The morning call., 1892-03-05
bob WAS NERVY."

Young Crooks Must Paw "Ned" Foster
for Piping for Him.
According to the duly rendered Judgment
of Justice Of the Peace Gray, Robert Crooks.
son of the deceased William Crooks, will
have to pay the piper for all dancing, when
he was such Neutrality-suspicious. with
Ned Foster of the Bella Union and
Jack" Mailman ofithe Cremorne. Crooks
was sued by Foster for $40 money loaned
ON | 0 US and Judgment was given as
prayed for. the Justice holding that there
was NC proof to substantiate the counter
claim of Crooks that Foster owed him $500
for champagne. guns. fishing tackle and the
like, magnanimously waving sol in order
to allow the Justices Court jurisdiction.
According to the mss of testimony,
Crooks WAS in the habit of squandering his
patrimony by opening wine" at the Bella
Union and Cremorne; but as he did not
always have the money wherewith to tickle
his palate in this respect he was loaned it
on the o US, of which Foster presented
quite collection in court. So intimate was
he with Ned and Jack" that once, whe n
his mother Was in Europe, he invited them
TO her rural home in Napa County, and to
make things the more merry three females
accompanied them, and this rare combina-
ton had such a time that even the servants
refused TO serve these females. and Foster
was installed as chef de cuisine and Crooks
crowned pOt-wallOper
The defense attempted to show that the
but probably included the price of the
champagne at orgies. Foster Indignantly
repudiated this, ''for," said he, Crooks
was my friend, and my cash-drawer was
open to him. He used to go there aud help
himself and leave tag to show how much
he had taken"
How would he pay you?"
HE used to come around the next day
tie up."
g.. "H lay s you record of Crooks wine bill
81 have nothing with me now, but have
a trunkful of his accounts at 224 Kearny
street."
ibid you ever see Crooks giving any Of
the money you lent him to the ladies Of
your placer"
'No, sir. Not that know Of"
did Crooks ever give you anythng?"
HE gave me shotgun and a suit of
clothes"
did you ever go off in the country with
him?"
Yes. went up to his country villa
Jack Mailman was along, as we'll as three
ladies'"
"Of course, you had good time on that
tear?"
Il would not call it a tear. 1t was very
sober crowd. We only took up twelve bar
rels of beer"
"How much of it did the party drink"
Two dozen bottles"
WI hen you were down here with Crooks,
did you ever miss him FROM his usual
haunts?"
There was one time he disappeared for
some time. | found ont that he had visited
a roadside resort with one of our actresses,
Natty Hamilton, and that he had been held
Tor not settling his wine BILL Natty walked
Tour miles home over the sand hills"
On cross-examination Foster said: bob
was nervy. He sometimes spent $500 in
night. 1t took two walters to pack it in as
fast as they could. Why, there are lots of good
respectable citizens in this town who spend
$500 In night in my place. l don't 'spose
they would like to have it known, but il
necessary / could bring them in here and
have them testify. Why. if we let Bob run
on as some people do he would have spent
$1,000 night, but we drew the lire. | had
to pay money for wine, and l knew that l
would have to chase Bob in the morning to
get anything out of him."
The defense also attempted TO show that
If Crooks signed any of the / Us he was
too drunk to know what he was doing but
his recollection of events negatived this
claim In the opinion of the Judge an6 he
decided against him on every point.