Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
BARBER'S "SALYE"
! BURNED BARBEREE
Both Got Into Row About it and
Case Gets to City
Court.

Todav's proceedings in City Court
might,have been staged and given title
"Darktown Humors," for instance-be-
cause the bulk Of the Cases hean were
furnished by Negro defendants and
Negro witnesses, and much decorated
with testimony conducive TO laughs. For
instance:
A bartcr-who also ON Sundays and
other unworldly occasions il also min
ster-with hair sslve potent enough to
sting and burn. and possessing also, de
spite his forty-nine years, sufficient
strength to make much younger man
veil for an arnistice, turned up IN the
person Of William Jones, accused by one
Chester Harrington of assault and bat
terry.
Chester said that on October II he
went into the preacher r-baTbcrs shop on
King street near Second to get a hair cut.
Jones offered TO put some hair salve on
his head and the witness consented. The
salve made his head smart and burn.
He complained about 1T and there wss a
little DISCUSSION but nothing Tn indicate
hustilities Suddenly something hat him
and he found himself on the floor with
Jones on top of him belabcrinR hun.
Philip Garrett, who defended Jones,
had him testify His tale was entirely
different from Farringtons. tie nid
harrington had come in looking depressed
and out-uf sorts and while the barberlnG
was going on cursed and swore at the
witness, to which the witness objected,
assaulted him with a comb To which
the witness also objected, wouldn't 20
out. the cause Of stll further objection.
| Then there wa. a battle, Harrington yell,
| of "'Takc him of of me" during 1T finally
| s,Inmoning help. At any rate, Jones
| didn't intend To let Harrington get by
with anv roughhouse stuff
| Judge Churchman thought there wert
! SO many odd features about the cnse that
| he instructed Court Officer McDannc
| to inves stigate it, while he suggerted tf
| MIR Garrett that he obtain character
witnesses for Jones The case WIS con
tinucd until Friday
Next came Ernest Watiics and h'
wife Eva each accused of assault witt
| intent to commit murder The State
witness was one Alfred Williams, wis
appcared IN court with wound-fad or
| the size Of his head, looking as big as I
sofa-cushion.
TIE -ABLEs TURNED.
Alfred said that on October N he an'
| WaffIes had fight over a rarne d caro-
| r. Wafiis~ ho,lscandthat W atfisr hamnerc'
his head with the butt Of a revolver bi
thon tkrtrith began TO come out under tn
| ,.r,.-.- examination Of Mr. Garrett VII" " p
! counsel fcr the defendants Nltrcd It ~
| pcaresi was n bad man who had shit
| woman M in Baltimore Some tame ''s :
ITe also had wanted 70 fight duel w
u fi'~~s as \ result Of the card games, \
IN he had lost money And when q
| 4 = - D. n ft.ropI f,ftt0 n
~ take shot at Wafflc~, which shot T
WaTlos Mad intercepted in her hant
Then " afiicS had gotten the gun swny fro
| I'm and carefully arointed hrs head with 4
Ia the hearing wound Up with the di'
charge of the WsfIicscr and thc laying Q.
charge ol carving concealed dca'l
weapons agar Il TIE crit hIle proSecGtt
Susan Robinson faced the court or
rt,.rre af selling liquor without ic"ns
| aaa 4 second one Of keeping house ot Il
fave The States uTtnc@S WAS Florens
White q voIug white woman who 50
,sar had sold her q bottle OF beer l :
case crew out Of testimony gwen
ference at a hearing in whfch she fgur'
- n prisoner m a charge Of marital =
6dehty Susan deuicd both charges ST
initiating her counsel. raised voicei
OBJECT" when Sergeant King 90
,sirnonv a. tofhe amount Of hQurr fou.
! ner house Shcwas adjudgcd guilty oi
rt charge ard fned 800 And costs 81
2 alternative # SIN months III t"e ~ r
.~rsc The second charrp was not >vefalI
.sf' was dismissed
Cherries = Turner afforded an cyan
h,tverv dangerous combination
! ro and a rs1Cr IN -IS overcoAt ? akF
4 rIe- fs q soldier here on fUrlough fr
Cup DIX Fc war fned s25 ard e
afirh VII re rrultt<d II hls ccmmanti
Ficer flvcs HIM q good character
PtsidCe y N-croes he court had lcf
ute prisorers ,.cfore it. Among them "
;cargc Curry, member Of the Union
. who made his uppearauc el in cour. VI
= rrther battered visage Joseph Hal
,.-hcr member f the company, ST
C;eocre came around the hrehouse L
! i-ht ard made a di disturbance He ufouf
3 would ac1 81 Georges friend and !
i'm out ard away But trouble follow
gorge on his part said the whole tn
WIS ..spite work Jucoe ChuTchrn
q ID he case over n q ilcer n1rDanr
e for investigation ard reI7rt at furti
> hearing
d P-+Cr Wentz was accused By Adol
,f ~ 't4 e ~ ing him up at the pc
/ Il a gun and making nim dIsgorge :
= 7a1cr aud that Adolnh had said Offer 5
d fi.es 10 his wife. After a great deal
is testimony both WAYS judge ChurbH