AN EASTER HAT CAUSED TROUBLE
Item
- Title
- AN EASTER HAT CAUSED TROUBLE
- Source
- Evening Journal (DE)
- Date
- 4/16/00
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042354/1900-04-16/ed-1/?sp=1&q=assault&r=0.121,0.09,0.493,0.297,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- Criminal assault, weapon, blunt object
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- male and female alleged offenders
- Race of alleged victim
- Black
- Gender of alleged victim
- female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- charged, fined
- Location
- In state, Wilmington DE
- Length of story
- 240
- Description
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AN EASTER HAT CAUSED TROUBLE
CLARA TRAVIS AND DAIVD AUGUSTUS, COLORED, HEAVILY FINED FOR ASSUALTING LIZZIE CUMMINS.
An Easter hat and a bottle of bluing were the cause of Clara Travis and David Augustus, both colored, being fined $25 and costs by Judge Ball today.
From the testimony produced at the hearing in City Court this morning, it developed that Lizzie Cummins, colored, had borrowed an Easter hat from the Travis woman, living at No. 702 Buttonwood Street, this city. As yesterday was the day when new headgear and clothing are usually displayed, Clara desired her Spring hat to wear, and sent a message to Lizzie to return it.
STRUCK WITH A BOTTLE
This Lizzie refused to do, claiming that Clara had given it to her. She later called at the Travis woman’s room in order to have her explain what she meant by demanding the return of the hat. After being admitted Lizzie stated that the door was locked behind her, preventing her from getting out, and that Clara and David Augustus, who was also in the apartment, assaulted her, the Travis woman striking her over the head with a bottle of bluing, inflicting a cut on the scalp.
Clara admitted striking the woman but said that she did it in self-defense. She also said that David took no part in the fight other than to separate the women, which statement David corroborated. Judge Ball imposed the above fine.
