The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-20
JUS ICE JOHN lI.)|I=I
PAWED TIE AIR
People Who Sweep Their Trash Into
the Street.
coLoRED COHORTS IN BATTLE.
.C0L0RED COHORTS IN BATTLE.
A Negroes Head Resists the Assaults
OF an Oak sticN-Bur.l..r steals !"
Lot Of Shoes ali for i.,sht Foot.
The Dude Runs Amuck.


yesterday FOR sweeping dirt from NO
store into the street OF course ne htie"
i, was in violation of city ordinance
and excused himself by saving e'I
body else did it. Then the Great D-s,
penser told MIN to bring EN- along ana
ned give EN- some of the same.
These things come in spells. anu peo
pie who depart from the Cd plan q
sweeping the winter dirt under lhe
frigerator are likely to st into 'roupte'.
PAVED THE AIR
Justice John stood on his hind leeI anu
paved the air as he came into court ms
morning. He declared he'd sell any Niger
in town for two dollars and a hail, ant
there were lots Of white folks ne shIo'
in for good measure.
He aanounc / that he was SICK anu
in no humor or fooiing,' and stoc0 WIN
his pen pois-d on high, looking as can
serous as kings headsman Win ms
cory axe in hand.
Having blown off steam until the gauge
showed. a normal pressure, he setusa GOWN
TO the exciting work of manufacturing
spectacle citizens out Of the sap UNI
Der creation.
The colored cohorts were cut IN oas-
tie array and Of all the cases on do"pie
sheetcd docket there was only one Wii-.e
skin. He was gully of the good man
HAM, THE SON OF HAM.
Robert CriIteuoen (colored) was chaTs-
ed with assauiting c. W. Ham with
stick. Ham declared he would MAKE II
Snort and would put ii in nutsheii. ana
then went into a long r.gamafole ot oeine
asleep in front Of fish house and Wine
he nodded there some one threw bucket
Of water on his head. The scaly
smell of the entire dramatis personae con,
firmed the fishy part OF the story anu
while this Ham-the son of Han-"a9
using a c1coanut sllz II in winch 10 aioi@
his story, the Great Dispenser exam
ined the various dents and cuts on nus
gorilla-shaped Uranium, that Went ~. up
straight behind and set out III front me
a letter box on a lamp pos
The Great dispenser said he was ohly
confirmed in his long-stand.nS belief t!lt
You can't hurt Il niger by hltlh AiAh
on the head.
This Drecept touched Hams tender sen
sibilfties, and he declar he was kiil
as dead as o clock in de day, and dloh
care to take TO more chances like dem.
Hams i,ea.i was badly scared UP where
he had been belabor d with big suck
by the younger man, and Crittehdeh: III
default of $40 fine, went to jail for Sixty
days. .,
Il!enora Cousins (colored) collected 81
for washing for an old and more indus
trlOuS woman anu Spsiil II ~
living. Ninety days was her portion.
A SHOE BURGLAR
Frank Moor, alias Morgan, who on
Tuesday night broke into the shoe store
of w. E. Drew & Company and stole
q lot of shoes, was arrested IN PeterspurG
and brought back to Richmond by Ser
geant Tomlnson, was arra3ghed Tor Tue
offenSe.
Frank struck lot of sample sho $.
ana his loot were single shoes, all for the
right foot
He sold a pair in Petersburg, and. the
left foot being pinched, the wearer went
to have it stretch d, and only then DIS
covered that he had two rights
Afr. Drew was IN court with the
matches to the stolen rights and
the goods We're easily identified
Frank went to the grand jury. and Will
likely W ar zebra suit"
William Downing, alias William White.
alias Dude (colored, was charged Win
unlstwfu,iy assault.ng, cutting, Wound-lS
and otherwise carving one Leroy Rose
with a knife. The knife was placed in
evidence, and was q butcher knife, nearly
as long as the Great LaWgiver's desk
THE Dude" had nothing particular
against Leroy Rose. except that he was
good cutting material. The bud entered
a room in 4 felonous quarter of the city
which was packed with 'tnigger rlff-rah
ana announced that he was going to Kill
every bum yum bun ling jim jam fer
rugineous niger in the shack. and pro-
coed d TO run amuck of the place.
CARVED THEM UP.
There was a sudden exodus, all leaving
for the omen with unfam liar energy eN-
cept e Roy Rose. VINO only remained be-
cause he couldn't get out, and, while
trying to defend himself from the carving
he
has famed one Of them for life. DR.:
Fisher. of the ambulance corps. testified
that he took four stitches in one OF the
wounds.
The Dude,'' who shufled in with his
hands in his pockets from the pen, lock-
ing as harmless as street-car mule,
was sent on TO the grand jury
jeff Miles and Tom Meade, full-srown
negroes, were arrested while fighting in
the public street, declared they were only
playing.
Two and q half for playing, remarked
the Great Dispenser with iron ar, and
Jeff. ana Tom ganboled to the pen.
Pearl Scott tcolored) cursed ana abused
Bette Booker, and went TO the pen IN
default of fine accompanied with sick
Tom Robinson. alias chinch tcolored>,
was charged with shooting a gravel-shoot-
tue Street, anu was '4iHSt' F-.vV Aot
the offense. Chinch seemed 10 regard the
proceedings as al! 3 huge joke. and adopt
ID a picni2 etn9 IN the r-E'' - the pen.
CRUEL TO A=AiULE.
William -A--en 90 0-ely VS. emp-oyec
by a contractor to dive a du.np-ca- and
! kept time TO the seq OF the patent mule
by hitting HIN across the Ions with the
sharp edge of a piece Of pine board. Spe-
| ciai officer Emmett Taylor arrested him
| after a long chase and Captain Guison,
counsel for the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. conducted the case.
William was fined s. and went TO Jail.
Theodore Smith a long-ntcked colora>
! youth, was arrested by Detective Gibson
| as a suspicious character, under the or
| der of the Great Dispenser to arrest all
strange and idle negroes and tramps I'M
! der the vagrant act who cannot give a
satisfactory account OF themselves. Theo-
dore marched slaartly to the foot OF the
throne.
Where id you come from?" asked the
Great Dispenser.
Boston, replied Theodore, with a
baked bean twang
Thirty days RESPONDED the Great Dis
penser, and the ball rolled on
The settlement OF q nice question OF
responsibility batween contractors and
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