Threatening to burn.
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Mrs. Frances C. Jones and
Misses Letitia and
Ella, her daughters, were before the
Mayor yesterday, to answer the charge of threatening to burn, break and destroy the property of
Mrs. J. M. Quarties, on the 12th inst.
Mrs. Jones, it seems, rented a room of
Mrs. Quaries, but the joint tenantry proving unpleasant, has been notified to leave the premises.
For some reason unexplained,
Mrs, Q. had the gas stopped in
Mrs. J's room, which so much exasperated her, that she threatened to "burn, break and destroy," if necessary to have a light.
Mr. W. H. Macfarland appeared as the counsel of the accused parties.
In years gone by he had known
Mrs. Jones--and knew her then to be an intelligent and respectable lady.
he had known her husband as a minister of the Gospel, and as a chaplain to the army, in which position he died; and he was quite sure, and would undertake for
Mrs. Jones and her daughters, that they would immediately leave
Mrs. Quarles's house.
Mr. Sands, for
Mrs. Quarles, desired nothing but peace and quiet, and on the assurance of
Mr. Macfarland that
Mrs. Jones would move at one had the warrant dismissed.