Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-18
WHAT l HEAR.

There is good story about one OF our
judges, which out OF regard for him
kept in my notebook during the last
political campaign. 1t cannot harm
him now. and it is too good to keep.
The judge in question is of jovial dis
position and occasionally looks upon the
rosy. On night, once upon a time, a
policeman at about 2 O'Clock in the
morning heard man singing Annie
Rooney. 1t is not often that police
man at that hour hears anything, but
this one happened to wake up. The
singing disturbed him, and he decided
to run the singer in. He followed the
clue the singing gave him, and he To-
Gated the singer holding up telegraph
pole, OH a certain street not necessary
to name.
''Say you can't sing" said the officer.
"Shat's whash shom my friends shay,
but shay can," hiccoughed the judge.
"But say you can't sing" responded
the officer.
Cant II" queried the Judge; 'show
you II can't" and he burst out with
"shoon we'll marry,
Ne, er TO part;
swell, that'll do; I'll have to run you
in. Come along;" and the officer
grabbed the judge by the collar and
waltzed him into the police station. The
then chief of police happened to be in
the office, and was horror struck at what
his underling had done, and at once tel
ephoned for hack to take the judge
home, and apologized profusely.
oil rt.xhf Nhsaf - cofd tho
prisoner, 'syou're all right, but zhay,
send til is officer round my court NOR
row morning, and I'll hang him. Shee?
Hang him."
There was oh, such difference in the
morning, however, and the officer was
not hung. In fact, think he is still on
the force.
There is another little judicial story
in which there is an incident connected
with dentistry which would be of inter-
est here and in San Diego, but it might
be construed as cruel if | told it now.
vi x*x
A member of the late grand jury told
me that District Attorney MacLachlan
himself destroyed the first report on
the Whittier school which Professor
Quinn prepared. This is hardly credible.
| Mr.. MacLachan is reported to, be very
good young man, and lives in Pasadena.
He will doubtless show that this is
baseless rumor by availing himself OF
the opportunity given him OF exposing
corruption, through the reference to
him by Judge Smith of Professor
Guinn's second report.
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Sing song of Whittier
Their pockets full of pelf,
Five or six boodlers
Looking out for self.
When the sack was opened
The b0odlers were inside;
Isn't that a fine story
To spread far aud wide.
The doctor in the kitchen
Tried new cork screw,
Hervey in his counting room
Thought in consre.s what red DO.
The exp nse accounts grew bigger
Whel by an awful blunder
Along came General Bouton
Ana they couldn't stand from under"
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And now know why the amiable and
admired treasurer of the opera house
did not stay longer in San Diego. 1t
| was thought when lie went there that
he might take charge of Mr.. Fishers
new theater, but he came back on Satur-
! day. He was very retlcent about why
| he did not remain. Yes the vil-beg
pardon, the town, was a beautiful place !;
oh, yes, the people were very pleasant; I;
no, nothing disagreeable happened; /;
why, he never intended to remain ;
never had any such idea; funny how
such stories get around when there is no
basis for them--and that is the way he
! talked.
However, he told friend confden-
TALLY who, of course, told me, what
must be the real reason. 1t seems that
during the whole week he was there
only two ladies came to the box Office to
buy tickets, and they were both OF a
certain age. Here they flock by thou
sands to the Office. and that's where
they show their good taste.