The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-28
.G.(EAT DISPENSER
WASIN BADHUMOR
He Said He Wouldn't Be 1riHed
With, but He Changed
His Mino. ::

The Great D;snense- said he was in no
humor to be trlfied with YESTERDAY Do ~
cas- a w!therlng glance around tiie
But when Mrs. Lena Mura soI oli , -
stand to tell ABOUT a negro steaiiiiS -,
two chickens the story was so funny 'Ha.
the Great Dispenser forgot ne was 1iiau
and ioined i'll the general hilarity
Il didn't see him take the chickens,
she said. but his actions were 50 Sus-
picious that I believe he took theIl' anu
YOU know a niger likes chickens, espe-
cially on Christmas l am a woman y.
few words generally, and l told him tl1al
if he had told me he wanted chicken
1 might have helped him out. 'oio
him | wasn't able TO have chicken hlyseii
He said he wondered who took the chlck-
ems, and offered to help me look tor them
when he got his shoes on we louno
some of the feathers. and the heads IN
the back lot, YOU know
81 told him that anybody that steals
chickens will have rheumatism before the
year is over, and. sure enough, when
Il lady who lives upstairs asked MIN 10
carry up half q ter Ct coal for her he
said he couldn't do ID because he mad
the rheumatism. and when she told him
that he wouldn't have had the rheumatism
if he hadn't stole the chickens he just
laughed. So l believe he took them
because he had the rheumatism. and you
KNOW "nen anybody eats SLUltli
he gets the rheumatism
Chickens and negroes get together
very often, but you haven't proven that
this negro and your chickens got to-
eether, so I'll have to dismiss the case,
said the Great Dispenser.
Mrs. Mura wanted to argue her case
still further. but she was shut off. and
when the crowd got through laughing the
next case was called.
W. H Doherty (colored) went to r. L.
Smiths private dancing school and tried
to break it up. lie created all kinds of
disorder, and drew IL pistol which he
fired i'll the street with a great flourish,
and everybody scattered He will have
time to repent, for he was charged So
for disorderly conduct so and thirty
days for carrying concealed weapons, S23
for shooting in the street, and placed
under security for six months.
Bessie James, a comely white girl. was
fined 81 30 for being drunk.
Pat Demsey sent to the gang for
sixty days as a suspicious character.
Lou Hunt, strange negro girl. got
into a fight when she first made her APP
pearance upon the streets of Richmond.
and she was sent down for ninety days.
John Murdoch (colored) said he didn't
remember hitting Matte Moseley, but
from what she told him afterwards he
he was given ten days.
RebeCca Harris (colored paid $50 for
being drunk and dancing on the street
The case of Walter Jones and William
Hayes (colored) for assaulting each other
was continued to December Goth.
William Brown (colored) was sent on
to the grand jury for cutting Henry
Goode.
The case of John Williamson charged
with assaulting I. W. Biassee, was laid
over to January LIST.
The two young men-Hugh Longest and
William Spencer-charged with having in
their possession four brasses belonging to
the c. e O. We're sent on to the grand
jury. They said they found the brasses
at Seventeenth and Broad Streets.
George Alley alias Hill (colored) was
sent on to the grand jury for holding up
Mr. John Flick on Christmas-Eve and
taking a watch and chain from him. He
was also placed under bond for twelve
months as a suspicious character.
Charles Atkinson was placed under 500
bonds for six months on the charge of
taking an overcoat belonging to l.. P.
Carpenter. Two pawn-tickets for over
coats We're found in his pockets.