The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-14
PRISONERS Pen
A THERMOMETER
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1ramps and Migrants All TO Be
Arrested.
JUSTICE JOHN IS SICK.
] U S TlCG JOHN IS SICK.
A Row in Buck spo,tswood's Bar
Room Lrings Various iiesults--In-
tercstin& Inventory of a True
Migrants Belongings.

me pen at the Police Corr. is the Their
1'omcter by which you can measure the
exact temperature of Inc no. station for
iranps thai Justice John promises shall
be made Of Richmond. and the number OF
NawaShed inside the bars yesterday indi-
Gated maj the police are pokinS up the
fires.
Justice John was conspicuous by his abb
setce. and Squire Ionnie Graves looked
after the sins and revenues of the people.
CARRIED OFT a THREAT.
lie Great Dispenser has been threaten
Ing 10 gei sick for several days, but, as he
never does things by halves. he waited
Until he was 100 sick to sit UP or give a
reasonable so.utIon for the Democratic
oeteaL before he'd spend Il day Ut home
Mercer Garnett tcolored) was charged
with beating Elizabeth Garnett, his wife.
lie Vas much worried because he had
10 go 10 the pen TO await the appearance
OF the woman, who was sick IL bed from
the beating.
But. then. some people don't know when
they are well off.
Henry Jones tcoloredl created disturb
ance IN the bar-room Of Lee Jones and
paid $3.50 and costs.
Robert Woody tcolorcd) was charged
with disorder il The bar-Toom of Buck
Spottswood. on Seventeenth Street
Buck declared that Woody went OH
--S<isi ichs>s Jill Ssiiit'N ~ stlS''L coiiiAiS
Jones. his bar-k.eper': that The ripped
and he raGed and DC GUESSED 1and he
swaped-'' Beng admonishod by Squire
Ilounie that his grammar was off-color,
Buck mended his ho.d aiid said ''he ripped
and he roared and he cussed and he
swoTed, then
a JIvEIs- CUsS.
Anyhow, he left The impressions on Jus
tace Johns understudy that Robert " cody
was an animate object of general cussed-
ness, ard the Squire assessed Robert
s2sn.
But TIC house Of Spottswood The Buck
did DOT come off unscatfed- johnny
Jones followed Woody into The street and
pulled a. pistol from his pocket after he
reached the sidewalk.
Officer CI-1T1lF was inconvenientiy near
and reported Jolnny for getting his gun,
and Johnny went to file pen in default
Of the usual fine for this offense-S50.
C. 3. Williams tcolorad) was charged wit
being drunk and exerc sing the impulse
OF every true and patriotic Afro-Arnea-!can
citizen to curse a policeman, and the fur
ther charge OF disorder and cursing the
officers in the Third Police Station
But as c. B. plead first offense, penitence
and sorrow. and The irst-nanled police,na q
being Officer OWilkerson, the Irish giant.
who exercised the inalienabie right Of
every policeman when he's cursed by q
negro to slap his jaws. SGtlire Lonnie
knocked seran-ffty off a ten-dollar fine.
THREE OF A KIND
Herbert Weatherly, c. j. Miller and Thos.
Penn ali colored. and all claiming to be
from North Carolina, were arrested as
Migrants. When searched at the station
house the following inventory was taken:
Weatherly4 books, dice, I9 cents.
Miller poclletbook. . dice, 5 cents
PENN dice. 80 cents.
One hundred dollars security and thirty
days was the verdict.
Ralph Carter " lie Chapman and WI
lie Taylor three other ashy-looking negroes
WHO walked over the top Of their own
toes. were held for five days. until the
sieuths can look into their records.
Then the curtain dropped.