The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-25
THE Puff FROM
A CIGARETTE
Throws the Great Dispenser in a
Spasm.
A TEMP s TUoUs VOYAGE
Struck squall and Calls on the Com
mon,vcaith's Attorney to Pull 1t (
Or Rccf-N1r. Murry's
Difficult Feat.


White Chamber yesterday, and nothing
cite smoks, which caught the eagle eye
of the Great Law Giyer from afar. but
as soon as the spasm was over that
followed the discovery, and the offender
had been cast IN the lowest dungeon
of the castle, it was all smooth sailing
again
The Great Dispenser started the ship
of justice with a fair wind and
every sail set. The sailors chirupped
q merry song as they heased the anchor
Justice John, the great captain OF the
craft: First Mate. Sergeant Thomas. and
Purser, Clerk White, all wore we'll
!aundered collars and a winning smile.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
Having called all hands aft and read
the orders for the day. the Great Dis
penser asked for the point OF the COM
watch.
he was hardly ont of harbor before
ne struck a squaIl, that had the ship on
her beam ends and the decks awash.
T. Q. Lehman and w. C. Murry were
brought forward for fighting on the main
deck Mr., Lehman had a confused eye
and a slight knife wound in the side.
MIR. Murry barred mis- arm TO the shoulder,
to show where it had been bruised with
a rock, and displayed a tattood maiden
between the wrist aud elbow, executed
in the most bewitching attitude, and lit
lie did MIR. Lehman know when he past
ed Aiurry with a stone that he was
striking a woman.
ar. aIurry has at least accomplished
the difficult feat so often described by
the country correspondent. -iI1e came up
the aisle with the lady on his arm
+. But 1t was his head that attracted the
most marked attention. It was nicely
bound with a high grade of unbleached
osnaburgs, causing his hair to stand
above its edge like the ornamental
spolsesa in a snoke-stack.
THU AFRICAN WAR.
Mr. Lohman and Mr. hurry got to
arguing in "a bar-room, over the relative
merits Of the Boer and British forces.
Pretty soon they commenced sniping
each other with their fists. The powers
interfered for a time. but it was later re-
newed out on the veldt of Broad Street
MIR. hurry swore somebody held him
while Mr. Lehman beat him over the
head With a rock, and Mr. Lehman swore
hurry cut him IN the side with a knife.
and that there was no third party.
DR.. Parker sewed up Murry's head, and
here the ship Of justice struck a reef and
stuck until Commonwealth Attorney
Richardson came and pulled her off.
According to the statements Of the prin-
were no other eye-witnesses. and the
Commemorative Attorney advised
against sending it on to the grand jury,
and the two men were fined $40 each.
John 3. Harris, colored, was charged
with trespassing on the premises of
Parker Lewis. Harris owned the house
and Lewis rented il. and was not a
prompt tenant Harris wanted him to
move, SO he took out the window sashes
all around
Lewis claimed that it was done at night
while he was away and his wife sick
In bed.
Harris was ordered to put the windows
back and was put under security for
six months, with Armistead Washington
as surety.
PLEAD GUILTY.
Archer Robinson Gcolored), who was
one of The gang who assaulted Wah Lee
In his laundry on Brook Avenue and
has since been lodging the police, was
captured by Officer Amos and plead gull
ty to the charge. He was fined SO and
given 30 days, the same penalty imposed
IN the other cases.
Rosa Robinson. colored washed for
Mrs. Slaughter and only brought one
half the clothes in, but demanded her
weeks pay all the same. The lady de-
INJURED at payment until the clothes We're
all in. This tncensed Rosa, and Police
man Mcmahon, attracted by Rosa's clar-
ion voice two blocks away, hied him to
the scene and found Rosa standing over
the lady heaping abuse on her in wheel
barrow loads on her own front porch, to
the disturbance of that end of the town.
When she came out Of the gate the Off
Ger arrested her
a three-dollar fine was more than Rosa
could pay, and she su1lenly went to the
pen, while her husband hustled on the
outside working his credit with his
friends.
A NOISY CANNON.
Charles A. Cannon and Lettie Prosser
were charged with disturbance, to the
annoyance of the. neighborhood. Cannon
fired a presidential salute and Lettie
fired bricks and Tin cans at Cannon.
Cannon swore de lady" had done nut
ten to him. and de LADY, swore she
hadn't .throwed at nobody"
But Carrie Smith. who presented an
appearance of veracity by reason of a
head dress composed of a clean towel
with red trimmings pinned around her
head, told another story.
Chas. a. Cannon looked daggers at
Carrie out of his one eye, and letue
looked lightning out of her only eye at
Carrie but Carrie swore she saw the
bricks fly and that Cannon's only eye
was cut by a piece of tin In the, hands
of Lettie-
Lettie was fined SIS and went to the pen,
and ChaS A Cannon, who had lied like
gentleman on account OF de lady.
went on his way.
Rena Barnes, of Mecklenburg, and Nora
Grant fcolored), were charged with threat
ening 10 kill Matte Vest, on Mayo Street.
Renas Barnes is a sister of Pokey, an i'm
porsed strain That has given constant work
for the Police Court since tAeirIadvent into
Richmond. The estimate in which the
Barnes family IS held is shown In the oft
repeated expression, Its pity those
Barnes negroes hadn't all been hung when
they had chance
THE WAY IT IS.
waIl. Rena BARNES IS slim and black, and
Matte Vest is approaching fair, and there
was a man in the case. aud both women
uere fuei IS, and the black one Went TO
the pen and the light one paid her fine
end left the court with a high head and q
ton of pride. That is always the way it
happens.
Reuben Johnson was charged with beat
ing Maria Allen. He confessed to having
slapped her $40 and twenty days in jail.
Robert Coleman alias Slaughter robbed
his employer OF SIS. Robert Coleman las
been convicted OF petty larceny under va
-ious names, and, but Cor the tecnnicaiftiss