The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-01
THROW ROCKS
LIKE CANNON
Peter GiIlio's Saloon Wrecked by
Two Negroes.
A BOY HELDUP AND ROBBED.
Robert Jennings Goes to the Grand
Robert Jennings Goes to the Grant
jury Charged With Highway Rob-
bery-Alany Fines for Cows ut
Large and Lack of Lights.

The little question of ordinance violation
figured as prominently in the finances oil
The Police Court yesterday as pfahe
leaver does the running OF To!ey Gu
and added largely to the revenues OF 'he
city Sixteen dollars in fines for cove a'
large and four Tor failing 10 put hshiS oii
street Instructions. was a good star e' to'
the day
.,.e Great DISPENSER was as uncom
promising yesterday a spFead-hea.,,
moccasin. Everything said had TO staliu
without the dottinS OF an or me cross
ing of "a /. The-Great-Chiei-ha lh-s'oheii
kind of an afr accompanied an .'ts ~
marks of the Great LawSiver, ana ti'e
more he was Combatted the WORST -o-
the unfortunate before him.
a FAMILY AFFAIR.
Richard Cooper (colored) was charseo
with disturbance and lighting IN 'Ae
house of Alice Adams.
Richard stood tail and black with arms
folded darkened brow and flashing eye
with the kingly air of Cmslopogaas, Whiie
his sisters and brothers and his alill.s
told what a bad niger he was Ihey olo
all the talking. and George Phlliips Aolu
how Richard hit him in the mouth win
/. stick and how he defended ms sister
against Richard
No marks could be found on George
i
grew incredulous.
Then smoke UP Umslopogaas and told
how George Phillips bus his head open
two times with fiat iron. and showed
the busted places
The Great Dispenser complimented
George for his choice of weapons with
which "to make an impression on mig
gers head" and fined George $40 tor ma
licious assault. while Richard got on
with So for trespass, and both went to
the pen.
WRECKED THE SALOON.
Willie Fields and Robert Taylor had q
little unpleasantneSS in the pal-Foohi
of Peter Gillio next to the enSine-houSe
on Broad Street The excitement caused
in Gillio's establishment by the m1sera-
BILE assassination of King Hu1nbert lad
ed into insignificance when these two
negroes got We'll stirred UP anu uiitiiii>
bered for action
Willie Fields and Robert Taylor claim
ed that they We're playing set back
in the rear room Of the bar Inns me
Italians denied. But anyhow they We're
athirst and did drink. and when II came
10 question of pay, they used unseenlS
language and threatened to clean out Inc
saloon and drew their knives.
<Iiilio finally got them out OF the door
without regard to the tribe OF nfeen
Gems, due for three drinks Zciosec
the front entrances.
The kOAIAtNp-hE--N4 l.
The negroes then went to the unpaVed
square of Tenth Street. and gathering an
arr1lful of bricks ana rocks. returned and
bombarded the glass front OF GillIos sa-
loon, breaking in the door and destroy
ing costly plite-glass mirror on the
inside Gillio estimated his damage at
a hundred dollars, and said: L never
seen er rocker fly so since me was er
born y 5s7srss t5' stssEE - ffs !z7
The negroes were. fined $50 each and sent
TO jail for i months
TOO FAR FROM BASE
Albert Johnson (colored) was discovered
inside Of Bliley's ibus in his alley up on
Marshall STREET Albert lives on Byrd
Street He was charged with being sus-
p:c:ous character and went down Cor 80
days
oscar Jackson fcploredl was charged
With assaulting and striking with q stick
Thomas Avery, Jr-. white, a much smaier
fov The affair was the elimination OF
fuses between white and colored chill
truth and was given the lightest fine-S2.9e
and costs The Great Dispenser gave no
tee that Seventeenth Street was part OF
his dominion and that he proposes to reSu-
late affairs there as elsewhere in the city.
Herbert Harris 1cooredl was under ar
rest as a suspicious character in connec-
ton with the theft of a box OF tobacco.
=. witnesses.
Wm. Sanard (colored) was held for ten
days under 4 similar charge.
HIGHWAY ROBBERS.
Robert Jennings tcolored) came UP on
q simple charge of stealing 81 from VII
liam Pearlev and wound up with q charge
of highway robbery and was sent TO the
grand jury.
William Pearly, q youth worked IT
mill in Manchester and returning with
his weeks wages in his pocket, ne. was
accosted by Jennings and two other ne
groes. who stopped him at the end of the
bridge and in a pretended playful manner
they threw him down and robbed him
OF his money He ident:ed Jennings as
the man who rifled his pockets.
Joe Penrman, Charles Jones. II. Fry.
John Hogan. NJ BRENT and Fred Bartoot
were charged with trespass on the premises
OF J. A Cottreil, and stealing his pigeons.
The above are all white boys The case
was continued TO secure witnesses.
Ella jackson (coiored) and James
Wright charged with creating disturb
ance in the hall OF A D. Price, were fined
$50 each.
Waverly Hatcher (colored). for creating
a disturbance and jumping on car. While
in motion, was fined So.
Cows at large and street distractions
without lights pn.d a handsome revenue 10
the city for one days work.
HEARD ON CAPITOL HILL.