The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-03
A LIVELY
GALE IN A
COAL YARD

Littleton Gale. colored. made the plea
OF his life in the Sixth district court to-
day.
Littleton's wife runs a coal and wood
yard at 800 Dexter street She had been
married prior 20 linking her destinies
with Littleton, who, judging from his re-
marks. considered himself 10 be the Gus
todlan OF the business. which Mrs. Lit
tetons former husband left to her when
he quilted this vale Of ters and sor-
rows
Littleton, too, had had another life
partner. but that union was dissolved ere
he cast his eyes upon the widow and her
comfortable little property. lie had had
trouble with the other wife: but Mrs Lit
tleton, No. ?, was apparently willing to
take chances.
She stood him and his erraucisms for
seven years. AT last the pitcher went
once too often to the woll--only in this
particular instance IL WAS the batsnan
and not the pitcher, and all was not well,
for Littleton was before the court this
morning on the charge OF assaulting his
wife, and this was what he had TO offer
In explanation OF his plea OF guilty
You honor. May IL please de
hon'able cot Ma wife she des mingles
ma money and monkeys VIII ma biZness.
Its des LAX dis, yer honor. | dess let's
ma wife run ma bizness. / gives her ma
money; but please, der cot, she dess
foozles me.
"She dess don know no bizness Ebery
night / says 10 her Mamma, here's do
money. Now you dess pays fer de coa,
low so much fer der mems pay an you'll
come out all right
Now, jedge. de fust ting / knows she
was inter me for coal bill OF 500. De
mex ting / cotched her payin one OF de
men 81 more dan she owed him.
hnfrl1Va IN hn 90 lnnGa
says: Now, mamma. you'll git yousef an
me all wrong
"Wel, may it please de hon able cot,
Wen ] found dat ! was all 20 de bad
fnan cllly. dess spoke to mamma and
tole her She ought ter hole up on de
Mamma she shuok her finger in ma
face.
"Dat made me mad, and I says. sayT
/, Mamma, don yer DO dat. Gway from
me, mamma, or III split yer dog -goned
face
Mamma she KEEP er comm at me:
she shuck dat finger I'm ma face and dess
smashed her one.
"Jedge, I'm an homes man. wulys
I'm er clock In de mawnin' until er 10
ar clock at night | dess totes seben er
eight tons er coal by dc basket on ma
pore ole back ebery day.
Sometimes | kim back 10 dc yard en-
7 fin de men who orter been out'n de
yard totin' coal an wood. er sittin er
roun'. too -goned lazy TO hitch UP dere
hosses.
Desc yere tings dess rile me up. Dis
we're foozffui wtd dc money mex tffe-f mad.
OATS why I hit mamma.
Now, jedge, yer kin do wiv me dess
what yer laks Dess member dat I'm
an homes man; dat kin git any amount
OF credit anywhere.
whatever yer does, ledge. dess mem
ber dat ] doan wan nuffin' more TO do
wiv dat we're woman.
II dess casts her off. I'd radder sep'ate
I'm her fer good. I'm a square wokin'
man ledge. and I won have mamma
shake her finger I'm ma face nowhow."
Judge Rueckert being informed by Capt.
Marston that the coal business and the
money belonged TO the wife and not to
Gale. and that the latter was OF a quar-
relsome nature, imposed fine OF 500 and
costs
- IT is not at all probable that the treas
urer Of the coal yard VIII liquldate the
states claim against Gale.