The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-21
He BEAT A WOMAN
After Hiding a Week, Bot
Kelly Surrenders and
Gers Off With Costs.

Ten days ago was printed in this
paper the thrilling tale of John Kelly,
the coon from Carthage, who was run
house of some dusky DANES who dwell
within the confines of that obscure ana
diffident section of the moral vineyard,
named by reason of it's life and works
after the greater "Bowery.
1t will be remembered how Jonli
avs yanked as it were from Dehlnd 1dle
protecting petticoats of a haiI-ooAeii
of his lady friends at the pistols point,
and how. lamenting his fate, he was
returned to Carthage to answer for an
assault with a weapon that was dead
ly-or almost deadly-however used.
a flask which had contained the white
ticker of the hillside branch
John Kelly has disappeared these
ten days from the public eye-but now
comes his brother Bob and makes his
bow. He, too, placed the stage of his
actions on the bowery; and his char
acter was that of amateur Nemesis for
his brother John.
For when Bob heard of Johns ar
rest in the Bowery house, he took his
wrath between his teeth and started
out to avenge himself on those who
had put the sheriff next to his
Bob Kelly came finally to the house of
Fannie Younger, in whom he was con-
fident he had found the lady who had
PLAYED detective to his brother woe,
and on her he is said to have avenged
himself with many blows and kicks
and cuffs, using a bottle and rock
and his fists with great effect.
Then, as his brother had done be-
fore him, Bob bowed his farewells,
Missed between his teeth and VANISH
ed from the public eye.
This is the tale as it was told to the
police by numerous witnesses; ana,
since the woman was white and her
assailant black, the gorge of the au-
thorities rose at the thought and they
hunted for Bob Kelly as fererts would
seek a rat, but without avail. Then
Fannie Younger disappeared and the
Bowery began to whisper and its Whls-
perings came, as they always do, to
the ears of the police and the purport
of them was that the woman had died.
More rumors came in time from Gar
ner where it was said the woman had
gone. to the same effect, and the Of
ficerS redoubled their search, but still
to no purpose. until yesterday they
heard that Kelly had found himself by
surrendering to Constable Scott, that
he had been arrested on a warrant
charging simple assault, submitted
before Justice Reid and been discharg-
ed upon the payment of a fine and
costs. $2.56 in all.
To say that the police were dis
gusted would be putting it mildly.
They fumed inwardly and outwardly
smiled with heavy resignation. The
thing was done. thev say, before they
even knew of the arrest. Policeman
Banks was particularly surprised, in
that he. says that he had seen Justice
Reid told him that the police had
many witnesses and asked to be in
formed if Kelly was caught and
brought before him. Nothing of this
day, although the justice haHNPeDffS
ised to let the police know if the ar
rest was made.
Justice Reid was seen yesterday
and asked to make a statement re-
gagding the matter.
There were no Witnesses, said he
land no evidence of any assault except
that of one man who said that he had
seen the woman with her head tied up,
at which time she told the witness
that Bob Kelly had slapped her. /
don't know where Fannie Younger is,
but there is nothing in the report
about her being dead"
The witness who spoke of the
Shaping" was M. Wilder, who keeps
a store on South Mcdowell street. The
morning after the assault, he says, the
woman Game into his place with her
head tied up, bought tobacco and pa
pers and rolled and lighted cigar
cite. She said she had been slapped.
Now. it will be readily admitted that
Fannie Younger is a dove that is SO
soiled that she has lost in most things
the privileges of race as well as sex.
1t is known that she consorts with ne
groes; that she is lost even to the
straw of pride that keeps the fallen
woman to her color. But that she
should be beaten-or even slapped
by a negro and her assailant should be
let off with a penny and costs is not
a pleasant pill of thought to those to
know that blood runs deeper than the
skin.
In addition, this action of the JUS