The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
THE PHARMACISTS
AT POLICE COURT
Are All Druggists Bald-Headed and
Near-Sighted2
SQUIRE GRAVES ON THE BENCH
Robt. shope Breaks the Record and
Also Mirror. and Other Fur
niturc-Bc Knocks a Policeman
Down and Goes TO Jail.
SQUIRE GRAVES ON THE BENCH

A nice lot of gentlemen of middle age,
-be parts in their hair very wide on top
and each wearing carefully wiped and
glistening eye glasses. occupied the re-
served seats in the Police Court yesterday
These were members of the Pharmaceutical
IAssociation and whether these little pc
culiarties show general characteristics
iamons prominent drug men or only
coincidence will have TO be decided by
visit 10 the convention at the Jefferson.
SQUIRE GRAVES.
Squire Lonnie Graves again occupied
the seat of power in the Big White
Chamber yesterday, after having
smoked three 10-cent cigars TO compose
his mind and still his vagrant pulse.
pago TAYLOR (colored) was charged by
Albert johnson. also coiored, with
assaulting, cursing and threatening, to
KIN him.
Albert had agrred to sharpen Dago's
pet razor for Is cents, and Albert 1eii
SO much in love with the blade that Dago
could not make him produce the precious
weapon.
With great scorn and the sternness of
a Roman emperor, the mighty Squire
drove the despised pair into outer
darkness.
Martha Chaplin (cooredl was charged
with beating Mary Lee Jackson. When
negro women have fight the one that
is whipped always gets out a warrant
and this was Mary's case. .'Bofe fit and
bofe frowd bricks, and with lovely
3mpartiality both paid $50 and costs
WOMAN WITH A RAZOR.
Florence Tyler (colored) was charged
on warrant that she did unlawfully and
feloniously assault, cut. stab and wound
with some short Instrumental Wit, a
razor-with intent to injure, MAIN. dis
able. disfigure and kill and otherwise
paralyze and annihilate Baxter Hurt.
She did everything to Baxter charged
.n the warrant. except stab him. She
would have done that il she could have,
but a razor is not built that way. the
warrant notwithstanding.
Baxter looked as If he had been run
through a shuck-slicing machine, and
was bandaged till he could hardly wiggle
his jaw.
While Florence Tyler was slicing away
on Bakers anatomy, Baxter got
Florence's under Alp between his teeth.
and Florence's lip protruded like the Big
rope fender on the bow of a steam-tug.
CHEWED HER LIP.
Baxter being sternly asked why he
chewed that woman's lip SO frightfully,
declared that, ..as long as chawed she
didn't cut, and as soon as / let up err
chawin', she wuked the razor agin, and
OATS de reason l chawed, to keep her
quiet
Florence cut Baxter in forty or more
places. and court-plaster was in. great
demand.
Man and woman were rolling over and
over in the gutter of Pink Alley when
Sergeant Tomlinson placed, them under
arrest.
Jealousy was the probable cause of the
trouble. and jury Will look further into
the matter
Florence went to the grand jury. under
the charge of felony. and Baxter went to
jail, in default of security for his good
behavior.
Douglas Hoyle tcolored) was charged
with being drunk and creating dis
turbance. 10 the annoyance of the
neishborhood
He was placed under security for