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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Mayor's Court, Saturday. --The first case on the docket was that of Austin Conley, William Appleyard. Franklin Morris, alias Herman, -- McCue, and a dozen or more young girls, arrested on Friday night by officers Scale, Jenkins, Chalkley, Adams and Green, at Magnolia Hall, on Tenth street, between Main and Cary, during the progress of a ball. Parties living in the neighborhood had previously complained of the character of the entertainments given at this hall, which generally came off about once a week; and it was in consequence of these complaints that the raid was made upon it, which resulted in the capture of the parties designated. A gentleman who rooms under the Magnolia testified that whenever those gatherings took place, he was kept awake during the entire night, and frequently fights would occur two or three times of an evening; on one of these occasions he heard a terrible scuffle going on over his head, intermingled with oaths and exclamations of "kill him, kill him,
Arrest of a female. --Officers Chalkley and Seal yesterday afternoon arrested Mrs. Elizabeth Dawson, and committed her to the watch-house, upon the charge of feloniously receiving a silver watch, valued at $1,000, the property of Michael Rourke, deceased, the same having been stolen from him on the night of his recent mysterious death. The case will be investigated before the Mayor this morning.
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