The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-07
OAKLAND = ALAMEDA.
Anderson Found Not Guilty of
Abducting His Niece.
An Amusing Incident in Court-Moors and
Bassett as Workers at the Pols-Con-
nections for the Electric Road.

Frederick W. Anderson was tried before
Judge Greene and a jury yesterday on
charge OF abducting his niece. Several
months ago Captain o. W. Olson. his brother
ln-law, was granted divorce from his wife,
Anderson's sister, and was given the custody
OF the only child, aged about years. Mrs.
OlSon mad Anderson surreptltlously take
the child to San Francisco to see her. After
ward the mother would not allow him to
Drlng her back to Oakland, but prevailed on
him to accompany her to Portland, Oregon.
Win the child. He was arrested in Portland
on requisiti0n from the Governor OF this
State, and the child was at the same time re-
turned to its father. In defense yesterday
the boy admitted the fact of his having
taken the child to see its mother and after
ward going 10 Oregon with her, but stated
that he did not know he was violating the
law. The jury. after discussing the matter
for half an hour, brought in verdict OF not
guilty. and the accused was discharged.
AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
An amusing incident occurred in the
Police Court yesterday The case of Charles
Griffiths, who slashed the face of Ora
Ochiltree few nights ago at a West Oak
aud hotel, was called for third time, and
Ochitree refusing to swear to a complaint
the charge was dismissed. Grif1iths' wife
appeared in the COURTROOM, walking appar-
emily with difficulty and leaning upon
crutch. When Griffiths started out of the
courtroom after his discharge. she jumped
up hurrledly, forgetting all about her crutch
and lamentss, and followed him out AS
she reached the door she remembered her
crutch and went back for it. She started to
go out limping, but it was so apparent that
it was assumed that the lobby burst into
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Bailiff.
The suit Of the people on the relation of
Edison Adams against the city of Oakland in
reference to the annexation question has
gone over for trial until December 9th.
AN ELECTION EXPERIENCE.
One of the amusing experiences of the
election is told by w. w. Moore. generally
candidate for Supervisor on the American
ticket, and James NJ. BasSett, the attorney,
who was running for the office of State Sen
ator ON tile same ticket. Moore and Bas-
sett were working at the polls in the interest
OF the American ticket A voter approached
the polls and asked for an American ticket.
Bassett stepped up and handed him
straight Republican ticket with the excep-
ton that the names of Bassett and Moore
had been substituted FOR the Republican
nominees. The voter scanned the ticket
carefully, and at last said to Bassett:
cant vote for that man BaSsett. He's too
much for me to swallow. Moore l don't
know. The rest are all right" So he
scratched off Moore and Bassett and voted
the rest of the Republican ticket.
Mrs. Johanna ReimerS Of San Diego
County was appointed guardian yesterday
by Judge Ellsworth of Amanda and Gussle
Press, aged and years. TheiG father is
dead, and two years ago they were
abandoned by their mother, Mrs; Rebecca
). McNade OF the West Oakland Home was
appointed their guardian in September, 1888,
but she resigned yesterday.
The attorneys for the Athenian Club and
the City Attorney have prepared a state
ment TO present to the Police Court on the
pay liquor license: Its steward is under
arrest for selling liquor by the glass, the
club never having had license.
TO MAKE CONNECTIONS.
The promoters of the electric road between
Oakland. San Leaadro and Haywards-
namely, II. w. Meek and others-have filed
petition with the City Clerk asking the
City Council for franchise connecting
with their line outside. They desire fran
chse from the city limits at East Fourteenth
street westerly to Fifteenth avenue, to East
Seventeenth street; thence across the lands
East Seventeenth street, TO Fifth avenue to
East Ninth street, TO and across the Eighth
street bridge, to Washington street, to Sec
ord street, to Broadway.
The wife OF Louis Rhea, the cook, and
who resides at Forty-first and West streets,
Temescal, surprised Louis at the Depot
Hotel at Sisson. few evening since. with
Norwegian woman and child, and captured
some letters written in Norwegian, the
translation of which shows that the N0rwe-
gian woman also claims LOUIS AS a husband
and the father of her eight-months-old child.
Louis has been cook at the Palace, at Del
Monte, at San Rafael and other prominent
caravansarles. He had not been sending
any money to his wife lately and she under
topk to investigate.
Mayor Glascock has approved the Or
dinance appropriating 5000 to complete
the work OF repairing the main lake sewer.