The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1952-01-19


assault and battery with a bottle
on Vera Lowe. Also in connection
with this case, Helen Coleman
was charged with disorderly con-
duct, and interfering with an
officers duty. Testimony in the
case brought out the fact that bad
blood existed between Cathleen
Wynn and her mother-in-law
and Vera Lowe, who is a friend
of the mother-in-law. Mrs. Wynn
=. charged that her mother -in-law
and the Lowe woman did not
like her.
Mrs, Wynn charged that on the
day of the incident, the Lowe
woman came to her home in an
unfriendly manner in order to
talk to her MRS. Wynn's) hus-
band. An argument ensued be-
tween the two women. Mrs. Wynn
also charged that shortly after
wards, the Lowe woman came
back with a large stick, appar-
emily bent on hitting her with it.
Mrs. Wynn admitted that she
threw a bottle at the Lowe wo-
man, which hit her on the head,
irflicting considerable damage
but she insisted that she threw
the bottle in self defense. The
Lowe woman claimed that she
was only going to the Wynn's
nome to deliver a message to Mr.
Wynn for his mother, who was
unable to go to the house herself
at that time.
Officer B. ]. Guilford, w h o
made the arrest, charged that up
on his arrival on the scene, and
after brief investigation, he
placed Mrs. Wynn under arrest.
At once, he charged, Helen Cole
man, who apparently was on
Mrs. Wynn's side of the alterca-
ton, began to use obscene Ian
guage at him and otherwise in
terfere with his carrying out his
duties. He also placed her under
arrest. The mother-in-law ex-
planned that she had nothing a.
gainst her daughter-in-law; she
only sent message to her son,
asking him ito bring his car in
order to do a favor for her.
The case was long and drawn
out, and Judge Thomas required
quite some time before he arriv-
ed at a decision. After a warning
to both defendants, to use better
judgements next time, he fined
the two women wynn and Cole
man) SIS or 6 days each.
Before leaving the highlight
section, I must tell you about a
potash-throwing case. 1t was the
usual type of such cases, where
a woman threw potash at a man,
etc. In this case, Willie Mae Aus
tin was the woman and Clyde
Thompson, the man. The incident
occurred Sunday afternoon at
312 NV 14th st. But this case had
peculiar twist to it, in that it
was the mans apparent objection
to the woman's attention to an
other man, that started it all rath-
err than the woman'S objection to
the mans attention to another wo-
man, as is the usual case of this
kind. The woman claimed that
the solution of potash was only a
! very weak one that she did not
ally mean 10 do. him any harm.
She admitted, however, throwing
the potash at the man narrowly
missing his uper body, but touch
ing one of his feet, when he OBJ
jec.ed to her talking to another
man, who is a neighbor of the
two. Again Judge Thomas gave
his stern warning to the woman
over the act of throwing potash,
and fined her 500 or 40 days in
Jail.
Among other cases heard d
disposed of were:
Wilbert Jones and William
Green, Jr. were each charged with
disorderly conduct sleeping on
private property Jones was
fined SIS or days; Green, who
was also charged with vagrancy
was dlSmlSSeQ on the sleeping
charge and sentenced to 80 days
on the vagrancy charge.
Charlie Ash, James Butler, J.
c. jackson, Cornell White, Doro-
thy Hall, Eliza McDrew, Kirk
Green, Harold Minus, John
Hamm, Ernest Butler, Fred Smith,
TitaS Williams, James Haywood,
Willie E. Holmes, Elizabeth