The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-05
ACROSS THE BAY.
0akIand's Chief of Police Ar
rested for a MisdemeanOr.
Prohibition Municipal Convention-The Plea
of Burglar-Estella Esdon's VILLA
Demand That Was Honored.

On his return from Sacramento yesterday
afternoon. District Attorney Reed issued
warrant on complaint of Sackett Cornell
against Chief of Police Tompkins, accusing
him of disturbing the peace at the City
Prison on Monday evening by attempting to
throw him cut of the City Prison lobby
after his chair Cornell is determined to
represent the staff of his paper as the police
reporter and takes his chair with him.
Chief Tompkins was arrested by Ohcer
Mitchell, but allowed to 90 on his own
recOgniZance and to appear in the Ponce
Court this morning.
John Powers of LivermOre was committed
to the Agnews Asylum yesterday by Judge
Ellsworth. He imagines that he is filled
with soldiers and that persons are lying IN
wait for him. He told Judge Ellsworth that
some one in the jail is trying to poison him.
The Prohbitionists will hold their NUM-
cipal convention on Saturday evening in up
per Hamilton Hall and will nominate full
ticket.
TO APPEASE HUNGER
Andrew Faulkner. the young man who
gave the name of "Werdna Renkluaf when
arrested for burglary and afterward pleaded
guilty. was sentenced by Judge Henshaw
to one year at Folsom yesterday. He stated
that he is only II years of age and pleaded
for the mercy of the Court. He gave his
name spelled backward when arrested and
only corrected it before sentence. He is
from Kansas and has relatives there. He
had tried TO obtain work in various places IN
this State and failed and stated that at the
time he committed the offenSe he was
hungry.
General Manager Wagner and Superin-
tendent Beauregard Of the Judson Iron
nrlr wa ai TOR dow ond dam n
jury trial on the charges OF battery pre-
ferred by Charles Ullstrom, the striker.
and trials were set for the 11tn lust. before
Justice Shook.
Judge Ellsworth yesterday afternoon
granted motion for nOnsuit IN the case
Of ". F. Bayless for $4,000 damages from
McGoven & CahiI, for injuries received
by the fall of a painters scatfold.
May Haney sued George w. Hanley yes
terday for desertion. The defendant left
her two years ago
EsTELLA EsDoN's WILL.
The will of Mrs. Estella Esdon was filed
for probate yesterday afternoon by Alvinza
Nanderhoof, who Is nominated as executor.
The estate is valued at $500. and consists OF
real estate at Livermore. The Will was
written in October, $780, and left an undi-
vlded half interest in the estate TO ErSklne
Esdon, son, aged 20, and the other und-
yided half TO Alexander ESdon, another son,
aged Is, during his life, to go to Erskine at
his death. Alexander died in December,
before the testatriX, during the same month.
He was i'll at the time the will was drawn.
Yesterday a demand for Sl0,30S was pre-
scented to City Treasurer Gilpin against the
Wharf Improvement Fund, but as there was
only about half that amount in the fund,
the demand was not paid. The City CoGn-
ell was notified by the Treasurer and will
transfer sufficient from the General Fund.
The inquest on the remains OF living l.
Abel, who died suddenly OH Tuesday even
ing, showed death to have been from en-
largement of the heart, blood clOt and dis
ease of the initial valves.
City Justice of the Peace j. J. Allen pre-
sided for the first time in the Police Court
yesterday, Judge Ogden being unavoidably
absent
THE PROSECUTOR WAS ABSENT.
Mrs. Minnie Friedman, whose pocket was
picked about two months ago at the Oak
land pier while waiting for a train, tele-
graphed that she could not come to Oakland
Yesterday TO attend the trial of Frank p
Harrington. alias John Uhlrich, on the
charge of being the pickpocket because of
the serious illness of two of her children at
her home in Lemo0re, TulaTe County, and
the case was continued to April Sth.
AT the meeting of the City Council last
evening the precinct boundaries were fixed
ana the City Clerk was authorized to pre-
pare aud publish the election proclamation
for the municipal election next month The
Printing Committee was authorized to pro-
cure go copies of the precinct register, ten
for each precinct
was receiver in the divorce case of elizabeth
Walker VS.. Joseph Walker, has been re-
lieved of his trust, and the property has
been turned over to Mrs. Walker.
George NJ. Pullman Of Chicago, President
of the Pullman Palace Car Company, ar