The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-09
COMING E:YI IE:NTIS
CAST A SHADOW
indications in Big White Chamber Of
Political Campaign.
DISPENSER RAISES "A BREEZE.
and Rips Everything Up the Back.
William Shepherd Goes 10 Jail
for Beating His Child.
DISPENSER RAISES a BREEZE.

The big White Chamber shows unrnis-
taxable signs these days of a coming cam
paign. There is talk of club meetings and
political speculations on every side, and
an increased warmth of greeting and
shaking of hands between people not
specially intimate, that indicate a COM
ing event which is casting Its shadow
A LITTLE BREEZE.
When the Great Dispenser came on the
bench yesterday there was quick,
acidid enunciation of his words and a
nervous movement of his Hly-Whlte
hands in opening up the books that was
recognized as white caps on the breakers
ahead. Everybody commenced to reel.
sail and scud for safe harbor, but be-
fore all got well behind the breakwater
some were caught in the blast.
Two lawyers discovered talking after
the gavel raped for order, were invited
into Capitol Square, where they could
enjoy each others conversation more
and lost good deal of top hamper be-
fore they ran out of the storm.
He denounced a new law as humbug,
and struck the Legislature amidships
bow on, and that body will have to call
an extra session for repairs before they
tice Johns voters.
He raked the policemen, fore and aft,
and they had to resort to the use OF OIL
to still the troubled waters.
PLRATIC.AL ATTACK.
He rammcd the reporters below the
water-line while they were lying quietly
at anchor in harmless and defenceiess
way and then siSnalled to Common
wealth's Attorney Richardson, who was
Of hoff 10 In nffinC.
that there's glory enough In the victo-
ry for us ALL
The storm, however, did not burst IN
all it's awful vigor until William Shep-
herd (colored) sailed in charged with
cruelty beating Oscar Shepherd. his lit
tie boy, and then the winds blew, the
lightning flashed. and the thunder OF
his voice rolled like jumbo BAH on
ten-pin alley.
The boy was terribly abused, his face
being bruised and swollen, and the skin
broken where he had been struck by the
buckle of a strap.
The child testified that he chad been
BAD and his father beat him with the
strap.
An old woman, with whom the boy
STAYED, lied to shield the man. and the
man made denial Of the beating.
The boy was believed and the brutal
lying.
COMMON SENSE WAY.
Shepherd was fined $40 and sent to
fail for 30 days 1.-THE woman ought to
have gone to Jail, too, said number OF
chronic critics, and marveled that it
was not SO, but the Great Dispensers
brain was ticking and this was what the
dial of his judicial reason registered
The woman deserves punishment, too, but
the little boy must have somebody to
look after him and SO I'll let her go on
his account.
This is not official. but that's the way
it was.
Emma Jane Edwards, colored. was up
for hitting Lena Rice with a brick En-
ma Jane Is a female cyrano de Berge-
rae for fighting and any criticism from
her kind is sure to be followed by a brick.
if she has to pull up the sidewalk for
ammunition, and her arm is as true as
gunner on the Gloucester.
She marched to the bar dressed In the
height Of Iumpkin's Bottom fashion,
chenille table-cover of many hues as a
shawl, a silk skull cap and. short skirts.
Emma Jane was fined S. and waltzed
to the pen with as many airs and graces
as a swell cake-walker, undaunted to
the end.
ROCK TH1RoWERs.
Charles Roach, Clarence Malone. Clar-
ence Meredith, Woodson Wilkerson, E.
Washington and Tom Green were charged
with throwing rocks and were fined 81
each. except Tom Green. The latter
not being fined because you have to
catch 2 boy before you can fine Rim.
THE WOUNDED BURGLAR.
Albert Lucchesi, charged> with shoot
ing Tom Brockenbrough. while the ne
gro was breaking into the store of Mar
chetti Bros, was admitted to bail on
his own recognizance for examination at
a future date, when Brockenbrougn will
be able TO appear. He is getting eel of
his wounds.
Lester Mcknight, a boy vagrant from
Cincinnati, who was turned loose sever
al days ago with the understanding that
he would return to Cincinnati, was back
again and was committed to the reforms
tory for is months.s