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In the Mayor’s Court.Last Thursday night about 1*2 o’clock, when the citizens of Hartselle were peacefully sleep-I inlt;r, some parties who seemed tohave got ton their share of “Christ-i mas Cheer” ahead of time, pro ! ceded to rai*a quite a disturbl / firing pistols and yellintcausing quite a number to thinkthe town was on lire, but fortunately such was not the case. 'I hey ’mt up Short Street from the H?on yard, using their“shooting tools” on all the dogstin! dar' 1 to bark until they sue-Vneeded in missingthe pup andshot the rhtjs out of the door of Mr. -A 1 ''ii Schnoil’s residence,hardy missing some of the . m • f tie house. Afterftliis 11»e3T1 ft town and wont hometo dream of the “good time” of the night y but their slumbers were of short duration, forMashal J. C. Rogers had get, busy,am! accompanied by Night Marshal Will Butler and J.*E s’chnell followed the crowd to tin* country and succeeded inbringing all but one back to t o w n.morning Mayor .1 H. Corsbie had before him .1 ssper •Johnson, ch aged with disorderly conduct and shooting into au occupied house; Athur Vernon lt;4 o. and Walter I’homas, lordisorderly conduct. The fine for the first case war, .$14 50. and theothers $9 50 e cb. »/f k * *' lt;T'Jr * rr-» —■* ? K ? iNance, the party who succeeded in escaping from the officers on Thursday night, came in and enriched the city treasury by $15.00 which Mayor Corsbie assessed as payment for his good time andtarget ptutiee in the limits of Hartselle,1 Ins was a nice piece of work for our marshal. The crowdshot up the town” about twelve o’clock, whin there Was no one on duty r ut the night wa tchman, the marshal being at Lome sleep.mg. lie was called, and in three• f *hours ho had presented the boys with a substantial pair of bracelets, which he always has a sup. ply of for occasions of this kind, and brought them to town, foran interview witli Mayor Corsbie.Few of the large cities can let a crowd get out, of town in thenight and catch them in such a s|iort time.Tom Dorsey was arrested Wednesday night by night man WillButler, and this moruing he plead guilty to the charges of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer Mayor Corsbie assessed a lino of $10 and cost, making it812 50.i t
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Hartselle Enquirer
Hartselle, Alabama, US
Sun, Dec 27, 1908
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