The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-26
FISH ARE FRESH
IF NOT ON ICE
TRADE SECRET REVEALED ny
sQUABBLE or RIVAL DEALERS
IN COIRT.
NICE ART I'm DECEPTION
FRESHLY MUDDED CITY CARTS AND
NEGRO HUcksTERs GIVE Ar
TrsrIC vERIsMXLITUDE TO
PERFORMANCES.

All is not fresh fish that is sold
from carts around the Second Mar
ket, according to the Etury told in
police court Wednesday. The story
came out In the case or the rival fish
dealers. Thaeker and Jennings.
Tho troubles OF Thacker and Jen-
nings have been told In these columns
before. Thacker 10 much aggrieved
dealer. He claims that Jennings can
do things around the Second Market
that he cannot do and get away with
it," to uss Mr.. Hackers own words.
Thacker says that Jennings can 20
to fish commission house where
cold storage fish are sold. buy hun
dreds or them. stick them in carts
and then sell them from the carts
right in the vicinity OF where Thack-
er does business as real fresh, coun-
try. hand-picked fish--fish that
wouldn't know lump OF ice from a
hunk OF glass,
The negro attendants OF these carts
add artistic yeri- similitude to this
performance OF selling old fish for
rev by dauhing the carts with mad.
When there is no mud handy they use
dust and water. Then they take their
nice white market frocks and wipe
them on the wheels of the cart to
produce an effect that the carts have
come over long country roads. even
from Cape Elizabeth, and thar they.
hard-working souls have hauled then,
to market to give the citizens OF Rich
mond fresh fish.
Where the Carts Come From.
OF course. the carts have come no
farther than the nearest livery sta bic
that deals in these articles for COM
mercial purposes. BUT to zee ono OF
these freshly mudded city carts. at
tended by a freshly mudded negro
huckster. filed with fish fresh OF the
Ice. would convince the most suspt-
cious housewife that the Ash are fresh
from the river.
ssMeasrs. Thacker and jennings did
not intend to reveal these trade Sc
erets. Indeed. Mr.. JenninxA pro-
tested most loudly about SO doing.
he even told Attorney Harry Smith.
who was examining him in the inter-
ests OF his rival Mr.. Thacker thar
he never sold anything but fish caught
in his own setnes from his carts What
he did In his stall In the market was
another matter. he said. And Gilbert
Pollock. counsel for Mr.. jennings. said
that that was perfectly legal
MT. Thacker then declared that he
mad gone to the commission house
when Jenning had bought a con-
signment OF cold storage fish. had
marked ten of them and then had
caused two negro boys to buy these
marked tsh from q cart owned by
Jennings He had a white witness
whose name was not given EXCEPT
As This Gentleman. to corroborate
hts testimony. This Gentleman" tes-
tfsfetf to- the buying the marked coid
storage fish.
Double Case In Court.
All this testimony was brought out
In a double case. Clerk Jones. Of
the Second Market. said that Thacker
had come there with q big wagon
regular ish peddiar's OUTFIT. and had
backed It In among the carts to sell
ash. He ordered him to move and
refused. Therefore Tracker
had to explain to tho court whv he
had refused the mandate.
Thacxer responded by having
niger boy. Brown. ! Jennings huek-
'ter. arrested on the charge Of selling
,old storage fish from 4 cart al frcsh /,
ash. II was a spite case, 10 Justice !
Srutchheld fined ThAcker IS for NOT
eheying the mandate OF the market
,fncer and discharged Brown tor lack
VI evidence