The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-09
HE HAS THE NERVE!
R. R. Smith Arrested at
Bertha Browns for
Larceny.

pressive, it is Mr.. r. r. Smith, of the
town of Durham. who "has the nerve"
In the first place Mr.. Smith blows
in from his town to see his lady
friend" Miss Johnson, who is board
ing at the home of Miss Bertha Brown,
lady of the courts, nymph of the
district where red is the prevailing
color of the curtains over the glass
doors, a Faustine who is braZen in her
trade. There. or thereabout, abode
Mr.. Smith for a day or more in joy
and tranquility which was unbroken
until Wednesday when Miss Maggie
and Miss Irene flew into vocal pyro-
technics and started to mix it up, SO
that they were caught by the police.
1t would seem that this was a con-
tretemptS to have caused Mr.. Smith
to ponder. Not SO. He was bland
ness itself. In a rubber tired carriage
he came to the city to see the trial of
his friends, Name and Irene, and
when they had paid their fines, he
drove proudly back with his rescued
and Modified friend Maggie. There
was no downing Mr.. Smith. That the
police tried when they pulled" the
house of Bertha and summoned;
along with Maggie and Irene. Mr. r.
r. Smith as witness. Surely that
L.
Smith testified, as has been told, but
he said nothing. His air was that of
one worried at the necessity of admit
ting his whereabouts. That was ma
tural, but it turns out to have been
an affected naturalneSS. For when
the trial was over Mr.. Smith goes
back to the house of Bertha-and he |
takes a friend. Mr. Smith, when he |
woes a-visiting is a slayer.
oct ,dn tln In, I
hand. 1t seems that a Mr. Moody, Of |
Chatham, was the friend whom Mr.|
Smith took with him to the Davie |
street house. Mr.. Moody says that he |
vas drinking in gobs, but that he |
trusted in Mr.. Smith, who seemed to |
know the way. Mr.. Smith went in the |
back way. as though he owned the |
place. He was kind to his friend, |
picked him out a nice room, helped |
him to take off his shoes and sleep off |
his jag. When Mr. Moody awoke he
was more sober and grateful to his |
friend, Mr.. Smith He called the |
latter, and the two started to come to |
town. But after a little a strange |
hing happened to Mr. Smith He who |
had been all night the good Samaritan |
md .guiding star of inebriety, sudden |
y became himself intensely drunk. All |
the liquor he had ever taken seemed !
to take effect in a moment. In the |
tWinkling of an eye the tables We're !
turned. Mr.. Moody was now the |
sober member and he was much dis |
tressed at the condition of his com
oanion. The latter, however, though |
very drunk, was considerate. He coun- |
selled Mr.. Moody to let MIN alone and |
go ahead; he, himself, being drunk,
was fearful of the police and dared not |
90 to the city. They argued and Mr..
Moody finally left. He went to the |
stables to get his team. There he fen |
n a certain pocket after certain |
little roll of bills. Mr.. Moody jumped. !
lie became instantly sober indeed.
The money was gone. Mr.. Moody |
scratched his head and thought. Then |
he started for the East. Where he had
left the drunken Smith was emptiness
and loneliness. He proceeded to the
house of Bertha. There was no Smith
there! There was no roll of thirty
five dollars. Sadly Mr. Moody return
ed, still thinking. Yesterday he con-
ferred with the police.
Acting on their newly acquired !
knowledge as to the address of |
Bertha Brown, and the idiocyncrases
of Mr.. Smith, the police went straight
20 the house of the woman. Mr.. Smith |
vas there. The police accumulated |
him on a charge concerning the ron
IF money which was formerly in the |
pocket OF Mr.. Moody. All this VIII be
subject of trial in the Police Justices
Court today. But the feature of the
whole story is the nerve of Mr.. Smith.
Truly his initials must mean rail
road. for nothing can stop him when
he starts. Think of what happened to
Mr.. Smith! He goes a-visiting. A
man from the same town visits at the
same place and blows out his brains
the following day. Does that stop
Mr.. Smith NIFTY! Two of the young
ladies' on whom he calls electrify the
atmosphere with curious oaths and are
arrested. Does Mr.. Smith doubt that !
hey are perfect ladies? His conf
ience is as the rock of Gibralta. Later
he land-lady is arrested and proven |
to keep house of ill-fame and Mr..
Smith steps into the public eye as one
riding the streets with the inmates and |
putting up at the place. That heat up
Mr.. Smith? Nay, neigh Irene! He is
salamander And, lastly, this
charge of robbery. Is Mr.. Smith per-
urbed who knows?
At any rate the police are on the |
light track. They have put the hot
thing in the cooler!
But Mr. Smith has the nerve