The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
Two Hundred strona.


 Justice W. P. Gum held court yester- day afternoon and he was compelled to ask Judge Jackson for the loan of the Rebie hall for that purpose, from the fact that his office would not accommodate the crowd. This sounds pretty strong, but it is a fact.
 Bob Montgomery, a big black thing, had his wife arrested for leaving him. Now Bob has seen about 70 winters and sum mers combined, and it appears from the evidence given in the case that when Bob married the girl she promised to do any old thing he might tell her to do, and for that reason he promised that just as soon as he received his money each month that he would bring it home and leave it in the trunk. Bob came home one night last week and put SPA in the trunk, telling his wife about it at the time. A few minutes after he reached home, some fair black boy sent a note to his wife, telling her that he wanted to see her She told him to wait until Bob left and she would talk the matter over with him.
 It happens that she Is only about 20 years old, and the most natural thing for Bob to do after he found out that she was giving him the mitten was to get a big stick and beat her good. He did this and Pearl cried. but she said not a word She simply remarked that he would see the day when he would De glad to have her beat him and even at that he would feel that he was being well treated
 Pearl waited until next morning and she rang up two friends of hers in Blr- mingham Jake and Will Campbell and by the way, they happen to be brothers She told them that the glamor of mar ried life had worn off and the only way she could figure out for her to be happy would be to leave the Birmingham dis trict for good. She met them in Bir- mingham and she bought ticket for Meridian, Miss.
 They bought tickets to go just half way. When Bob returned from his la bors that evening he discovered that the larder was empty. Some of his clothes were gone and the dress suit case that he had purchased in order to make the trip in good style to the last colored Meth odist conference was also gone. The pantry had been trimmed to a finish and when Bob looked up the bill from Ben ton Brothers & Roberts he saw that he was only out about SIP for supplies.
 The matter was reported to Judge Gum and he was informed that the crowd was in Meridian. He sent Jim Sellers down there, and Jim brought them back. When the crowd got off the train, there was a crowd of about 50 negroes waiting to welcome Pearl and this crowd followed Jim up to the office. The Trotter build ing was swamped and Judge Gum is- sued orders for all of them to get out and that he would hire special hall in which to hold the trial Judge William Jackson saw what the trouble was and he offered the use of the Rebie hall.
 When court was called to order it was found that there was not enough room to accommodate the crowd and some of them were compelled to stand on the outside. There have been many rulings made in the city during the past few years, but the one that Judge Gum handed down in this case is unusual He looked over every book that he had in his office and he finally decided that the husband had no case against his wife from the fact that the stuff that she took away with her is considered common property and the husband cannot have his wife arrested for stealing from him and she cannot have him arrested for stealing from her.
 Pearl claimed that half of the stun that she took was hers, while on the other hand she could not state why she took the whole layout. The judge gave them a good talk, Pearl promised to be god and Bob promised to take her back if she would be good. and the other ne- groes seemed to be well pleased with the verdict