Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-21
BEFORE THE PEOPLES BAR
President of Women's Mission Circle and
Her Predecessor in Difficulty.
INCUMBENT SAYS SHE WAS ASSAULTED
Claims Former chief Executive Of
Church Auxiliary Was Re-
sponsibIe for Blow
IpOn Her Face.

The troubles existing within the ranks
of the Womens Mission circle OF the
Mount Moriah Baptist church of Twelfth
and jackson streets were given airing
Tuesday morning before the peoples bar.
where Mrs Rebecca Strowther of ISIS Writ
street swore to a complaint of assault and
battery against Mrs. Rebecca Lewis of
Seventeenth and Cunning street. Both par
ties in the case are colored warrant
was issued for Mrs Lewis.
According to Mrs. Strowthers story, she
was assaulted Sunday evening by Mrs.
Lewis after the regular evening service
at the Mount Moriah church Mrs. Lewis
was president of the women's Mission
circle until last week, when Mis-. Strowther
was elected to that Office
While walking from the church Sunday
evening, Mrs. strowther alleges. her OFF,
cial predecessor moved her right fist in
such "A manner as to cause ugly abra-
sion on the complainants left eye. The
case will be heard in police court at
later date.
The abiding faith Of mother In her two
sons and the anxiety OF a small boy to
tell the truth. the whole truth and nothing
but the truth were strongly brought out in
a case heard Tuesday morning in police
court.
Tom and John Donlon of 3211 Pinkney
street were charged with disturbing the
peace by fightihg and assaulting James
Lyons of 34l2 Maple street. When the evil
dence brought out that the Donlons had
cut Lyons with a knife the police judge
sentenced the prisoners thirty days each.
Mrs. Donlon watched the proceedings
from a rear seat and cried pitifully when
her boys were sentenced.
They are the best boys in the state"
the mother said, between her tears.
Although her son Tom tried to burn her
house down month ago, when she was
rescued by neighbors, and Notwithstanding
the other boy was going to strike her with
an axe on another occasion, she appeared
willing to forgive them ten thousand times
ten thousand.
The boy in the case was Fred Ross. a
| witness to the assault. Master Ross was
| told to tell his story, so he began at the
| beginning of things by telling how he and
| two companions got their sleds, what kind
OF sleds they were, where they slid down
hill, how long their mothers allowed them
to stay out sliding, the condition of the
sliding. the length of the slide. The
boy at length got down to the case on
trial and told what he knew of that.
Lew Fields the man who recently tried
to steal one of the Hartman railroads,
was caught in the act and sentenced by the
police judge, is back in Jail again. Fields
is now charged with stealing a wagon
from John Belts. The prisoner will be
arraigned before the bar popul Wednesday
morning.
Fields is the most unique thief in the
| city. He goes out for large game. Christ
mas he was charged with stealing a forty
i pound dressed pig from in front of st.
Mary's avenue store. Several weeks ago
he was caught with a team and wagon
loading railroad rails into the vehicle.
Now he has the theft of a large wagon
against his name. II Fields is at large
again the police think they will place a
guard over the Douglas street bridge, as
/ they have learned Fields told a friend he
wanted bridge to play with.
James Connors of the Windsor hote
would have been talking yet had the po-
lice Judge given him any encouragement
Connors talked Tuesday morning until the
police court room was filled with parts OF
speech and punctuation marks The mar
was arraigned on the charge OF vagrancy
4 discharged by the police judge and rear
rested by Detectives Ferris and Dunn as
he was leaving the city Jail The de-
tectives wanted to investigate Connor'.
record He is now held as a suspicion:
character.
1t was charged against the prisoner tha
he has been trying doors at the Windsor
hotel at all hours of the night. Con
nors claimed other guests at the hote
were using his clothes and that he wa,
only trying to locate his garments a
2:25 in the morning when arrested by Pa
trolman Shepherd.