Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-18
[WOYEARS IN JAIL
AND A FINE OF $500
FOR KNIFE W|ELDER
Negro Who Stabbed an Aged
Woman Gets Stiff Sentence
IN Municipal Court.
IOHN MULLIN I'm AGAIN

John Sclbv. colored. will have consid-
.rnhle spare time during the next two
wears to rtlmlnate on the evil of carrying
! knife. getting mad and using IT. That
: the sentence metcd out along with a
500 hno Ia Selby, after being gwen a
hearing before Judge Churchman in
Municipal Court.
The m eCCuting witness was an aged
cnlorcd woman. Emma J Wright, who
,ppcarcd with her left arm bandaged and
m a sling She said that Selby and her
laughter had been keeping company
md that the, had parted
~clhy came - the house To sec the
Young woman "a get a key he wanted
and there bad been more or less of an
argument. IN which she herself became
party suddenly Selby whipped out q
knife and stabbed her IN the left ann,
causing serious injury 10 the muscles.
Judge thurchmSn. III imposing sen
tencc. said the case was a serious one and
that substantial penalty must be gwen
not only as a punishment 10 Selby but 70
net A. a deterrent upon others who mght
hc inclined To- using Jnife when angry
RANFAGEOUs sDUTHERNER
II Ius, simply wont do for Southcrners
10 come North end adopt the same atti-
tudc toward \cgrpcS and others that they
do when angry on their native heaths
William : Smith. who SAID he came
trnm Moth Ga lima and had been here
about four months found this out today
hen be faced Judge Churchman on n
charge - making threats. The prose-
cutting v ttpcsS was Margaret Matthews,
a vuunC colorcd woman. who lives at
Third and Tatnall She SAID he had
a 70 hSr nd hr
had told him 10 60 about his business,
v hcrrupon he informed he was "a bad
man from down South" and drew a knife
Officers Fox and Burchonal were nearby
and ,he latter grabbed Smith while Fox
took tic knife away
Judge Chnrchman informed Smith
that he couldn't indulge IN such acts
hercabouts who're every man and woman
!. alike under the law. and imposed =
$500 peace bond.
3oHN NULLIN RE-APPEARS.
John Mullin. who lost his legs below the
hnceS some years ago IN 2 railway accl-
dent. and has been before Municipal
VARIOUS dlsorderly conduct charges,
usually preferred by his family, Was IN
ccur4 once moro today, accused by has
son. William. Of breach OF the peace.
Young Mullin said his father had gotten
INTO possession Of a quantity of whisky on
riday night. got drunk, played tho piano
half the nigh, and generally misconducted
himself saturday when the witness came
home he told NuleIn 10 20 10 bed and then
trouble followed lie tried 10 avoid II, on
advice Of has sister. and went 10 his own
room. hut his father burst in the door TO
follow him
Mullln pleaded 10 be let go and that If
the court freed him he d be good for at
least a wear, and that he had been good
since back in last MAY
Somebody pushed me, Judge he
declared No, John, il was the whisky
that pushed not somebody" replied
Judge Churchman w hen you drink
YOU always get to fighting and want to
Kill somebody. Furnish $500 peace bond
or go TO the vorkhouse for three months =
MullIn has been there eleven times already
cRAP-sHoorING PARTY FINED.
Policemen Fox and Burchenal @on
saturday evening descended IN full official
panoplv on n crap game that was going on
IN a house on West Third street near
Orange. They bagged no less than eight
shooters" all colored This morning
they were arraigned IN City Court. All
pleaded guilty Two, John Cosden and
Charles Lawson, having been punished
before ON a similar charge were fined $40
ana costs The Others, William X. Doug
lass. James Miller, Richard Stats,
Ben jamin Lloyd, John Curry and Isaac
Ingram were fined - as first offenders
Michael Gallagher was fined $40 and
costs today, charged with improper con-
duct Yesterday morning at the Park en-
trance al Eighteenth and Market streets.
Park Guard Devenney arrested Gallagher,
whom, he said, bad been drinking.
Harriet Jones, a woman who appeared
10 be about middle age was charged with
the larceny OF ring, broach and some
tacks from one OF the Market street B.
and-i0-cent stores. Assistant City Sollci-
tor Malloy said that before going on with
the case he would like TO have the prisoner
eyamined as TO Ler sanity. The case was
continued for this purpose until tomorrow