down to the other nostril. We'll dat
am his brf mark. Just afoah dat nigRah was
krn. youah Honah. a hen coop was -"
"Neyer N ind the hen COOP" said the Magis.
tr,,s We will consider only tho assault case"
Lest so, ledge" continued the prisoner. AS
An was a.savtn' il ware all a dream"
-"Dresm n m. yol fool nisRah. Interrupted
isdIes down IN der Heller II all you niRgahs
can smash dprn wives an den come yar an tell
hs Honah tat yllth ware a-dreamin Iouah
Honah. how could he ha been In bed a-dreamin'
an his wife a.stauin' up In the mex room. AS he
saws. when that hammer hit far and sauar
fight on to- . her headT'.
" 'pIi YOU, ledge. dat niggah was a-f1in' de
s~toyDpipe. He ware a-stanin' on a stepladder
an himeby began to swar cause q little SCOT
.el in his face.
"'Nha foam you care. .wiahhone. It's the
same color, said his wife. Den he threw dot
hammer an thar ware no dream, Iouah
JTsi then the Magistrate adjourned the
Thompson ease temporarily 10 dispose OF an
was a bow ing alley and wanted 10 roll The en-
noun iron cuspidOre. Thompson was ted
back to the prison pen and Cynthia Washing
ton went outStd" TO sit on a bench. The
woman went to steep. Her head fell forward
AZ. her chin spread out in concentric semi
circles on her breast She snored "a LITTLE and
seemed restless, Then she smiled and the
smile developed into n laugh that woke her up
AMI shook oY on tho floor two children who
had been sitting on the SANE bench.
"Youah Honah!' she exclaimed. rushing back
n tn Magistrates desk. Use had a dream
ub nah an All want TO take back all Alive
SAIL about nah brother-'n-law. In nah sleep
Al had a dream dat All was a-washin'. an de
steam hep comm, up from De snds In nah tub
Marty. BENNY II spoke nm says to me.
'Cynthy, doan' yer do no mo- TO hurt Wishbona
Willie, He was a-dreamin' on dat st-pladder
after h. wont a sleep fixin' de pipe.' So. youah
Honah. Al can't say no mo- aftah dat vision.
!oah Willie neyah maaned TO hurt his wife"
Mag istrate Cornwell said that he would have
dream but for lack Of evidence. and the dream
ers left court together