The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-19
THE RECORDERS MATINEE
A Waterloo for Rosa Swanson, , Negress-Suspected of
 Murder,

The Recorders Court yesterday after noon was the Waterloo of Rosa Swan
 son. Her adversary was Napolec n Marks. an ante-bellum negro with side whiskers, who wore a hickory shirt. The surname of the woman Is of Nor wegian extraction. but her skin is a deep brown leather color, and she lives In the neighborhood of the Cemetery Hill School on Hilliard Street The Swanson woman came into court with two dogs, which she fondled affection ately. It transpired that the dogs were the root of the difficulty. She was charged with disorderly conduct, but several young buck negroes were pro- ceeding to show that Rosa Swanson was as guiltless as the pug dogs of wrong doing. and the Chief of Police had be- gun to berate the officers for arresting an innocent person, when Napoleon
 Marks rushed into the court room. He was perspiring and was out of breath as though he had been running. "Ah, ha, Mir Marks exclaimed Chief Ger aid. we've been waiting for you. :"
 Marks said he had run sll the way to the court room, and that his wife. Harriet Marks, and his daughter, Fan nie Marks, was coming on behind. He swore that Rosa Swanson kept dis orderly house near his home. He said
 Rosa had called him vile names Mon- day night and Rosa laughed outright
 The woman. he declared. had pulled long knife and told him she had his age" evidently meaning that she would put an end to the existence of the head of the Marks household then and there This irritated old man Marks. and he had Rosa Swanson arrested. She In turn had Marks arrested.
 Harriet Marks and Fannie Marks cor roborated the testimony of Napoleon Marks, and Harriet Marks swore that Rose said she had $50 in bank to pay for damages which she might inflict upon the person of members of the Marks family. She said that in her humble judgment the Swanson woman
 was the worst woman in the world. She said that she belonged to "Bre'r Stokes's'' church and that Rosa SWan-
 son belong to "the devils church." Rosa Swanson told 8 grievous tale. She said one of her neighbors had knocked out the eye Of one Of her dogs. When she discovered the injury done the optic of the canine, Rosa Swanson
 etalked about the Hilliard Street
 ncighborhood looking for trouble. It appeared that she ran against old man
 Marks in the dark and said some un-
 pleasant words. She had not been
 drinking she said but she fell into
 ditch and cried police" murder" and
 used other expressions, some of which
 were not polite. She said she sat alone
 at night and played a guitar, the evil
 dence of the Marks family that she
 kept a disorderly house. notwithstand-
 ing.
 Recorder Tarver said it appeared that Rosa Swanson was a bad woman and
 that she had caused the Marks houseS | hold much trouble. She was fined S10 | and costs and Napoleon Marks was | discharged.
 Mark Vane. a black negro. was ar-
 rested by Patrolman Peoples at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The negro was asleep under the Bell Street bridge. He swore that he was employed by the Plant System Railway and that he went under the bridge to sleep
 until time to go to his work. The story
 of the negro was disconnected and he was held on suspicion that he might
 know something of the murder of the negress. Pheney Smith. who was shot to death in West End at o'clock yes
 terday morning.
 Nathan Malone. a negro who was are rested by Patrolman Graham while asleep on Dickinson Street early yes terday morning. was fined $2 and costs ClarleS Fs AklIlSp DlTnlnkudm
 printer who recently came to Montgom-
 cry. got drunk Monday night. He
 made a candid confession of his way wardness, but the Recorder assessed
 a fine of g and costs.
 The case against Calvin Law, a ne-
 gro charged with assault with intent to murder. was mol pressed. Law had
 a fight with woman at Madison
 Park. A ease has been made against
 him in a magistrate court.
 Cases against J. E. Worswick, and
 W. H. Murphy were dismissed. They
 were charged with erecting signs over
 the sidewalk and it was explained by
 the Chief of Police that they had been given permission to do so by the City
 Council.
 The case against Ed Moore. charged
 with assault and battery was contin-
 ued until today.
 c. F. Wade. charged with disorderly
 conduct, was dismissed.