The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
SHE Sang NOT WISELY.
A Warbling Female Causes q
Stabbing ARRAY.
Her Friends Knife Saloon Keeper Who Oh.
jected TO Her Ditty and Ordered Hsr
TO Leavs the Place.

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night Mar
tin Mehrtens was taken to the Receiving
Hospital in patrol wagon. He was bleed
ing freely from an incised wound under the
left ear, and was greatly worried about his
condition. After Dr. Berry attended him
he was put 10 bed.
He made the following statement about
the affair: Il purchased the grocery and
saloon at the corner of First and Point
LobOs avenues about year ago. The
saloon is in the rear of the grocery. and run
ring of il there is a ladies' siltIng-room.
This evening member of the fire depart
ment named Redmann entered the saloon in
company with a Mrs. Adams, the wife of an
other fireman. They were in the place but
a short time when Rednann's mother and
Mrs. Mcdonald entered. They all reside
on Point Lobos avenue. a few doors from
my place. and have been in the saloon very
often.
Last nights trouble was caused by Mrs.
Adams singing vulgar version of the
bum-t trail lee song. There were few chill
dren in the grocery making purchases from
my clerk at the time. and on that account l
objected to Mrs. Adams singing. She would
not stop singing. and, walking into the
sltting-room, where she was, | ordered her
TO leave the place. She refused. and Red
mann and the woman called me all
kinds OF vile names. | tried to force
them out, and Redmann struck at me with
his INST. Then the women attacked me and
hurled glasses and used chairs. All of a
sudden was stabbed behind the ear, by
whom L don't know.
A FRIENDS REWARD.
Louis Elser. friend of mine, who re-
sides in the rear of the grocery, was in the
SALOON at the time. and seeing that | was
getting the worst of the fight tried to assist
me. lie had no sooner interested himself
In my behalf than he was stabbed in the
back and twice on the right arm. He cried
with pain, and opening the door reached
the sidewalk The women and Redmaun
followed him outside and were throwing
bricks at him when l came TO his assistance
with revolver and drove the crowd off,"
MebrtenS states that he does not know
who stabbed him or Elser. aud does not
care. He says what is the use Of my pros
eeuting Redmann. when he is a member of
The Fire Department with pull. | would
only waste my time going 10 court, when in
the enc Redmann Would escape conviction"
MeHTtens states that no police officers
were In the neighbOrh0od when the trouble
occurred, but that Officer Harris put in an
appearance shortly afterward and wanted
him 10 have his and ElSor's assailauts ar
rested Mehrtens' injury is not of a yeTv
serious nature, he being fortunate enough
TO escape having his jugular severed
d CALL reporter, who reached the scene
OF the cutting within an hour after Mehr-
tens had been removed TO the Receiving
Hospital. found everything as silent as the
grave. There was literally not a soul in
SIGHT 1t was clearly case of "hush-up."
KEEPING 1T QUIET.
The scene Of the affair is a well-known
grocery and saloon at the intel section of
Point LObos and First avenues. on the
southwest corner. La the days when the