Evening journal., 1905-02-27
TERROR TO THE
NEIGHB0RH00D
Reba Roberts, Colored, Pro
nounced Worst Woman in
Town by Magistrate
PLACED UNDER A PEACE BOND
speeIal 10 nd EvenIng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
New Castle. Feb. 27.-Acoording TO
Magistrate Terry, Reba Roberts, col
ored. is 'the worst woman in New Cas-
tie" and his experience with her in a
legal way appears to bear out this as
sertion.
Reba. who is % years Of age, seems
to be particularly waywand, and the
language she uses IN public would do
credit to the proverbial trooper. On
Saturday afternoon the woman figured
in two cases before the magistrate.
one being offensive. the other defensive.
Howard Brown, of dusky hue, was
charged with fighting I'm the streets
with Reba and with committing an as
sault upon her by striking her with
bail made of snow. After hearing the
evidence Brown WAS placed under a
peace bond OF 500. which he promptly
furnished.
Terror to Neishborhood.
At the conclusion of the Brown case
the Roberts woman was arraigned on
a charge OF acting IN a disorderly man
ner in a public place. The testimony
was 20 the effect that she had cursed
and sworn in such manner as to
have aroused the neighborhood In
which she lived for several blocks
around
In passing sentence Judge Terry said:
"Re'ba Roberts. you are "a terror to the
lneighboIhood and are one of the worst
women in the town ] warn you not
to come before me again, for II you
do I shall send you TO the worxhOuso.
The sentence Of the court is that you
furnish a bond Of 500 FOR your future
good behavior" The woman was in
cline dt obe defiant, but finally offered
Lewis Roberts as her surety and was
released from custody.
! Joseph Williams, colored, WAS ar
raigned for assaulting Harry Cornish.
4 It was alleged that Williams threw
Cornish an a snow bank and followed
this action mp by beating him. 500 to
keep the peace was the decision of the
court, which sum Williams was COM
PEELED to furnish before he was allowed
to depart.
Columbia Jrs. Defeated Ivy.
In the Opera House on Saturday
evening the Columbia juniors defeat
ed the Ivy basketball team. OF Will
mington by a score of 13 to 10. AT the
close Of the frsts half the score stood
even to A. The line-up and summary
follow:
Columbia Jrs. Ivy.
Connor ....... forward ........ Dugan
Lancaster ..... forward ...... Simpson
Jones ......... center .... McKendricl,
Wright ........ defense ,.......... Booth
Peech ........ defence ......-.... Berry
Goals from field Dugan, 1; Connor
/; Lancaster, 2; Peech, 4; goals from
fouls. McKendrick. 8: Connor. 4: Lam
caster /. Offences called. Columbia, 1S;
on Ivy, 10. Referee, William Virden.
! lTimckeepers, Charles S. Flaming for
Columbia Jrs.; w. c. Harris for IVY.
Time, twenty-minute halves.
John Henry Davis Injured.
John Henry Davis. colored. met with
a painful accident on Saturday after
noon as the result of which ne is con-
shned in the Delaware Hospital. vii.
mington. Davis was riding horse
owned by John Palmer and when IN
the vicinity of the brick now In shaw.
town. fell from the animals back and
broke his ankle DIR. Stewart gave tenn.
porary relief and sent John Henry Il
the hospital.
News Of the oTwn.
After an absence OF six month.
Thomas Hewitt, who is renresentins
the Delaware Button Company ia Pitts.
burg, returned home on Saturday.
A. Y. Lesley George. trustee Of tn,
poor. had sixteen applicants. all color.
ed people, for aid call at his home OF
saturday evening.
The Foreign and Home Missions O.
the NJ. e. Church, will meet at the HON,
OF Mrs. Edward Challenger tonight
On Wednesday night the w. c. II. u
viii meet at Mrs. Theodore Atl0inson's s
Mt and Mrs. George Swan will eel
ebrate the fifteenth anniversary OF theh
wedding at their home this evening
large number OF invitations hav,
been issued.
While at work at the Brylgon Stee
Casting Company's plant on saturda,
Henry Ewing had two fingers OF hi
left hand badly crushed between tw,
castings.
Dr. w. II. Kuntz has successful,
treated twelve cases of scarlet feve
and Is not clear Of patients of tha
class.
The old house at Second and Har
'mony streets formerly occupied by Lev
Collins has been razed.
The schooner Orleans. from Rock
port, Me-. with a cargo OF ice consign
ed to Joseph L. King. has arrived /,
port.
! Ries p. Graham has resigned Ms DO
! sltion as clerk AT the Atlantic Hous
and viii be succeeded by Charles IA
! Shearcr. Mr.. Graham has not vet de
cided what he will do.