The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-03
Plea d 4 WIFE
WINS ! [; his Case ! |. i.
Prisoner Wis lets His Spouse
Do All the Ta;tlllSing Gets Ss#
Off Easil y.5s M
DAY With ]. JUSTICE i + JOHN 81
I Long and Varied Dock for a
Hot NJ ond ay Some Amusing i
Gases 3 efore# lis Honor.
I..lII..yl N

Silently and sadly the g1ea t ] ed &c took
his accustomed seat. N The foibles X. Of
humanity, the weaknesses and the sins
are as old as llfo Itself !, and since The
days when Adam fist Eackno wledgcd the
CHARMS OF Eve and Solomon did Justic=
among the tribes Of Israel, there has Uaen
Ged-great gIneed-of John eter6 Crutch;
field to- hand out Justice among the tribes
8Cr Garth and to be the med lat or be tween
the strong and 1t he weak.
latter MI, he $mediated, 81 am not the
8l42t& ,of my race. When u make due ac.
$quantance with Cerberus, there will be
$alnther Crutchfeld, another Roosevelt
#toapolnt the way to the promised land
where the wicked cease from bl'nG
and the weary are at rest. Neverthe.
less mo could mot help feeling sad, and
8.,Bdimness clouded his other eye. sssi;:s
B4i i5 Read - r.. he asked \ his riGht-hand
man. The hi tier assen Ted, N and II he dock
z ct was called. while the ia II birds sang
Justify Of q Their climes. and the neat riz
up and Knocked ut the doors and would
not be denied. 5Ss
I Wife Got Him Oft. 3bff
William RI Glass. (whltel was charged
with being drunk and disorderly, II Wisely
he stood silent by and let his wit plead
eloquently his cause She was q brave
little woman, and her tender voice, over
Its signs and subdued tears. held double
sway$With the kind hearted ledge, and
he was constrained to let the accused
depart In peace. Is IN Fl sS & 81 "A III
lin going to try YOU this tine he.
said to the accused. 81 "See that you are
worthy Of this woman, your wife, a 4
.Al right; much obliged to you, I. was
the answer. Such Is the reward OF 8virtu-
Gus wIfehood and woman g heart. III "a
Frank Brooks, George Ellington and
John Stu ohm (white) were charged with
being svagrants-a serious crime with.
the One John. There was much plead
ing and promising on the part Of the
accused. " g{5i bs e n a. 8al
The Great Joints hoart was touched
and o wave Of pity swept througf his
soul-quoted from the la test novel, j en-
60 on the strength Of their promises--a
strength that is comparable, perhaps, only
to the weakness of the good heart which
bade them seek a falrer cline.
Complains Against Husband,
against her husband, H. 3 b. McGuro,}
charging him with having assaulted her
and knocked her down with q baby In
her arms. She claimed that her husband
was drunk Mt the time. and no acknowl-.
edged that much Of his guilt The man
remained silent while tho woman brought
in her evidence. The judge regarded them
seriously. IA, s B. IL /. GIL b 4; E &
3,. IT would rather keep you together than
help to separate you he remarked.
Cant you live together?'' 3
The woman said that she wanted her
husband forbidden her home, as ho hail
been drinking for some years. Mcclure
was fined $40 and put under bond OF 500
for six months, @ = "a
Z Walter Stewart was charged with haY-
Ing assaulted and shot Rosa Diggs, HIS
hancee. and Alexander Nixon. Rosa said
that he had been ''drlphin' and proficient
a little" Just enough TO put q bullet In
her side, and the other witnesses all tes-
titled that he had come into the room,
said "Hello. !" and commenced shooting,
ION a hot day like this said the
Jedge. ''the TRUTHS refreshing, Let me
have It," lfl Es,s.Sl
The testimony was ali $dan,aglng to the
he had shot bravely tried to put in a
good word for him. The case was sent
up to the Hastings Court. and the man
put under a $500 bond. E, n z. n 4
Too Much Love,
storned," said q man some years ago--s
man who. 1t is said, was very we'll yersed
in theiaffalrs Of the human heart. II the
Sage of Avon could have been present
In the Police Court yesterday morning
he would have found material for a
tragedy that would have put Macbeth or
King Lear In the shade,
Belle Adams and Carrie Bell Adams
had fallen In love with the same thick
skulled man, Knives and bloody sticks
came into play, hearts were broken, and
the day was dark with tragedy The
cause of It all stood In court and told
how he had been ''goin with one for n
long time, and OF how he had once gone
with the other No man ever inspired a
deeper love among his kind than he, The
stwo dark yhelles loved him, Ind tho love OF
each was as q flame that gcorches tho