The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-03
ONLY 4. BIRD! N
A GILDED CAGE
Justice John Deals With His Most
Jagged Friends.
READY FOR The BANKERS.
Great Love OF Liquor Brings Young
Man TO a Ecionious C,,arse-Loss
of Two Limbs Not Warning
Enoush TO Mack Armstrong.

Only few OF the bankers visited the
tribunal of Justice John yesterday. and
the smpromptal remarks that he has pre-
ing TO himself until the presidents and
cashiers are through panGueting and can
get up In time 10 attend MS court.
STRAIN HATS CALLED IN.
The Great Dispenser has called In
straw hats. He appeared this morning
in natty new Alpine, looking as spruce
as a metropolitan delegate to the Bank
crs Convention.
Any one who appears now covered with
headgear of straw Will be ostrac1zed by
Police Court society, and the edict IS
just as inexorable as if the Great Dis
penser had had 1t shouted from the TOP
OF the City Hall.
The Great Lawgiver had to pass on
some Of the iaggedist jass that ever
meandered up 20 the bar OF justice.
Albert Harris (colored9 got drunk ana
showed his attentions upon a Sifi "ith
whom Winston Allen was keeping steady
company, and Winston hit him with MS
strong right arm. The Great dispenser
commended the blow and dismissed the
case.
FELoNIoUS ASSAULT.
Robert NJ Hardy, whose worst sin was
drinking, now stands charged with a
felony brought about by his love OF
liquor. Already drunk he met FLORENCE
Saunders and another woman OF her ii>.
The two women had bottle. out OIL
which they had been drinking, and half
a mint left Robert dem lnded a drink
and because he was refused Knocked
Florence in the head with a railroad
spike, cutting cash which Dr. Hliis
of the ambulance, closed with Jour
stitches.
Robert was sent to the grand jury
charged with felonious assault
OF course, the Jones family had rep.
resentative in the Jagged parade j. ".
Jones held UP the family reputation He
is a merry cuss with an artists concep-
ton of the fitness of things, and When
arrested on lower Main Street and placed
in the police patrol-wagon with an olacer
inside 10 hold him up and one on the
step to keep him in, j. W. RECALLED the
street with song. his resonant voice roll
ing out the words 'oniy B'rd IN
Gilded Cage.
j. NJ. was generous with promises TO
the Great Lawgixer, and then threaten
ed to take an appeal against his sentence
OF So fine or thirty days IN lali.
WE'LL LOADED.
John s. Harper loaded himself to ms
fender speusons with five cent shorts ana
refused 10 take an officers advice TO go
1,nn,e Indeed, he so resented these offl-
c;a1 atruonitions that he came before Inc
bar charged with being not only drunk
but disorderly, and went 10 Jail III de-
fault OF 500 line.
Mack Armstrong has gone 10 worship
ing al the same old slaiane- He used 10
be one of Justice john steady Susioiiiei9
until one day while drunk and beating
his way or. !. train. he fell between two
cars and lost a leg and an arm. The ac-
ctziert served as an object-lessen TO Mack
for some time, but he was found drunk
against a fence three doors from home
The Great Dispenser looked with plying
eye and gave him one more show.
r.. c. Price q handsome young man.
Handsomely dressed. came 10 Richmond 10
attend college and drank deep OF lle pois-
oned cup.
lie was before the court for drunken
ness the dar before, and was fined and
dismissed II. had sl2O in his pocket He
WAS now back again, worse Iebaached ana
all his money gore.
He was locked UP TO be kiln dried
before release.
MI. Callum Berger. clerk in a grocery
store had Il light with J. c. Goodman.
The latter wanted TO buy a sever-cent
msckerel for five cents, and the row en-
sued Mr. Berger claimed he was acting
in self-defence, and threw three four
pound weights at Goodman, one Of them
5 Str4hiGg llfn between the shoulders
The Great D spenser fined Berger SO.
Mr.. Harry c. Glenn, his counsel, took an
appeal.
NEGRO AND A KNIFE
Clarence Games. Clarence Hauan, Vert
Jones and all the other little niggers ,,in
town, Went to the depot to watch them
load the circus.
There is something in a circus that
arouses The savage instinct. and when
Clarence Hannah and Vert Jores called
to Clarence Gaines. he came bounding with
his knife poised He made swpe al Vert
bu; missed him and cut Clarence Gaines
In the arm. All hands are about fourteen
years old
A bench warrant was issued, charging
Gaines with felonious cutting, and the
case was continued to get witnesses.
Alice Bradshaw and j. w Bradshaw,
mother and daughter. We're charged with
disturbance and creating a noise TO The
annoyance of the neighborhood
Tsaev were advised TO seek "a more
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