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Show GEORGE TEWEY WAS BUMPED ANDJFINED From the results of a little spree. after abstaining from liquor for two years. George Tewey. an express clerk, found it necessary to pay a fine of $10 for disturbing the peace According to the testimony offered. Tewey walked Into the confectionery stand near the Cherry theater, on Twenty-fifth street- The proprietress Mrs. Kate Lindennan, came to wait on him but ho made known the fact that he was Just a visitor and did not wifh to purchase anything Whon : his actions became objectionable. Mrs Lindrman called to her clerk, ' Walter Nelson, and complained that the man had Insulted her Nelson ! ordered the man to leave the place. ! Evidently Tewey was not feeling in good humor for on hearing this order to got out. he made a dash for Nol-'bon Nol-'bon and "pushod him in the fnce " Not content with doing tho pushing, he seized the clerk by the neck and forced him against the counter io hard that tho caso was tipped over It was at this point of the conflict that tho pollco were summoned When Tewey took the stand ho said '"the disturbance was a misty recollection to him." He remembered remember-ed that ho was drunk and he also remembered that he was hit on the head with a club, but the other details de-tails wero oloudy. Ho showed the bump on his head to the Judge who felt It to determine Its size. In summing up the case. Judge 1 Iteeder stated that, In view of tho fact that the prisoner had suffered l the most damage, he was Inclined to be lenient and recorded a $10 fine. |