The daily sentinel., 1908-05-22

There was an exceedingly aromatic
hearing in the police court this morn
ing. characterized by mud singing
between neighbors, the handing
around of dirty epithets and the pass
ing of the lie with wanton freedom.
1t was about the raciest, rarest trial
that has been pulled off in police
court for some time.
Mrs. Barnes, residing in the Cr
awford Addition, had been arrested
on complaint of Mr. and Mrs. Sandie
and Mr.. Bennett, for allowing dead
fowls such as chickens and ducks, to
lay around her yard or in the yards
of neighbors, into which yards she
was accused of throwing the departed
birds The presence of these feath-
cred cadavers was naturally very Of
fensive to the neighbors and detri-
mental to the sanitary conditions.
One fowl had been thrown under
window of the Sandie home and left
there.
Mr.. Bennett was the first witness
sworn, he told about the dead fowls
and then he proceeded to tell about
an alleged disorderly house conducted
by Mrs Barnes whose present resi-
dence is only a few feet from his
residence He told of one night when
carousals were fast and furious in
the Barnes home. He said tnat at
times it seemed to him that some
woman was being rolled over the
floor and being tickled till she laugh
ed and giggled nightly His wife
was i'll and he said he went to the
Barnes home and requested that
quiet be restored and he declared
that he was invited with promptness
and heartiness to go to an exceed
ala A w n
some man left the house and as he
left so Bennett said, woman called
Goodnight. Papa" and the man re-
piled Goodnight. daughter He
found out that the man was some
body the Barnes called "Slim" and
was not related to them.
Bennett told many other sensa-
tional things and when he concluded
he was promptly called liar by Mrs.
Barnes who sat just across from the
witness. The angered defendant was
then severely called down by this
court The long and searching look
that Mrs. Barnes, who is not a bad
looking or a physically small woman,
gave Bennett after he left the wit
ness stand was almost sufficient to
melt an average man into his boots.
Then Mrs. Sandie. handsome
young Italian woman took the stand
and the manner in which she scorch-
ed Mrs Barnes and her daughter was
something fierce. Her evidence as
to the fowls and nightly celebrations
was corroborative of Mr.. Benefits
She gave much new evidence. Mrs
Sandie declared that This woman
calls me a Dago. Well what If / am
am Dago and l am proud of 1t.
am too good to associate with this
woman or her daughter. They ain't
my class, thank goodness. 1 have
lived here all my life. I have my
papers and / am just as good, yes a
better American than that woman is
i don't have anything to do with heI
kind"
Mrs. Sandie's husband is wei
known Italian farmer.
Officer O'Neil told of Investigating
tho ca=c and making the arrest.
Mrs. Barnes, the defendant, tool
the stand and opened her defense by
declaring, II Just want to say righ
here that my mother Is very veal
thy woman and | will give O,O0(
to anybody that will prove any mar
other than a member of my family
ever spent a night at my home. Ev
erything Bennett said is a lie" TheI
Mrs. Barnes proceeded to show tina
she had had the dead fowls buried
although she had left them in thu
yard for some time. She declared
that she was respectable woman
and that there has been no carousal
at her home. THAT noise Bennet
heard that night was my daughte
and my oldest son wrestling with jim