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Show A XKlilHI TRIAL An luHviiighniielti Justice IturjS Cearl. Tills f it noon the auditorium cf the police court wore a datke tied as ject, the caii-e of this appearance being an .esse milage of the colored laqitilation t f Commercial -lree(, as sjettaton, of or witnesws In the trial of a i tigru charged Willi iw-sault iw-sault aud isilttrj. The proewslliigs were aniuIng iu the highest degree. It was iu viin that the attorneys tried to ueep straight faces. They shook with laugh'ir it frvijuent intervals, in-tervals, and tvtn Ju-t!ce Laney's dignitv was iiisullltkut to prevent hloi frim. joining them. It hi ills tint some time prior to I-t Tuesda, Ieitjiiiilu Ihiiiiaiian Ne-bitt, eloreu ;ropricturof a re Ilauraut. hid in hisimplty an African Afri-can cook na'iitd js if in iroiiim nference to his com. lexiou '"alii Cyrus Fair. On tht da states 1 F.ti, broke the sbiv,-, ami In J some w ords about it with Nt-bltt and Ins wife, It-sultiug iu the ibrtiit re-lgnatiun of Fairat ttu minutes before ii'sin. the lunch hMir. F sir doILirs was due him. which Vcsbltt refu-esl to ay until the stove was repaired. 1'ulrsenta oilleetor tu get the SI, ind a 'Ittle iatir I'airand Ne-bitt met on Coaim-rcial itrett. Ju-t w int follow ed the met ting is viriou-dy stated b the nrtles and witnesses. It is certain, Iiuutvtr, tint a livrl "scrap" iiisu'-J, In the count uf which Fair gut Xts-liltt's Xts-liltt's linger iu lux mouth, ami lit Id it letwieii his teeth for sonic timt. biting it severe! Thede-s riJ.lons liy t!ie v it.ic e, ind their replies to llio attorneys, w ere at times lrresist-ably lrresist-ably Iutlicrous. A crowd of negroes had w itt.et-ed thu fight, and six ef tlitm were witnesses for the dtftne. The result was Fair's acquittal on the groua I of stlf tlefsii-e. |
