Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-05
FINE AND JAIL TERM
FOR K-THROWER
Missile Landed on Human Tar
gets Countenance. Which Law
Wont Stand for.

Honing bricks on human heads instead
of boning razors on human bodies would
seem to have become n popular way of
achieving redress or indicating anger
upon the part of colored citizenry. Yes
terday there was Il case of 1t IN City
Court and today another bobbcd up.
And as the City Court keeps careful
watch upon such things, nipping such
practices in the bud wherever the OPP
portunity offers today case like yesterday
had it's punishment.
The prisoner was one Albert Howe,
and he was accused of assault and bat
terry upon Robert Williams, also colored.
Robert told how Albert launched the
brick at him for no apparent grievance,
the missile landing upon that part of his
physical geography known rs his face.
Albert, the records showed, had served
n year in the workhouse for assault and
battery, indicating a penchant upon his
part toward personally chastising those
offensive to him Judge Churchman inn
posed fine of 500, the payment of
the costs of the case and a stay III the
workhouse for six months.
Nico Peros and George Peros, four
years in this country from the Greek island
of Mityene, faced the court upon a
variety of charges, Nick being accused Of
resisting an officer and assault and bat
terry, while on George part was added TO
these two, third carrying n concealed
deadly weapon The accusers were
Policemen Wallace and McGillion. The
officers tried TO arrest the pair and found
themselves up against fight But they
landed their mon. On George WINS found
n first-rate specimen Of the butcher knife,
with blade foot or more long.
Neither Of the men could talk much
English. wherefore the hearing was con-
tinucd until tomorrow morning, so that
competent Greek interpreter might bd
summoned 20 court. Meanwhile, the
men are under bail
Otto Ray, performer IN the state
fair vaudeville stunts, was IN court on
charge Of assault and battery, preferred
by lad named George ". Jones, II
appeared from the testimony that on
Monday lot Of people were on the stage
where the vaudeville performances are
given and among them were some men
who were amusing themselves 10y clam
bong upon a ladder Ray and his wife use
in their performance.
The apparatus is Of delicate hall-hcarinR
const ruction and Ray was afraid the men
would render il defective, thus endanger-
ing his life and his wifc's when they
should use il He called to them 20 get
away and leave the ladder alone. hut
as they didn't hear he picked up blt
Of stick, in which happened to hc nail.
and threw il Instead Of hitting the
men. whose backs were toward hum, u
struck Jones in the mouth, causing bad
wound Of the upper lip
Judge Churchman decided there was
no criminal intent to nIure the boy,
who also appeared to have no business on
the stage, and dismissed the case
WORK on FIGHT CASTS
George Rittenhousc finds himself in
serious trouble with the Nork-or- Fight
Bureau George was assigned to n job
with a contractor named Laskowski rs \
65-cents-an-hour man. but he didn't stick
He was found in a saloon once and put
back on the Job but still he didn't stick.
Then, moreover. he tired 10 get other
men TO stop work, according 70 the evi-
dence Chief Inspector Farra produced
against him He was held IN $500 bail for
General Sessions
John +. Dchrlng also finds himself up
against the work or fight bureau TcStl-
monv showed that instead Of working he
had been drunk in bed, had tried 20 wreck
furniture and beat up his grandfather
Judge Churchman sent him 10 the work
house for ten weeks to sober up, after
which the bureau Will assign him 70 a
lob and sec to il that he STAYS on il
Floyd Coleman. the youthful driver Of
delivery auto, faced court on two charges
speeding and driving with defective
brake. On the first he was fined $40 and
costs The other was held up
John Seeley. accused Of failure to
support his three minor children. was
ordered to pay 50 week
John Spoth and Daniel Dunlap, for
disorderly conduct. were assessed s. and
costs each as punishment
John Conley, arrested by Special Of
fcer Weldin, of the Philadelphia and
Reading railway force. for trespassing on
railroad property, was fined s. and costs.