Show I 1 MEMEL ile 11 steals bonta ani and ads NO IROW cow and into jail 1 STANDARD special a F chronicle gewo TRENTON N J march 28 29 there waa was a prisoner of moie mote than ordinary importance in the police court this mornine morning he ile was alexander smith minister of 0 a colored baptist church who was charged with ia lacny c ny by mies niles emma henry a pretty milliner aless henrys llena f a statement to lie the court wai wag that smith had entered he the store as she waa was about closing last evening and asked for some old news newspapers pipers slie she laid her pocketbook book on the couer aa she went to the reir for the papers james dagan wai was present bat but was not observed by the minister miss henrys Ilen rys attention was wag called by dugan to the preacher and on looking around she saw him with her pocketbook in his ha A id he ile had just taken BOMO coin out of it which he lie put in his pocket dugan rushed from the rear of the store and seiz ng the rev smith by the collar dragged dragi zed him away outside a lively tussle followed A festival was in progress up tip et girl i and a party parry of negroes came down like the As syrians spoken of in history and tried to rei cua smith razors were drawn and dugan was in peril of his life when a crowd of whites came up and routed the negroes and took ook t the preacher to jai when smith was being led off be he threw away a handful of money and ire ilia followers deserted his cuse to gather up the money he ile was held for trial |