The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-18
GIRLS HAVE
A FIGHT.
Bessie Meyer Kicked a
Companion and Caused
General Trouble
While Drunk.

| james laws was Inc nrSt prlsOns
er to face Judge Ball in the city
court this morning. He was charg.
ed by Officer Lyons with being
drunk and was fined 81 and costs.
Officer Pearson charged John
Sweeney with similar offence and
was fined 81 and costs. =,
John Green was charged with be-
ing drunk and disorderly. Officer
Gllllng testified he arrested the man
at Seventh and Lombard streets.
The man was under the influence
otliquor and used bad language both
before and after he was placed un-
der arrest. He was fined IS and
costs.
Bessie Meyer pleaded not guilty
to the charge of assault and battery
OF Mary Frair. Her testimony was
that for the past seven weeks tho
defendant has been slurring her.
On Monday night she came into tho
house under the influence of liquor
and called her foul names. Later.
she appeared and grabbed her by
the hair and dragged her overthe
floor. She succeeded in pullingra
large handful of hair out of her
head. She carried the war down
stairs and assaulted the mistress OF
the house and beat her. Her head
is now covered with Jumps where
she kicked her while on the ground.
For the defense Viola Brown testi-.
fled she is another inmate of the
house at Fifth and Orange streets.
She saw the hair pulling act but
did not see the prosecuting witness
kicked. The disturbance lasted
for about an hour and half In p
order to see ii the claim of the pros-
ecutlng witness was correct she
was sent upstairs to Matron Wogap
for examination. Mrs. Wogan up.
on being sworn, testified that upon
examination she found that the
girls limbs and shoulder were
swollen and blackener. Her head
is sore and feverish. The prisoner
said that it was visitor to the
house that had assaulted the girl.
The court recalled the prosecuting
witness and she stated that the
young man had been drinking beer
but she did not assault her. He
did not throw her over the chair as
claimed by the prisoner. A fne
of $40 and costs was imposed. -
Elias Walker, colored, was
charged with the larceny of push y
cart, the property of Arthur Nc.
keown. The testimony was that
the defendant cleaned his house al
No. 12l French street. He came
around later and wanted to borrow
money to buy rags. Finally h.:
came around and borrowed hal!
a dollar to buy rags. Later tho
push cart disappeared and about a
week ago he met him and he ran
away from him. Yesterday he met
Walker and grabbed him and acted
as detective until an officer arrived
and sent the man to the city hal.
For the defense Lizzie Poore testS
fled that she knew nothing about
the case. She has often loaned both
money and cart and she considered
him strictly honest. Henry Boyer,
colored, testified that he was to cali.
for the push cart as he did not have
the money to pay for the cart. Tho
excuse he gave for not bringing
back the cart was that he wan
working. William Buck, colored,
testified that Walker told him OF
the morning the cart disappeared,
that he was going to borrow hall
dollar and push cart. Daniel
Mccormick testified that he heard
Mckcown say yesterday that he
oaned the cart and fifty cents to
he man. The case was dismissed.