The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-25
GIVES THEM ALL
ANOTHER CHANCE
Great Dispensers Heart Touched
by thoughts Of What They
MIGHT Miss,

"Egs-nog must have flowed freely said
the Great Dispenser, as ne dipped his
s1.4S gold pen into his cut-slass ink
stand and marked dismissed against the
names of about twenty DRINKS, who APP
ing.
4 hate to send d fellow down to spend
the holidays, so I'll give these fellows
Il chance to get ready to celebrate again
tomorrow, but if they come before me
again this week they'll have TO pay
fine or so down.
Then the DRINKS filed out. and went in
search of a ''bracer' to start with.
Hattie Lumsford, a small colored girl
will never forget this Christnas-Eve.
On Saturday she got mixed up in the
crowd at First and Broad Streets, and
grabbed a pocket-book from little Jose
phine Wright and ran away. Mr.. Surry
Valentine ran after her. and when she
saw she was caught. she gave him the
purse and said she didn't mean to take it,
but grabbed it just 10 show how easy it
could be done.
Nobody wanted to send the girl to JAIL
so her mother was detailed to whip her
good and she was allowed to go.
Jack Cieary, with several unknown par
ties, got in a row at Mayo and Broad
Streets about midnight Saturday. y pis-
tol got mixed up with the young men,
and in the scuffie to rescue it the weapon
was discharged in ale air Ii then fell!
on the ground, and, as it fell, it exploded
again, and the bullet glanced and struck
William Leake III the head, making 4
scalp wound which was not at all danger.
ous.
The only thing that cou.. be proven
against Cleary was disorderE conduct,
and he was fined $50 for that, which he
paid. Mr.. Harry Glenn represented
Cleary.
The case of John Williams, charged with
assauIting T. w. Byassee with fence
pailing, was continued TO the 29til, be-
cause Byassce failed TO appear. The row
started over an argument ocCaSiOned as
to the merits of q certain dog, and wnen
the argument had subsidized Byassee was
sorry he got into it. Dr.. Gills attended him
and found various marks OF the pallnS on
his head and body.
Frank Venable (coloreU was sent down
for twelve months on the charge of en-
terng the house OF Roberta Jennings with
intent to commit larceny.
Martha Ninslow (colored) wanted tur-
key for Christmas, but didn't think it
worth While to pay for them il she could
get them otherwise.
Her next door neishCor had two live,
SLrulLlUS CUT III l.fc DUCK yard,
getting fut for Christmas, but when she
went to get them Saturday morning, they
were gone.
She went over to Martha 5 home TO tell
her about the calamity that had befallen
her, and she saw two nice fat turkeys on
the table, picked and almost ready for
the oven.
Dem is my turks she said.
But Martha produced witnesses to tes-
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man on the corner.
So the case WIS dismissed.
But Aarthais netghbor didn't care, for
Martha presented her with the two tur-
keys that she had sworn were hers,
Moses Stetson, with fringe Of beard
around his face, said TINT Mason Marks
tcolored) took a pair OF suspenders worth
80 cents and a pair Of socks worth cents
from him Saturday night and then show
ed him $l1 and said he could puy for
them.
"IIe paid for dose t:n5s, not, said Mr.
Stetson He said he pay me 81 to spend
the night, but I tod him he could spend
the night some other place for - cents
Mason sad he never saw Moses be-
fore, and he didn't wear suspenders and
he introduced a witness TO prove his
character.
He was dismissed.
LIE case OIL IL. L.. LUCK Was 1ufS1er
continued to the eth. because the official
from North Carolina did not appear
against him. Luck is charged with en-
bezzsement OF $2o from the Standard Oil
Company.
Robert Lawrence, charged with disorder
ly conduct at the Bijou Theatre, did not
appear and an attachment went out.
The releases of twenty-seven prisoners
were sent down to Jail as Chr.stmas-gifts.
and the twenty-Seven were turned cut by
Sergeant Smith. Their names were print
ed last week