Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
And He Had Complexion Just
Like Johnson's.
FIGHT WAS HIS UND0ING
Trouble Not at Reno, But on Wash
ington Street Car.
MANY UP BEFORE THE BAB
Request for Beer Starts Row.
Search for Missing Husband
Too Vigorous.

Freedom, soaring like an eagle over
this great city. failed to light for very
long In the Police Court this morning.
where thirty or forty unfortunates would
like to have heard something in the way
Of a declaration OF their independence.
but in many instances went down for the
-eount-something that may happen in
another little city this very day. way
out In Nevada.
Speaking of Reno, it was the greatest
coincidence In the world that brought a
colored man named Jeffries with a COM
plexion like Johnscn's into court this
morning, and the nib of his great troubles
seemed to be that he got in a street car
light.
Jeffries was out getting cooled OF on a
midnight street car ride last night. He
was sitting In the end of seat. A white
man made some objection to this. Jeffries
asked the white man to go way back
man reached over and punched Jeffries.
Jefries called the man q so and SO, and
over the seats from front and rear came
the belligerent whites to the aid OF the
starter of the trouble.
"All you white folks Is prejudiced cause
cullud mans goin' to win de fight" said
Jeffries.
Pulled OF the Car.
Some one pulled Jeffries of the car.
Five men jumped on him and then let
him go. A motorman on a car going in
the opposite direction stopped his car
and ran to the rescue. BY that time
there was no rescue.
They had nearly rubbed Jefries through
the slot. Then they let him up again
and he was across the street when some
one remembered 1t all over again and
ran after Jenries. collared him. and
brought him back for Policeman Boswell.
who weighs nearly 800 pounds and Is not
fat. either. to arrest.
Cars are a bad place to start a fight
on. You ought to have run away and
not stayed to mix 1t up said Judge
Aukum. Five dollars
Frank Shaw didn't see the daylight
fireworks or hear the speeches at the
District building because he was in the
Police Court charged with assaulting
William Scott. Scott said that Shaw had
asked him for a glass of beer, and being
Shaw said 1t wasn't so. He said it was
terribly hot where he was Saturday, and
he saw Scott drinking q tall. cool one.
Il asked him to give me a beer just TO
cool me of. and he beat me up some
thin terrible
Shaw was fined $40.
Daisy Butler a neat-looking colored
girl In q purple one-ptece dress with
an Evelyn Nesbit collar. had safe
and sane Fourth not much after her
liking. She was charged with vio-
lently beating woman as the latter
lay abed sleeping peacefully
The Light Of Her Life.
Daisy said she went to the house after
her husband. who had been boarding In
the house Of Maggie Jordan. Maggie
said she didn't know anything about
Daisy's husband. and that Daisy had
stated she had como after lamp.
Daisy said 1t wasn't lamp. but her
husba nd Was the light of her life and
had deserted her.
Anyhow. she beat UP Maggie, accord
ing to statements. with one of those
sticks that they punch clothes around
with In the wash boiler.
Afterward Daisy told the judge 1t
wasn't a lamp or her husband either.
that she wanted.
She was fined IS.
william Bowman went fishing yester-
day to catch q mess OF eels with wnicn
not looking Ed Butcher 1t was declared.
came along and took two punches OF cells
and perch which had fallen to Bowmans
lot. Ralph Given prosecuted the case
most vigorously, claiming 30 cents FOR
the price Of the cells. and succeeded In
chalking up IS against Ed Butcher
Albert Frederick, about as big as a
giant hrecracker was up before the bar
Of justice on this birthday of national
freedom on q charge Of having snatched
two quarters from Annie Hart as Annie
stood in line Sunday morning at / am.
waiting for q steamer to take about two
hundred celored people down the river
on an excursion. Albert said he didn't do
1t. He said he simply knocked Annie over
because he wanted her place in the line
and that she got mad and said he had
taken her money.
offered to Repay Loss.
Albert offered Annie all the money he
had. . cents, 30 he said today. She
refused 1t. Along came friend of AL
berts. a man named Hefty Rhine. who
works on a huckster wagon. Hefty made
up the remainder of the shortage and
Annie accepted II. Annie was about to
let the matter drop when she got mad
again and had Albert locked up
Aibert's mother was In court and told
the judge that she had given Annie an
other so cents to soothe her feelings. but
evidently It was not enough. According
to Albert Frederick. Annie is In At least
90 cents, while Albert il out IS.