The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
Morning,Jadge
By Rudolph Perkins.

Every payday. according to Car
rie Thompson, her husband. Sam.
has a celebration. He gets drunk |
as regularly as clockwork and
beats her. she declared.
He even fights his own mother
and sisters. Carrie said. and never
stops when he gets started.
What shall 1 do with him." the
court asked her.
II don't care what you do with
him. Judge" she answered. Il want
him to get out of the house l have
rented and furnished and let me
live in peace. That man Is a regu-
lar pest-like lots of other men !
know"
Sam served notice on the court
that he was ruling out of town
soon and the court suspended a
thirty-day sentence and placed him
on probation.
Bill Page had q narrow escape
| from a seance with the coroners
jury on a a.caa-ee of murder.
Ella Dixon said. he threw a light
ed lamp at her and struck her in
the face. He also got a half nelson
on her, she said, and beat her with
his fist and then bombarded her
head with a lot Of bricks. Outside
of that she wasn't hurt.
Bill also said that II the woman
survived these attacks he was 60
ing to shoot her-so she said.
He denied doing anything at all
but several witnesses said he was
guilty.
The court gave him four months.
Instead Of going to church on Sun
day. Louis Washington. a boarder at
Mamie Waters house got drunk.
Then he tried to play the piano.
Mamie ordered him to stop i'm
posing on the helpless instrument and
Louis got peeved.
Then he sailed a brick in her di-
rection. The doctor took five stitches
in her head and bandaged up her
shoulder.
That brick jes' nacherally few
outa nah hand, Jedge." Louis ex-
planned. 1T got away fun me afore
All could stop it."
Sixty days in JAIL" said the Judge.
Ed Blackwell is in Dutch with his
family.
His brother. Bill. had him arrested
for fear there would be a Cain and
Abel episode in the Blackwell
family.
Ed insisted that he would never
murder his brother. but he failed to
explain why Bill had to crack him
on the head with a bottle.
The mother of the boys stepped
forward and said she wanted Ed
kept away from the house because
he wouldn't behave himself.
The court fined him SO for being
disorderly and warned him.
Hyman Kookan had an awful time
cranking his automobile
As he was turning his engine over
the other evening his wallet fell out
of his pocket. Someone grabbed il
and ran. 1t had s1I in it.
Dorothy Thomas was passing at
the time and Hyman grabbed her.
Then someone grabbed Hyman and
walloped him a hard one in the jaw
Dorothy then ran. but she bumpeo
into a cop who arrested her and
charged her with larceny.
There was no evidence to show
that she took the money and the
case was dismissed.
Lizzie Sisson was hired by Mary
Lewis to do some washing.
Along In the afternoon Lizzie got
tired and took a nap in Mary's room
Then she got up. powdered her nose,
and went out.
With her went q pair of scrump-
tious earrings, valued at $50 and
belonging to Mary.
They were pawned for N.5O.
Fortunately. Mary was able to trail
the earrings. She got hold of De-
tective jackson and Jackson got
hold OF the earrings.
Lizzie denied stealing them but
she was seen to pawn them. The
judge gave her thirty days.
II was only by-a close shave that
Charles Barber got back all but 10
cents OF $50 bill which he claimed
Henry Brown swiped from him.
Both of the men drank some
blackberry wine. Charles got a
headache and took q nap. When he
woke up. he said, Henry was gone
and SO was the money
Il was skeered that someone
might steal NAH freE's money en- I
TUX 1t for safe keepin'," Henry ex-
planned to the Judge.
Sixty days in jail" the Judge re-
piled.
Jim and Annie Henson have been
separated three years.
The other day Jim went around
to where Mary lives to reprimand
her for some alleged misbehavior.
The result was that he was ar
rested and charged with threaten
ing to kill her.
"All All said to nah wife was
this. Jedge," he explained. "Ah sex,
'Annie-yo' Is a married woman-
got three chillun-and emmy woman
wot carries on lax you do ought to
have her haid cut of en- thowed
In her face"
I Case dismissed" said the Judge