The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-03
CAUGHT ASLEEP;
IN CHUR|||C'.A |: y ||
Justice john, Who Often Sleeps
III Church, Let's Unfor-
tunate Man Go. si
WE'RE RUNNING BLIND TIGER
One John Slaps Heavy Fine On
.8. Woman Who Was g2..4
.,I554a Caught. 8E s n


III was not disorderly, Judge Hoa
was drunk, and when found him, was
sleep In "a church yard. said tho off,
Ger whe,, Nv. II. Baxter, q white mar
came 10 the counter behind which sat
Justice John j. crutchilcld yesterday
morning. Z 4.
ASLEEP in q church yard !" exclaimed g
the Justice, fixing his gaze upon the IN
blue coat. II. q III .55sf
" es, Sir. When ]. found him he was
uIleep in the yard surrounding TRINITY Err NIt!,
Church, at twentieth and Broad str'cets' 81
answered the officer. n
"Thore arc better bodies than TINS ms oho
who are now sleeping In n church yard'
sa,d ne Justice, and q sad look hp-
peared upon his counter,ance. q. y! 4
"put,n continued the man who has 70
f,oo1 with all kinds OF cases, IT shows
that you have some inclination 20 90 Inc
i III hing, a Perhaps the spirits that
hovorcd above your head while you lay
III 4 drunken sleep meath the shadows
or that house Of worship whispered into
yo,r ears some words Of reformation.
Maybe you'll be better In the future. I
trust that you enjoyed the nap. Go on.
and thank tho stars that you found q
Mace in the church yard, - finished tho
Justice. a Ell s8,s ~,
Kate Hardy, a8negro woman VINO . slts
with her eyes closed for g Few mn !,
and then comnunes win tfhe splrlts' ,..,a
With the little god Cupid, was yankeo
n ~ court On tho charge of having stolen
money from Julia Bates.
"She wanted me to give her some
money for her sprlnkling de low q US US
on me. said julia
.&"Huh,,' grunted the court. s
~ .rYas. sar: she us one of4dese couture
niggers, en- she say she ken make your.
teller low. you ef he den Glib you de
! go-by.f I aln't had enough money Ter d az
;snerI,men' and she den token all had
and amt made dat man CONC pnuA -
nah arms none tall,'' answered Julia
"Glrnme $1oo security for six months
before7 YOU shake some of that dust on
me and make me soft-heartcd ana
spoony,'' said the Judge. u = I'll Il
Running Blind Tiger.
ofr,cers Krengel German and Hulcher.
rounded $np q house at No I'll North First
Street sunday and caught three per-
sons-two negro men and a negro wo-
man-selling whlskey. TrcXina brown.
who kept the house. was fined 800 ana
given four months in jail. Dennis Butler
an aged negro, and l.. D. Lewis, a de-
formed wretch. were placed under secur-
ity for three months. z--.d
| B Willie Schurnl got in%-& trouble because
,he didn't know enough to stop talking.
Ha was charged with beating II w.
Garter, another white man. and was
fined IS. "All right sir; but I'm sorry
didn't nut the thing in him before
now" said schurm.
"Gimme security in the Sum of 500
| for your good behavior for twelve
months, ~ shot out the court, and Schurm
| was detained for a while.
Annie Johnson, Annie Garter and Sadie
Owens paid $3.50 each for being disor-s
derby characters
IHThomas Pierce. a very black negro,
ambled2,lp on the charge Of being drunk.
5'Where'd you come from, nigger?"
asked the Justice.
nI'se from Bellheld, =. answered Thomas
4t.Bellfeld! Where's that?"
liant YOU never hear talk er Bellheld?
1 OATS Emporla, too. said Thomas and
| he really looked as though he felt sorry
for the ignorance Of the Richmonders,
i"I understand now, Thomas. me boy.
1 And want you to understand something.
i Get out OF here, and get back to Bell
! field, alias Emporia, right at once. Now,
i gtl" s5
got. III. !,
4 beating Mary Brown Sr., and the case
i went over until tomorrow.
Give Manchester a Show,
Thomas Williams, a negro, was taken
4. back to Manchester by Officer Moore
who wanted him for misdemeanol
charge. ,ti
N"Let Manchester have something, 4 sale
the Justice to the officer from the South
/. side. l,3 :,
i'"rhank you. sir. for the prisoner, vs.
will soon have something to speak Of
for We are going to annex Richmond in 9
4 few years, innocently said Mike.
.Goner to do what! Annex Rich-Ieh
what you mean? I
/ But Mr. Moore was disappearing
i through the door.
i "You reckon he really means that
i edgar? Say, Gilbert Pollock Is Man
chester trying to take us in r. asked TN
Justice.
M have heard such a rumort but was
4 fam to believe 1t, said Mr., White,
a F''We are working with another end y
view. Greater Richmond and not create
Manchester. Is our motto at present,
volunteered the attorney
.tWell, T feel relieved whole lot, sail
II, The DRINKS were allowed to dopar
= with warnings. as
coNvENEs TO-DAY.
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