The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-20
The VISIT Rs
TAKE TIE COURT
Prisoners On Their Good Behavior
For the Occasion.
BILL JONES GROWS DEFIANT.
scayenEer Boards Given Little More
Lfbcrty Carson Hit Wo-
nan aud He Had Right Name.
A Girolan1I Discharged.

The Great Dispenser Is right in The push
stth the odd-Fellows and held grand
fevee both before and after court sester-
day
The fame and prestige Of Justice Johns
great tribunal reached high-water mark
this morning and the Odd-Feliows will
carry away with them as the bright par
Ocular gem in the diadem of their pleas
sires In Richmond. their visit to the Big
White Chamber, where presides The most
noted Lawg!yer III The land.
The spaces Of the court We're all gwen
over to the visitors and the arm chairs,
sacred to the. attorneys at the bar, the
bench. where Richnond's finest sit andis-
1'uted and undisturbed, in all their glory OF
blue coats and shining badges, the in
closure reserved for members OF the press,
door ways. radiators and extra benches
brought IN for the occasion. We're all pack
ed with strangers, a large per cent of
Waom were ladies.
MUST BE GOOD.
When the Great Dispenser mounted the
throne with that natura! dignity so be-
coming 10 his classic. handsome face, a
plause rent the air.
lie Informed the audience that he would
allow them any privilege excepting smok-
ing or standing on their heads, but they
must be good.
The freedom Of the court, where people
generally speak their minds and cali a
spade a shovel. with long handle to II.
was much restricted by the intense re-
speciality OF the audience and the ladies
present and when the termagents and the
parasites and the nyenas came to the
bar, the Great Dispenser warned them
with a tilirteen-inch frown. TO refrain from
unhecoming language on the penalty OF
twelve months in Jail and there was more
proper talk than has been heard IN the
Police Court for a decade.
The Jones family had a representative.
They are bound to figure on public occa-
sions. w. A Jones was before the Great.
Iawgiver on the same OLD charge, little
more dilapidated from frequent deoauch
and Just as full of talk as whiskey-
TO TAKE A REPEAL.
4sBill'' was not allowed 10 pariey long
and announced that he would take "a re-
7oeaP' against his sentence of thirty days
and swore in the pride OF his manhood
that the Great Dispenser couldn't make
him work in no gang" When called back
TO the bar to answer TO mis- defiant talk.
Bill looked the Terror of EVIL Doors in
the eye and meelly admitted that, of
course, if the Great Dispenser wanted him
TO do it, he would have to do it. and that
was all there was to it and Bill was al
lowed to go in peace-to Inc pen.
Bette Branch and Nancy Payne scav-
enger birds of Lunpkins bottom were ar
rested while "cussin and carrying OH IN
nj off, "a: n
they had been trying 10 do better and
they were gwen another show.
Philip Palmer, drunk and begging vis-
tors on the street. was given thirty days
on1tile rock-ple much TO the distaste OF
his soul.
SHAN,T HIT EN-
Dennis Casson tcoioredt hit Jennie Smith
and came nearly knocking her Two eyes
into one He paid The penalty Of hitting
any woman in Richmond and went to jail
in default of $40 fine.
Gussie Station (coloredp was charged with
cursing Junius Morris. because he would
not harlsen 10 her call and for beating
Hattie Smith. who spoke 10 Iunius.
Although Guss;e declared she did it all
for love, the hard-hearted I-aWsiver fined
IN each case and Csussie iangu:shes in jail
while Junius and Hattie are free for
street-car rides and pic-uics.
Eddie Carr (colored) was charged With
being drunk and acknowledged the corn,
10 say nothing OF the rye.
SAVED BY MOTHER WIT.
Eddie was ragged; dilapidated and rusty,
but he is endowed with mother Wit. When
asked If he was a good negro, he denied
the soft impeachment but made good
promises for the future and went forth to
freedom.
A Gtrolami was charged with keeping
his bar-room open Sunday E. G.
Beasley, who made the charge. declared
he was too drunk to remember any of the
circumstances and il was shown that he
made a proposition TO Mr.. Emmett Taylor
to get Giroiari to pay him a sum Of
money and he and his companion would
leave Town.
The Great Dispenser declared he would
not convict a saleon-heeper on the evil
dence of such cattle as that. and though
Girolarni had bad reputation for violating
the Sunday Law, he would discharge him
this time and declared him guilty, but not
proven.