The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-09
ACROSS THE BAY.
An Exciting Time in the City
Hall Lobby.
Miss Leonard and Her Property-Mrs bearing
Asphyxiated-Awn Must Come Down.
A Fatal Accident in Alameda

There was an exciting time in the lobby
OF the City Hall yesterday at the close of
the Police Court session. Auditor Snow
and n. A. Walker were standing in the
hallway talking, when the court doors
opened and out came Alexander X. Otter,
the street-car conductor charged with bat
terry, for knocking his wife down at
Walkers house when he tried to escape
past her out of the back door. The old
man and Auditor Snow had been talking
about the affair and as Otter came out
Walker said There he is now" As Otter
passed him he told him he wanted him to
keep away from his house. AT the time
Walkers hands were in his oVercoat
pockets and his arms were twitchlng ner-
vously. Otter threw back his overcoat
quickly and drew from his hip pocket re-
Volyer which he presented at Walker.
Auditor Snow with quick presence of mind
Told Otter be must not flourish reYolVer5
around in that manner in the building and
demanded to know whether he had per-
! NIT AS Otter did not know who Snow was,
| he dropped his weapon and drew permit
! out of his pocket Officer Curtis appeared
on the scene and asked the old man
whether he had revolver. lie said be had
one in his oyerCOat pocket, but as he did
not have permit he was taken below on
| charge Of carrying q weapon concealed.
Otter was arrested for an assault with
deadly weapon and bail was fixed at $1,000.
| Walker put up $50 cash bail, but Otter had
hard time finding pail. Otter pleaded not
| guilty to the charge of battery on his wife
and the case was set for February 18TH
MISS LEONARD HAS SUED.
Miss Sarah Z. Leonard has sued Mary A :
and John Martin, 5. b. B0yce and others,
! alleging that the defendants Martin pur-
chased certain real estate with the money
| obtained by Mrs. Martin from her while
she was hypnOtized, and that they sold to
| the other party defendants. She asks that
the various pieces of property be declared
her property and held in trust for her, and
! that they be required to deed 1t to he
A. Schumau, San Francisco cigar man,
was arrested on Lower Broadway, Oakland,
yesterday morning on suspicion Of being
one OF the San LeandrO road burglars. lie
was not very styliShly dressed, yet had $3.50
in his pockets, but he proved himself to be
what he claimed and was shortly aiterWard
released.
The report CT the Postoflice shows an in
crease for the quarter Of $500 over the GER
responding period in 1890.
DENIES HIS INSOLVENCY.
Charles a. WetmOre filed a motion yester
day asking the Superior Court 10 dissolve
the Injunction, on tile ground that the facts
are insufficient as stated in the complaint
OF the {. \. NetmOre Wine Company
against him, and on the ground that the
water had been turned off before th9 sum
mons u the suit had been served. He shut
1t eft because the company failed to pay him
$50 due him. tie denies that he is in
solvent as charged in the complaint
Sheriff HuSsey has been notified that two
young men had been swindlng the mer-
chants OF MaTysyille and that they 'ad
/ probably made their way toward the bay.
/ They presen ted checks for small sums,
/ made small purchases and realized on the
/ change.
The officers Of Clan Macdonald, Ne. 70,
| Order Scottish Clans, iwere instal!ed5by
Hugh Fraser, Royal Deputy for the Pacific
/ Coast
FROM INHALING GAS.
! Mrs. y. G.. bearing Of I7l2 Eighth street
] is lying dangerously i'll from inha,ing escap-
! ing gas In her Sleeplng-rOOm on Thursday
/ night. Size retired about o'clock in the
! evening, and yesterday morning was found
unconscious, with one OF the jets OF the
/ chandelier turned on. One Of the windows
/ was down, or life would have been extinct
/ There is some hope of recovery, but she is
/ IN a dangerous condition.
! The awnings on the main thOTOughfares
! must come down at once. Eight months
! ago the Council! passed an ordinance pro-
| hbiting them, but it was never enforced
! Superintendent of Streets Wall has now
served peremptory order regarding it on
! all the pToperty-oWnerS on Broadway and
/ Washington street.
a warrant has been issued for the arrest
| of Frank Burnham on the complaint Of Miss
May Fletcher. charging him with entering
her room and carrying away her guitar
Buruham is the young man who sued Chief
Of Police TOmpkins for bring ng him down
/ from Stockton about six months ago.
A VERDICT FOR $500.
The trial OF the suit of Miss Kate S.
Mallory, the crippled young woman, against
| j. ii. Thomas for damages 10 premises OcCu-
! third avenue, was continued on Thursday
night before Judge Ellsworth ana jury,
! aud at o'clOck yesterday morning the jury
! rendered verdict awarding to the plaintiff
| $500 damages, the prayer Of the complaint
! being Tor 5000.
j. L. Davies and codefendants have fled
! an answer in the suit Of eiectment by the
! Water Front Company They claim the
/ property in question and add that they have
! occupied il for twenty-five years. The
| Washington Coal C0mpany's wharf is on
! the disputed land.
! tied, and Of the $1,000 raised to compromise
! them 1t was found that $500 of a balance re-
/ NAMED, and on tile recommendation of the
| land Benevolent Society aud One-half to the
! citation.
Laura L. Bennett has sued Grant Ben
nett fol- divorce