Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-12
Police Court.

TJustice II. b. Cation presiding.
The following cases were disposed OF
this morning:
Ayouth pupil at Washington school, ar
rested by Officer Young chargec with pull
ing door bell, was placed in the dock.
The officers stated that he saw the ac-
cused commit the act, and that he was
one of half dozen youngsters who we're
throwing stones and attracting atten-
ton generally. The boys companions
took the stand. Some said the accused
merely touched the bell Others that he
rubbed his hand against it, stepped from
one porch to another, &c. None, how
ever, saw him pull the bell. The ac-
cused in his statement denied the charge
urged by the officer, said he ran first
upon ole step and then upon another on
his way from school, and that when
placed under arrest he offered to return
to the house and ask the landlady if the
bell had been rung The accused
was dismissed with reprimand.
1t may not be generally known, but 1t
is a fact nevertheless, that under the
rules governing the public school system
scholars who misbehave in the streets on
their way to on from school can be ex-
PEELED. OF course such a procedure
would not be resorted TO save in some
aggravated cases. Parents, however,
should endeavor to impress upon their
children the importance OF observing the
school regulations, as there is chronic
complaint of the mischievoHsness OF
some pupils.
Rose Matthews, colored, had been ar
rested by Officer Lyles on complaint OF
Mamie Rucker, colored, charged with
assault. The preamble of the plaintiff
was attenuated and long drawn out, but
the justice listened patiently to all OF 1t.
The witnesses were also verbose, as was
the defendant, The latter finally ac-
knowledged she struck the plaintiff. She
was fined So.
Edward Pratt, colored, had been ar
rested by Officers Sherwood and Beach
charged with disorderly conduct and de-
stroying property of the electric railway
company. Conductor Hudson was the
star witness, and he testified in substance
that the accused became disorderly on
train Yesterday afternoon, ne having ne
come incensed at the action OF a white
man who had been seated in the portion
of the car allotted to colored people. The
white man left the car and went on the
platform after the conductor told him to
move out of the colored peoples apart
ment. but Pratt seemed disposed to keep
the affair going and when the conductor
interfered for the purpose OF keeping
order the darkey in scuffie broke sew
eral window glass in the car and fed
He was later taken in charge at Airing
ton Junction and sent to this city. The
evidence of others of the train crew was
substantially the same as that OF the
conductor. At this juncture an obese
colored woman appeared outside the bar
and asked to be heard. Conductor Hud-
son said he would like to make charge
against the woman also, as she really
caused Pratt to get into fighting humor
and had caught him (the conductor) BY
the collar, giving him considerable
trouble, and had afterward vanished.
The woman was ordered to step into the
dock instead of taking the witness stand
She gave her name as Fannie Hill. Pratt
in his defense said the white man used
an ugly epithet toward colored females
in the car and precipitated the difficulty.
The man and woman were fined 50 each.
George Holiday, celored, arrested by
Officers knight, Belts and Beach for
assaulting Martha Lucas, was fined 50,
and klbert Green, coIored, arrested by
Officers Lyles and Ferguson charged
with harboring Holiday and aiding him
to evade the officers, vas fined a like
amount