The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-22
P|TkUL FEAR SHOWN
BY YOUNG WHITE MEN
ONE LITTLE DRUNK PUTS TO
OR-STRfGkEN FLIGHT
STREET CORNER CROWD.

Admitting the abject fear that filled
their breasts and freely and FUZZY
confessing their skill and accomplish
ments in the little game Of ieeing
from even the appearance of danger,
half a dozen young men, living i'm the
lower part of the Souh Side, unfold
ed to Mayor Maurice in police court,
part 2, Wednesday morning a tale OF
real fright seldom seen or heard. Thc
winnings of the young men were pitt
ful TO hear and the great heart of the
Justice went out to inc poor untortu-
mates like a life saving line to Il
distressed snip, as ne asked one Of
the men If he was ''skeered after he
got behind freight car in his head
long flight from one poor little drunk.
Another young man testified that Ia
his hurry and terrible fright at the
sight of the drunken man with a
pistol. he tell down on the railroad
tracks but quickly scrambled to his
feet and did not check up his terri
nc speed until several freight ears
were between him and the man who
had created such Consideration in the
gang on the corner.
Whiskey Cause of II All.
Fredie Crowder, a street car con-
duotor. filled to the brim and run
ming over with cheap fighting whis-
key, seems to have been the cause
of all the trouble which resulted In
such a wholesale display of fear and
running.
F'redie answered to his name and
appeared with a patched up head In
fact the entire Uranium was covered
with bandages and when asked about
IL he said he had not the slighteS;
/ idea how il happened. This, however,
was explained by While Hagap,
| familiarly and tenderly dubbed
! Dutch" by his companions. Dutch
! Willie appeared clad in a blue fan
mel shirt that showed to great ad-
vantage the splendid proportion of his
/ muscular looking neck. He is com
| pactly built, resem bling the cartoons
I If prize lighters and is evidently the
leader of the gang who confessed
their awful fear OF the little drunk
/ Dutch Willie testified that he and
| the crowd were on the corner on
lower Hun street when Fredie Crow :
der and another young man in street
! car conductor uniform hhoye in sight
! Cro~der being very drunk. After a
! passage OF few pleasantries Grow
j der staggered on up the street but
! did not get very far before he stop
ped and drawing a pistol from his
! pocket remarked that he had not
killed man during the day
| Pistol F'rightens Them.
AZ the sight of the pistol the crowd
| with one accord took to flight. but
| Dutch Willie says he &xas too scared
! ~ run, and pulling a pop bottle from
] his pocket proceeded to break IL IN
pieces over the head of the drunker
man After knocking him down with
/ he
tol from Freddie and, II is said. nj
him over the head several times witt
| II. Dutch Willie denied this, but tht
1 blood on the pistol was convincins
evidence that the firearm had beer
/ used as club on the head of tbs
tstrest car conductor While drunk.
Officer Mike Moore arrived about
/ the time the fight was oyes and tool
both man to-the -statit,ff. hen tht
ambulance Was phoned for and Or
iiarshberger patched up the battered
head Of the badly beaten drunk
Mayor Maurice fined the men 81
and costs each.
Grippea johnson. coiored, va,
/ charged with beating his wife. Fam
( ily dissentiens have figured for man,
years between the two and az III,
+ woman was partly to blame, the MAJ
/ vas let eff with s2.50 and cost.
Mrs. Carter Thomas. the Assyriaf
woman charged with pedding with
cut license, was dismissed by Mag
isirate Cheathams after paying ,ths
! costs and receiving unmistakahlt
warning from the magistrate.
Deeds Recorded In Hastings Cour,
The Hastings Court was not ia SEES
sion Wednesday, but will be the re
| mainder of the week Judge Well
and the clerks were too patriotic t,
labor on the anniversary of the birti
of Washington. after whom the South
| side ward is named
During the month between the Jan
uary and February terms of the Hust
/ fags Court. Part 2 Clerk Duyal al
s'z1aitted. forty deeds TO record The,
/ we're divided as follows: Bargain an,
| ss le.-2i -trtst.t3. and raIeaSe q