The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-13

Dig right IN Dap DUCK De-
tween Women fried Before
Justice Rowland Small Boy
Arraigned for Stealing.
On Thursday Of last week, on
the place where Mr.. Elias Lamb
lives, near kingsdale, in Britt's
township, there was the Warmest
time for d while, 70 be sure,
when six women and a boy en-
gagged in a general fight that Was
a caution. AS one colored wit
ness expressed it, they shore
went on to hight. " And the why's
and wherefores and ifs and ands
Of that fight all came out Mon
day afternoon when Elias and
jim and Polly and Mary Ann
Lamb, Helen Fields, Mrs. Sa-
brey Wilcox, Addie Wilcox, Ada
Mazoo and a colored woman
named Lou LoVit were tried de-
fore Justice John A Rowland for
an aiTray.
1t would not do at all to relate
all that was brought out at that
trial. No indeed. And for the
very reason that everybody who
heard about the trial knew that
it would be a mess, Mr.. W. T.
ShaW's office, where the trial
was held, was packed and jam
med TO the door with a curious
crowd that did not want to lose
any of the dirty details. 1t was d
story Of shamelessness and those
concerned seemed immoral,
rather than immoral. The Ian
guage of most of the witnesses
needs considerable laundering.
To begin at the beginning, it
was in evidence that Helen
Fields, on the evening proceeding
the fight, caught her husband at
the home Of Sabrey Wilcox with
one Of Sabrey's daughters. When
Helen appeared Fields and the
Wilcox woman disappeared in the
house and locked Helen out. Mrs.
Sabrey ordered Helen away and
Helen vowed vengeance on the
woman who, she thought, was
taking her husband away from
her. On the next day the three
Wilcox women passed along g
road that runs through the
plantation where the Lambs live
| The Lambs ordered the Wilcox
women not to travel that road.
Later the Wilcox women return
ed along the same road, having
been to the house of a neigh.
Dor after a dress, and ther
the real trouble began. Heller
Fields and Polly and Mary
Ann and Jim Lamb met the Will
cox women in the road and fel
upon them with sticks, and for {
few minutes there was the mas.
test time of hair-pulling anC
, knocking you ever saw. Mrs
l Sabrey Wilcox claimed that shC
, was cut on one of her arms b!
. Jim Lamb, but nobody was seri
: ously hurt.
The Wilcox women were rep
resented by Messrs. johnson
: & Barker and D. P. Shaw
u the Lambs and Helen Fields be
!, ing represented by Mr.. A. w
n Mclean. jim Lamb was requir
ed to give bond in the sum 0
: $50 for his appearance at court
e which bond he gave, and Hele
y Fields and Polly and Mary An
5 Lamb were taxed 81. so each an
q the costs. Elias Lamb and Lo
. Lovit, who claimed that they toe
n no part in the fight but acted {
d peacemakers, and the Wilcc
4 women got off free. Notice
le appeal was given.
Is 1t is said that the neighbo
81 hood where this fight occurred
70 known as Sap Suck. And @.
m witness, who viewed the comb
ne from afar, said that 1.-THE y she
III went on to fight"
ne Lee Allen, II years old, son
II, Lon Allen, draymen at the c
re pot, was tried before Mayor Ro
land yesterday for stealing SIN
= articles at the depot, where.
~ assists his father. Owing to
boys age Mayor Rowland ex
cised his discretion in the matt
ate io holding that he was not capa
al, all Of criminal intent, and turr
ina him over for correction to
on; father, who is a hard-worki
4 1st man and who was deeply c
iIce grined by his sons conduct.