Year: 1869




tice's Coart.


The Milwaukee Wi$coaSia Of January Oath
says: A peculiar case was that before one
of the ward Justices yester6ay-it being
| civil suit fer damages in a case of assault
and battery. Oae young man badly assault
ed another. 1t would do no good to give
their names, and. as it is probably the frst
and last time of their appearing in Court,
we shall not do so. One Of the young men,
whom we shall call John, was arrested for
an assault upon Charles. He had beaten
Charles pretty badly--he had struck him Just
as 1t he were angry, and could not control his
temper. The evidence in the case showed
that John was engaged to young lady in
the Third Ward somewhere. 1t was an en-
gagement made more between the Young la-
| dy' parents than between lhn and the young
lady herself. Still. the young lady. not to
disoblige the parent, who had set her heart
upon the matter, submitted. at the same
time, her parent told her, and John knew,
that she loved Charles the best, and if she
could have her own way, she would marry
Charles. She could not have her way, how
ever, aud Johns star was in the ascendant.
The marriage was 10 take place on Sunday
night last, and on that occasion everything
was in readiness for it, even TO the assem-
bling of the party. Charles was there MS an
invited guest, but when the .ime came John
did not make his appearance. This was a
matter of great annoyance, and many were
the wonders expressed as to the whereabouts
of the delinquent bridegroom. An hour pass
ed. John did not return, and a friend sent
out to inquire what had become of him learn
ed that he had left the city. The bride ap-
peared to be indignant. She clasped her
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claring that she could never survive insult
which she knew had been purposely put upon
her. She also exhibited strong symptoms
of Mysteries, and threatened her own life
The mother did not know what to do. She
felt the insult offered to the daughter, and
declared if the brides father was alive, or
she had n brother, there would be blood shed.


Charles had been a silent spectator, but he
could be SO no longer. He told the mother
that SON athiug must be doue to save the
brides pride and as nothing better offered,
he volunteered to take the place of the bride
groom. The mother, to save her daughter,
impaired the information. Had she been n
shrewd mother she would have been led to
suspect something from the earnestness with
which the proposition was accepted. She
was not shrewd, and she did rot suspect.
She only desired to make her daughter hap
py, and the daughter seemed very happy at
the offer of Charles. To make long story
short, Charles took Johns place, and the two
were married. Few suspected that change
had been made in the programme, and all
wondered how they had been deceived as to
who was to be the bridegroom.


Everything went off merrily. The bride
had dried her tears, and it was difficult TO
tell which was the happiest, she or Charley,
when suddenly the door burst open and in
rushed John. To say John was excited only
half expressed the fact. He was fairly foam
ing with rage, and when a moments expla-
nation showed him how matters STOOL he was
so blind with rage that he could scarcely
speak.


The mother demanded an explanation of
Johns tardiness. John managed to stammer
out that about six O'Clock in the evening he
had received note protesting to come from
the bride, that she had just learned that
Johns father, who lived ten miles from the
city, had broken his leg, and beseeching
John to go to him as soon as possible. She
would delay the wedding if necessary for
him to stay away. John had the pleasure
to find his father we'll and hearty, and ex-
pecting something wrong, had FASTENED back,
to learn that be had been made victim Of
foul conspiracy, and his bride was lost to him
The mother turned to the newly married
pair. She saw that they knew more of this
than anybody else, and demanded an expla-
nation. They had none to give. They be-
lieved that John haG ected meanly. and had
told the story to cover up wrong. When John
could not find the note he had received, his
case was not helped any. He was so angry
that he would have flown to Charles and
damaged him there and then. He was kept
his distance, however, and left the house de-
claring he would have his revenge. On Mon
day night be lay in wait for Charles ard as
saulted him. The Justice, when he had
heard the whole story, sympathized SO strong
iy with John that he let him off on payment
of a fine Of 81 and costs On the principle
that all is fair in war and love, Charles was
looked upon az quite hero by those in the
Courtroom.