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Show FRACAS ON MAIN STREET, A Police Officer and a Colored Han Hare an Early Horning Duel. the i ohm i ii cmniiTTi.D ton A IlfTohcr nd a 'Tito by Tour" litre Hie llmpiint l'td lu the t.rotmttr. A clly rollce efllcer of rccenl aprolnt-nient aprolnt-nient and a colore I man of middle age, whoie rocatlou la that of a .hoe-black, .hoe-black, were the principal. In a chirge of aiult which wa.Jnreitlgated lu CommlMloner Oreennian'a coutt Ihl. morning. The name of the de'endant I. J. Ii, Green, and that of llieJcom-plaliiant llieJcom-plaliiant l'hllllp Adam.. Aul.tant Count) Attorney I). C. Klchnorappe.rel fjr the prorecutlon; tbe defendant wai roprvnuttl by AUUnt City Attorney Coad and Col. M. M. Katghn. The complainant, who ha. n lioot black .land near the corner of FJr.t Bttitli nnd M.lu atreet., teetirie.1 that be waa getting ready to oponup bull. net. about atr.n o'clock yettorday morning, when a man nanie.1 Jack Illohardion wanted him lo hlne him on tick." lie declined to enleitiln uch a propotltton, fall term, being atrlclly cath,nd HIcli-ardion HIcli-ardion who wa. the woreo for drink thenatkedblni to accept a couplo of orange, ttildt lie lial In 111. hand, u payment. Wltncu .till refuted, nnd nichardnon liegan to abuto him ami call him a of ab, he went away and relumed with tho defendant (Jreen, who wa. not In full uniform at the time. The oflUer caught lilm by the collar, Ihrialcncd lo arret! him, and .hored him. Wltneaa wanted to explain, but thedefend.ul would not Helen lo any exflantlon. He walked up to hit .Und and tbe officer followed him, looking angry, took out hie ilttel aud ttiuik him a blow ou tbe crown of hi. bead, Inillctlnga wound, and culling through ll bat. Iu the pretence of theoltlcer Illchardion called him by the name before glreu. In itfoto-eiamliiatlon by Colonel Kalghn tho complainant admitted haring called lllcn.rdiou a 'g d a or a l ," but that wa. afler he bad ctllcd him nllku name. Heali raited the foot.biiard of hie lioot.black etand orer lllchari.on, but did not ttrlke blm. Illchardion told (Ircen toarrott him, and that waa when tbeonicer tbna'ened to"runhlm lu." He did not lu.ult or ofler to atrlVe the ofllcer. Thou. lUlllday, all nuhtant at tbe Oolbe-PltUdrug .tore, oald about 8 o'clock yenterJay morning he wa. cut for tiy Adamt, who wu. haring eocne trouble with a drunken man. Wltnei.went out and tried to pacify tbe two. He law Ureen go up to Adam, afterward, nnd pull a rerolrer upon him. He bad hold of Adam, by tho ocat collar Wltnen wat called Into the etore and did not ee any blow truck. Croafexamlned Adam, had the footboard of hi. boot black .land In hi. hand and wa. trying lodrlre the man, Illchardion, away. Complalnnntand the drunken man were both angry, but he did not heir any profaue langu.go uted by either of lurni. 1'. E. Iluttle, a ttonccutter, did not ate Ihe flrtl part of Iho trouble, but came up while the officer and Aden, wore talking together. Grcon went to arreit Adann, who wanted to ciplalu, and a acullle th.ll en.ued. Green pulled out hi. rarolrer and hit com llalnantorerthe head with It. Wit. nee. did notice Adam, do anything; certainly he did not atrlkuor Inmlt the olllcvr. Greenhad hold of Adam", but ho did not ire Ihe latter try to get away from him. Crou-cxamlned Adam, had tho "tool Jack" In hi. hand, he bellored, during the.cullle. George Durtln, a boy of 11, who nr-peared nr-peared lo linre wltneaetd the whole t ran taction, .aid he heard tLe drnnXen man threaten to put Adam, oil the treet be auie he would not ahlno hli biol.. He alo uimI aome rery bid angu.ge toward, him. When the cfllcer came up the colored man wanted to explain the hcti, but Green wonld not llilen to him, wanted to nr rut blm, drew hi. revolver nnd itiuok Adam. oTcr the bend with If. Crott examined, wltnet. .aid he did not hear Adam, toll Green that he dare not arrett blm. Green .elzrd Adam, by the collar and the Utter tried lo reloato hlmi.lf. Ad.mt, he wa. quite luri.illJ not call the drunken man n ' of a b ." Tho colored man did not ralte the atrip of wood while Ihe ctllcer wa. with him, but held It down. A. Freeman, who ha. a: fruit .land on Main ttrett, .aid tho drunken mau began the trouble. Hewenttowttneit' itail, picked up two orangt. and took them away, R.ylDg he meant to tntiko Ibo colored man ililne hi. .hoc. "on Iruit." Ho tried that movoon, tiut tho "colored gentleman d Idn'l ie It." 