The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
JUSTICE JOHN
IS INDEPENDENT
William Blair Alias John Baby Goes
TO Grand Jury.
BICYCLE IN A TU. NNEL
George Braxton Will Have to Do Some
astute Explaining as to How He
Game BY It-Colored Women
Fall on Words.
BICYCLE In A TU NNEL

Justice John sauntered into court yester-
day with the independent air Of man
who had gold spikes to drive and ate
nothing except municipal banQuets every
day in the week
He walked as straight ahead as police
man, and looked as thoughtful as a BANK
president on the way to directory meet
ing.
He had an aggressive sort Of a move
ment as he came upon the bench like
man who SHIPS daisies with his buggy
whip as he drives along.
HITTING HEADS.
TIE Great Dispenser was pleasantly
pugnacious and hit a head wherever he
found it.
They were all fish that came into his net
and he had an extra hook on every line
The colored population Of Lumpkin's
Bottom and other odoriferous precincts,
had all rushed to the law, and ..no-count
niggers' were out in 1nottled array.
Sarah Harris and Sarah Johnson were
charged with being disorderly and cursing
and abusing Pattie Hunter.
The testimony was that Sarah had been
sick in bed for month, but Pattie de-
clared she managed to crawl out on the
porch and throw out snares' at her every
time she passed, but Sarah Harris beng
sick. was dropped from the game ana
Sarah Johnson stood sinSle-handed ana
alone, before her accusers and swore unit!
she grew ashy that she hadn't SAID nuthln
or done nuthin TO nobody.
RESENTS NEGLECT
Pattie Hunter said Sarah Johnson was
A person like this: when you stop gong TO
her house she gets mad
She. however, admitted that Sarah Har-
ris, and not Sarah Johnson, was the one
that threw out snares" on this particular
occasion.
An apparently dis;nterested witness,
who stood soemnly by was commanded
to tell the truth if she dropped dead the
next mint" She "told as how Pattie and
Sarv fell on some words y and in describing
the conversation called q spade spade
until the Great Dispenser stopped the
stream, and then delivered himself OF the
following soiloduy, that ended in an eX-.
nlosion equal to the blasts in the electric
power-plant canal down on the river
bank:
II don't know what's becoming of the
niceers ANYWAY you no-count niggers
are going around town here doing nuthln'
but making a fuss and giving trouble. Go
home and behave yourselves and II eaten
YOU back here again I'll put you in jail
till you get lost"
81 suppose the Good Lord, in his own
time will let me know what he made such
niggers as you for. Git out of here.
DRIVEN OUT.
And the Great Dispenser pointed I'M
ger that looked as stiff as a croW-bar ana
as long as a lead pencil towards the en-
trance gate.
And they got and did marvel much
among themselves at the power OF the law.
JEANETTE Turner (coloreD was charged
with assaulti1g Henry Banks. JEANETTE
&ol md 10
and Henry, a sawed-off stump OF sena-
gambian statuary.
Jennette from her superior height,
smashed a looking-glass over Henrys
head.
Henry came up smiling, and declared
Jeanette didn't do nuthin but bus the
glass over his head; that she had
.'apologized like a lady; that he dldn,t
like to have no disagreements, and asked
the Great LawSiver to dismiss the case
and it was so ordered.
William Blair alias John Baby, the
Young negro who when detected in The
house of Mrs. NJ. v. Chandler, on Church
Hill. made at her with a knife, was
arraigned on the charge of fe!onlous
house breaking and attempting to cut
Mrs. Chandler.
The lady declared that she was sixty
six years old, but she didn't scream, as
her hand in her pocket, as If she had a
pistol, and made the young desperate
think She was going to shoot.
DETERMINED WOMAN.
Mrs. Chambers air of determination
impressed every one that she was a lady
of a brave spirit and not easily fright
ened.
Mrs. Chandler was alone in the house.
The boy got in by breaking a window
pane and unfas3ening the window.
Mr. John Beasley, who lives in part or
the same house, recognized the knife as
one stolen from his apartments.
The case was sent to the grand jury.
George Eraxton (colored) was charged
with stealing a bicycle. A bicycle was
stolen from Mr.. Slemacher, on Twenty
first Street. early in May. George Brax-
ton offered parts of the wheel for sale
at Mr.. Bowe's bicycle shop on lower Main
Street Mr.. Bowe recognized 1T as the
wheel reported as stolen. and told the
darkey to return In the afternoon.
When he came an officer was waiting
for him and placed him under arrest.
George told a simple tale of finding the
wheel in parts in the Chesapeake and Ohio
tunnel, and named several felow-work-
men who were with him. de was repre-
scented by Councilman Harry c. Glenn,
and he secured a continuance until Tues
day. TO summon these witnesses.
william Perdue had the distinction Of
being the only white prisoner, and he went
tn the pen on the charge of being drunk
and disorderly. and in default of $3.50
fne.