The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-02
SOME THING NEW
UNDER THE sun.
Charged With Maliciously Waking
Baby.
JUSTICE JOHN AND THE CIRCUS
Chcwed snun-Ten-Dolln Fines
Arc As Common As Cam
paisn Buttons.
JUSTICE JOHN AND THE CIRCUS

The Police Court yesterday morning was
as dark as a shadow picture Jackson
Ward attended as a committee of the
whole and spread over the sEace ALLOTTED.
like the swar1ns of Egypt until the band
commenced TO play and then it was time
for disappearing, and in one minute there
was q void where before stood a repre-
sentative audience of the coiored popula-
lion.
The Great Dispenser worked like d little
bun team ploughing up NIL and then soe
through the docket too late TO see the
circus parade.
MANY FINES.
Fines rolled into the Golfers OF lhe
court as fast as small stones from the
big rock crusher on the new electric ca
nal.
The long list of Sunday DRINKS paid
handsome revenue 10 the clerk OF the hust-
aflgs Court and old timers who came to 'Ae
bar with one-seventy in their fists were
dazed TO find ii took dollar and a quarter
more TO buy their liberty, and shuftied oil
to the pen instead of going 10 the circus.
The tribunal of the Great Regulator has
had all sorts of cases and he began TO
think that there was nothing new under
the sun. But he was mistaken
WGIl-ktDWn SCnpOl ttSiSliSl Iiieii sou
his neighbors children with 'maiiciousiy
waking up his baby During the sum
1ner DAYS of school vacation the schoos
teacher nurscd his own baby and every
time he rolled il along the street the
neighbors little girls would shout SO loud
il would wake the baby. lie final4y told
one of the girls that he would slap her
if she again walked his baby. The girl
told her pa and the father threatened to
knock the school teachers head off Then
the warrant was gotten out against the
father.
JEALOUS OF HIS BABY.
The school teacher declared that
jealousy was somewhat the cause OF the
whole affair and that il had been go
ing on for some time. He sad MS
baby was so much pretder than his
neighbor's and people noticed MS paoE
So much more, they took exceptions to it.
The Great Dispenser commended the
school teacher for nursing the baby and
declared his delight that such fashion
had come into vogue since he IL
went out OF The family raising Bus
But he declared that if he had peen
In the school teachers neighbor's place
and the teacher had threatened TO smack
his little girl, he would have had TO re-
sign as a conseryater Of the peace
Both families were present but the
Great Dispenser declined to put the Ia
dies oa the stand and enjoined ali hands
10 go home and live in peace
W1n Morris Icolored) was charged with
beating ana choking his wife, Ellen MOT
ris. William declared he was q rail-
road man and hard worker and for six
teen years had tried to take care OF his
wife and put her into good society" raf
sht. would chew snuff and he caught her
with snuff in her mouth and threw her
on the bed and cholled it out OF her
mouth. But you snan't touch EN- except
in love-" declared the Great Dispenser
ana William went to the pen in default
OF the usual SD.
COSTLY PASS.
". B. TAYLOR and c. r. Reynolds were
nrraiglrea for fighting on the street. Nj.
Reynolds said he didn't fight just made
one pass at Taylor. I'll make pass a.
both. cheerfully remarked the Great
Dispenser, and the young men pohleu up
$3.50 each.
]. Al. Gray (colorea) cussed and abused
]. jacobson. tailor. where he had
coat repaired and also Mr.. jacobson Old
9nother. He paid SO
Henry Young (colored> hit and abused
Agnes Hatcher ana went TO the pen on
1oboggan side in default of the $40 fine
Thomas Draper (colored) was orunk
and told officer Robinson to go TO sheoi.
The Grlat Dispenser declared nobody
shoufd send MS officers there alive and
fined Thomas $50.
Philip Palmer, a hard SCRABBLE sioeci-
men. claiming North Carolina as his home
was arrested for being drunk and: beg
sing on the street Thirty days Wlth
labor was his portion
John Johnson and Eliza Goode (coioreO
charged with fighting on the street, de-
cared they We're only playing and after
receiving some of the Great Dispenser s
choicest irony paid the tiShtinG-tine OF
$3.50 each.
Amos Monroe (colored) beat Rosa Mon
roe his wife and went to the pen with
$40 fine standing against his name
JUVENILE vAGRANT.
Samuel Alexander a twelve-year-old
warrant, who claimed 10 have no nome
was committed to the Negro Refornatory-
.John Jones alias j. ". Ivy, and George
~. Randlebuster, white men, charged
with being suspicious characters, Were
held for investigation.
Julia Johnson (coored), just out of la
after serving sentence for a row VIII
Mary johnson. returned to the home O.
her ancient enemy with a heart full o.
revenge and straightway threw rocks a
Mary's house, breaking the windows
She was returned 10 jail for another
sixty days.
Mary Jane Strange (colored), once al
old habitue of the court of crimes, bu
FOR some years apparently reformed, has
fallen from grace and came up on th'
same old charge-drunk on the street
She paid the increased amount for TIL;
offence with many pouts. and the shoc.
of the exorbitant price row charged fo
a simple drunk may complete her reform
alton.
James Jones the eldest of the celebrated
Jones family. was the only representative
He was placed on the cooling-board TO
thirty days.
The Great Dispenser was stil trying
little cases when peoples duties in con
nection with the circus parade emptiet
the court except the prisoners and wit
nesses al the bar and those in the pen.