'I hu drunken man called A.tam. iianttt; Adatne took up a i lece of wood, which the ofllcer reiiueiied him to put away. Green uiayvd to arreit Adatui, who did not want to go with lilm, and tbe officer then itruik lilm on the head with bl. revolver. The ollloer would not lltteu to an explanation which Adam, had to make, Cron.exau.lned The "colored gentleman" gen-tleman" wa. excited at the time. The drunken mau aklppvd a. loon an tbu trouble between the ofllcer aod Adam, began hi t raw. Col.Kalgba You have no particular Inlrrrttlnthl.c.ie? Wllniu No, but If the other man wan arretted I would try to get my oraugi. back. (Laughter.) Jorefli Hlmreuli, it tiewiboy, gare rorriburttlviiorldonce. The druukeu manured "iouiu pretty bal wordi" townrd. Adami, whj wanted to get him away, Ureen luihed Adami and then grabbed hold of hlnl. Adam, drow away aud walked uptohllboot black ttauJ. Green fulluwed him up and .truck lilm urer Ihe hca I with hi. reroltlr. Adam, took uplheitrlpof woud to drlre the drunken Irian away. He heard no bad language uied by Ad ami. i George HInion, a uewiboy, gave similar uvldunce, and the proiecutlon retted. The dtifendant next wen. on the wllniii.Lud. He .all he wa. .Iltluu lu theagdb..ritt. drug .lore, whiinn little boy tame In and aiked one of the clerk, to go outtlde, ai there waa a '.uii" there. Hearlogaomeioud tail. Ing, though oITduty, he thought It ltd TltaMo lo eee what wat the matter. Ill doing thl. lie wat not aiming to exceed hit duly, Adamt Lad a "ttvo by four" In lilt hand, and kept threatening to tmaih the other mnn, Illchardion, Wltnov aiked what w tbe matter, and told tho colored man that hu would have lonrrnt blm If be did hoi ccitiu hit "deinonttrttlonti " Adam, railed IllclinrJton u "dirty a or a b , and wanted to explain to wltneri, who aaldthttwa. what he wanted him to do, but added, "l'ut down your club." The other man wa. quiet enough; It wa. Adamt who made all the noiie, Adanii dared wltnet. to arreit Mm. Hecaiiirht him by the collar, n bo continue.! hi. demoutlratlunt, and n .culTle eniued. Adamt broko looto Irom lilm, and took bl. club In both handa. Wltnet. then pul'ol the revolver re-volver out of hi. locket, and at Ad. mi went to ratio the club ho .truck him over Ibo head with hi. revolver. 'Hilt wa. merely In lelfdtfeuie, nnd be tued no moro force than wa. heee.-e.ry heee.-e.ry Wltnet. had taken out a warrant war-rant ht Adamt' arrett, for milling him In the execution uf hi. duly. Byrdpathy for tho robre I nun wat tho reaeon he did nolc.rry out the arrett at the time. Frank John-en, ctllel for tlio de-feme, de-feme, MM the clll er tlruck Adam, white the lAtler wat re'.'lng him. l.ugtn. Ilurke tal.l he heard Adamt sty, arter the trouble wm all over, that theofllcer wanteiltoarfft him, but he would not go', alto that he told tho drunken man lo .land back or ho would "imnih lilm." Detective Joie Ii V,. U'llrlen trttl-fled trttl-fled that Adam, had beeu In feverel "icra," to hi. knowledge. He did not regard him altogether a. a faco-al faco-al Ionian. Aftor tho argument on both .Idee, Commlitlonir Ureenman gave hltde-cltlou, hltde-cltlou, HetAldtheactof thoolllrer wai a cowardly one, an J he comldered tho evldencu aullUlint to hold him. He thought thl. wa. a .ort of thing that the p;rand Jury .hould put a .top to. Tho Commlittoner fixed the defendant', defend-ant', bond atf 50). Immediately upon the conclutlonof Ihe cate, and before leaving tbe court roam, Vdam. wa. arretted by D.tcc live U'llrlen on a warrant ou a charge of rrtl.tlng Ofllcer Green, and alto dl.-tulblng dl.-tulblng tbu peace, Hu wai taken to the City Hall and thereto will bo In. vettlgated by Juitlce Keller. Tho man Illchardion will come up Itfgre t'emtulttlonor Groenman on Thuriday morning, on a charge uf at-taultlng at-taultlng Adam., and ditturbing the Icace. ' |