The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-28
MR.. E.F. De AK
DIAMOND RING
Justice John Sports on His Little
Finger.
RICHARD MEADE HOPEFUL CUss
MRS Saunders and Her Slim Daughter
Try the Patience Of the Best
Na,nrcd Man on Earth-Robt.
Richardson Takes q Ride

The Police Court yesterday presented
quiet and orderly appearance me 5ofeeZes
uttered down through the heavy openings
M eort as a chinook wind in winter.
There were seats for all except 'nose
who want to ge. in five feet OF the Great
Dispenser, and are sorry because theS
Cant. and then use opera glasses. Ahese
stood and rlbber-necked.
The great law siyer unto all the peo-
pIe from Byrd Island 10 Butchertown
and from New Town TO Baconss Quarter
was early in the Temple OF Justice this
morning ready 10 tackle any thing that
needed regulating from love affair 10 a
bad piece of piuulbin5-from tragedy to
IN unlicensed billy goat.
RICHARD MEADES TROUBLES
Richard Meade who bears his troubles
with a cheerful resignation, was brought
from the pen to answer The charge OF
c,irsirs, abusing and assaultinS Mary VIII
Hams on the street. Richard had been CIV
en- is months the day before for COM
f,snation of robbery from The person, en-
bczzlernent and securing a watch under
false pretences. and the Great Dispenser
declared Richard had burdens enough and
he would give him no more at present,
and dismissed the case.
Richard is an elastic and hopeful cuss and
puoyed by the action of the Great Dispen-
ser, asked TO be allowed 10 take an appeal
against the sentence OF the day before,
but as Richard had made a very narrow
escape from the penitentiary. a friendly
cop whispered in his ear that he had bet
Ter let well enough alone and Richard
withdrew his plea.
SKINNY AND HER MA.
Gertrude Saunders and her mother give
the police lots of trouble. Gertrude, some
times called Slimmv because of her tall
and willowy form. can be led to Europe
and back again with a bottle of liquor.
and there are men who take advantage of
Slinimy's love for drink and fill her full
of booze and then she returns 10 her moth
er and raises the roof off the house.
The old lady has her arrested and then
she comes and bess her off. This time
Gertrude Saunders was charged by Flor
ence Saunders. her mother. win being
drunk and disorderly and threatening to
kill the old lady. Skinny had her face
washed and looked penitent and Mrs Saun-
ders declared she hadn't done much and
begged her off.
POLICE PIETY.
The police have been gradually losing
what little piety they had, by degrees for
years on account of Mrs. Saunders and
Slmrny. and the Great Dispenser de-
clared IL Mrs. Saunders came there with
her daughter again he would lock EN-
both up. The old lady said she would
rather be in the penitentiary than in the
house with Gertrude drunk, and so de-
parted.
The case of E. f. Brown. charsed with
feloniously defrauding Z. T. Deakye out
of $50 and diamond ring. valued at 500,
was called. Brown, having forfeited his
bond of 500. was not present. Mr. Ed
ward 0'Rourke had the ring in cues
ton. and testified that he advanced Dea-
kye one hundred dollars in money on the
ring 1t was a gambling case which had
evidently been Ii fixed up" and it was
dismissed. But The court kept the ring
and quickly learned TO poise the little
finger of his left hand in the graceful
manner of all men who wear diamonds
Richard Bryce was drunk and disor-
derry IN the street and paid $50.
ROBERT RIDES
Robert Richardson (colored) was charg-
ed with creating disorder in the prem
ises where he rented. and having enjoyed
g ride in the police coupe, his assessment
So.
The wretched case In which William
POLAND. young man. and Geo. n. Rice,
4 middle-aged man, are charged with the
rum OF the iatler thlrteen-Sear-old step
daughter. Minnie Belle Rogers. was call
ed under the warrant. charging them
with being suspicious characters = he
girl was in court in a piiiable condition.
accompanied by her mother, and the case
was postponed to secure witnesses
Hezeldah Prodder (colored) made a
narrow escape He was arrested by spe-
cial officer Emmett Taylor as a suspi-
cious character. Hezekiah had bundle
OF shoes under his coat and hid one pair
in an alley and sold another pair at a
shoemaker's shop for thirty cents
Hezekiah claimed TO have found the
shoes in an alley. and there being no
other evidence against him, the case was
dismissed.
Mike Trainham was in a class all TO
himself and paid Sl-10 for being drunk
on the street