The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-13
STICKY DAY IN
POLICE COURT
Justice John Works Hard Over a
Small Docket.
STIRRED UP The HORNETS NEST
Great Dispenser Can Stand Anything
on Earth Except the Charge Of
Being Afraid = Reporter
Takes Par, of small BOY.

Things were sticky in The Big White
Chamber this morning and The sulrs ar
hung around the bench bar as lhich DIS
official whiting paper. a large audisiice
greeted the Great Dispenser. They came
10 enjoy the discontinue OF their 1eAoW
citizens, less wary than themselves ana
were so unfortunate as 10 get caught.
Justice John worked tbs morning Ike
n coalheaver on a patueshlp. lie was
mol In the collar and sizzed like lump
OF lime in small BIZ of water.
STIRRED HIM UP.
You have. seen a brown-coated hornel
on a hot summer day, quietly crawl
around MS nest as IL life had no purpose
and you couldn't STIR him with a STICK
but let a small boy throw clod of dit in
his direction and quick as Mauser bui-
let he IS all wings and siinss-
We'll. the Great Dispenser had sailed
the ship OF justice into the Doidrunls. the
summer Soze was upon the court. the
people were all good and the Dc white
chamber was q desert waste without eH-
element.
TIE Great Judicial Insect busted him
salf around his Temple. drinking ice-water
and without spirit enough 10 drive hooo
ont of Town. The newspapers had called
him several new names, and thrown twigs
and graves at him without number. but
he just went along in his slow summer
way.
The reporter hated TO do il. but it was
necessity Stagnation does not pay. There
was the clod of dirt and the boy threw IL.
The clod OF dirt was labeled thus: Inc
Great Dispenser lives in dread OF news
paper reporters.
BE WOKE UP.
Great us
,senser $ %-nss we're hnI1niinS aua h's
sLnss uut saSd io.aS.
auu m.snl nave SID iIe WIS uSiE, o.
that he Was a.,caa, and lie Gouiu nave
sSainec a4oBg 40 ssreneiy Us MICRO MUSE
aYin 4 Dauy carriage Ola i croaGed sue
MIX. iout say lac was aHaiu oi NeGa-
paper reporters. IL was Ike iettii5 4vose
the volcanic suipfiurlc eTupt-ons OF S1,.
Llna II one grand ellluV-A.
l won't Tea you @aat he sad, il weuio
please 4um TOO well; out we had lively
Gay.
Eugene Rord tcolored) was charged w:l.a
beating Manuel Williams 1Hoie was q
bi4ck II Inc case, but Manuel MAO IL lie
CANNED that h-s ioae Was iiid.slleu IL
looncd very far, put Sergeant thomas,
who Grabbed him by the uc-d IKE 4 soHee
WITHOUT i naIter, SAID Il was Tie isat
q
money and tAey were driven our OF court
nl!4.e Mailman WAS charged with beat
ing Moses ANe4norun. Moses SAD While
was always atter nm. suy.ng nm ana
trying 10 make a fool OF HIM. moses. how
ever declared he had not succeeded and
The Great dispenser dismissed Inc case
No GGOD.
Mary Coleman tco.of.uJ presented TWO
OF her progeny 10 Ine GREAT Disteilser-one
auleeu, Tue other ten-and SAD they
,youlunt WORK and she 'couAunt do
uuln-n wid ,eln-lhey were SEM 10 the
coored reformatory.
Lu4u johnson. coiored, was charged
with abusing sarah Harris. The latter,
her husband sa4u, hau been sick Tor SIX
weeks and drawing sick benents from The
insurance companies. Inc JonnaonS de-
ciared sarah stayed in bed in day time,
and Ike the freely, came out at niSht-
TINS testimony MAS interesting 10 the IN
surauce men present who We're paying the
benefits. Patio hunter, a sister OF Lulu
johnson. was also charged with abusing
Hate Smith. The Great dispenser de-
clared ii ali much ado about nothing.
made Sarah Harris husband pay costs IN
one case and the Smith girls father in the
other.
A GIRL THAT CAN THROW
Mary White, dansel of the street, who
looked as if she might have been lost
from the Oriental theatre in the Streets
OF Cairo, was charged with throwing a
rock into . street car, breaking a ransom
and striking a young lady on the head.
Mary White, by name and nearly SO
by complexion, declared she threw at j
girl and missed the girl and hit the car.
but several eye witnesses said there was
no object in her line OF vision except the
car.
She was fined $50 with costs of So and
paid it and then walked out of court
striking her heels against The grano-
liIhic as if SO fines We're only in
cidents Of city life.
Charles L. Weaver, colored, was charged
with stealing 4 half barrel of whisky from
the Southern depot Monroe Jones, coz
ored, said he saw him drive off with il
on a dray. but his testimony was un-
cerroborated and Weaver proved a good
character and went free.
OLD FASHIONED WAY.
Irwin Davis. colered. about Il years old.
was charged with beating small boy and
taking 81 cents from him. Irwin stoutly
denied the charge in the face Of strong
evidence.
He was chastised after court in an
inner chamber OF the temple with Ser
seant Thomas as supervisor, and his
mother as high eXecutioner.
The charge against Lyman Stultz and
j. r. Siul;z of trespassing on the prem
ises of Mrs Annie Rhodes and threaten
ing TO shoot her. was dismissed at the in
stance of Mrs. Rhodes on payment at
costs by the accused.
There We're number of small rows ana
ueighbo-hood fuses, which the Great Dis
peaser settled according TO up-to-date
IDEAS Of regulating family affairs.