The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
EXCITING DAY
IN POLICE COURT
The Condition of a Mule Goes Unde-
cided.
CALL FOR EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Two Young Men From Over the River
Bring Their Guns AionE-Bacchus
Archer Gets Dose OF Hiz-
oner's Medicine.


ergy yesterday as a peanut VeI1der IN a
circus tent, and sailed into the Temple
Of Justice with the grandeur of the inter
national feet storming the Taku forts
dc ripped through the Police court
docket like runaway ioconlollSe.
They threw cross ties and telegraph
poles in his way, but he knocked
ihe.n off the track and tore along a little
faster for every OBSTRUCTION. and only
stopped when he was tired OF talking ana
ready for a rest
EXCITEMENTS.
1t was a day OF excitements. Sergeant
Thomas was off on a picnic excursion, and
she voice and facile pen Of Clerk White
were on double duty.
There were lets of visitors present. m
GLIDING ladies. Mr.. John Boiler. OF 22lo
East Franklin Street. was taken sick In
court, attended by Dr. MurTell ard taken
home In the ambulance, and altogether 1t
twas a stirring day.
Charles Bartlett, OF SwansboTo, ana
Etanly Kahn. of Manchester, nice-looking
young men, came over to Richmond ana
brought their pistols with them
They got iito an alteration with some
Richmond boys, and fight was on hand,
when the Richmond boys, finding the 9TH
crs armed, called Officer Duggans, and the
visitors from the other side Of the river
concealed weapons.
PIsoLs FOR TWO.
The young men swore their weapons were
sn their belts, not concealed and the 9TH
sers were equally as positive that they
Cook them from their pockets.
$50 fine and 80 days in Jail is Justice
sohn's lowest for carrying concealed
egeaDons.
The young men we're without friends or
counsel in court, and Mr.. Harry G. Glenn
came to the rescue. and secured con-
ytinuance until they could summon witness
es they thought material to their defence.
Bacchus Archer (colored) went to the res
sdence of Mr.. j. 3. Lacy yesterday and
beat Charity Archer, his wife. in Mr.
1-acy's kitchen, and then intimidated the
household by threatening to take her
away if he was prosecuted.
Il did not appear that Bacchus had been
soourng libations. but he acknowledged he
beat Charity. and 10 beat woman is as
good for ten dollars in Justice JOINTS court
as a cent is for a ginger cake, and Bac-
schus went down in default.
CALLED BACK.
After he was behind the bars he was re-
called and given a dose of Hizoner's medi-
cine for threatening to take his wife away.
The Great Dispenser later heard he was
Beating his wife because she would not
give him her wages. and he was recalled
before the Terror of Fvil-d"7~rs once again,
and sent back TO durance vile with the
threat that he would be hung if he ever
again touched a cent of his -aife's money.
Mr.. A. G. Billings was charged by Mr..
Emmett c. Taylor, special agent Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10
Animals, with cruelty working a sick
mule Mr.. Taylor declared the mule laid
on the street sick two hours. and when
ne made the driver unhitch him it took
an hour for the mule to walk block
The driver said .sthe mule want sick
he jes laid down every time he got het.
Mr.. Billings also testified to the mules
Eistaste 10 hot weather, and declared
The mule was not sick
The mule was on the outside. hitched to
buggy, and kicking at flies now and
then, all unmindful of the serious business
in the tribunal below.
CALI, FOR VOLUNTEERS.
The Great Dispenser declared when il
came 10 a question of mules he was al
fault, and called for volunteers on mule
Oiogy.
NOBODY responded, and then he COM
tnenced to make conscriptions. Captain
Whitlock said he had eaten mule-meat in
the army, but knew nothing about mules
on the hoof.
Policeman Bradley declared he could
hardly tell the difference between mule
and 4 COW, and gracefully Withdrew from
fhe contest.
Policeman Wyatt said he had often rid
den a mule, but never heard of a sick
mule before. and would be afraid to trust
his Judgment
Officer Clarkson was called, as one GER
rain TO be acquainted with the ailments
bf mules. but he said he had been afraid
of mules all his life, and never got near
enough to mule TO tell whether he was
alive OF jus. making out.
CONSCRIPTS
Then the Great Dispenser commenced
10 levy ON the citizen ranks. There was
an immediate retreat of men who own
searns. Finally, a stable-keeper who was
TOO close to escape was pressed into SER
vice and he and Bailif Larry Gibbons,
who is a connoisseur on mules, were sent
10 view the animal.
They went out in a very solemn man
sler and looked down the mules ears. felt
his tail, and drove him around the square.
They came back and reported they had
eeen fatter mules. and prettier mules, and
faster mules, but, if they were hunting
for sick mule, they would go further.
They couldn't tell from the state of the
mules health now what his physical con-
dition was on the 1ith, when he was
reported by Mr. Taylor, but he was all
tight now. according 10 the general run
Of mules
Mr. Taylor stuck to the correctness of
his diagnosis. but. with such eminent
authority and the lapse of time. he was
nsfeated and the case was dismissed.
THE UNIFoRTUNATES.
..Poor Dan Shelly the most amiable
and persistent Of inebriates. was given
another term in Jail ito save his life"
Isaiah Gregory tcolored). for being
drunk and disorderly on the street, was
Nued 500, and went TO Jail in default
George Wilson, an alleged Confederate
veteran. who each time returns a little
,nore>dirty and a little more ragged, was
back for drunkenness and begging on the
street. He outtaiked the Great Dis
penser. who hates to put the old man in
iail, and, for the tenth time swore on
his honor he would at once leave town.
But he won't.
There were other caseE some were dis
missed with costs. and some We're con-
sinued.