The morning call., 1893-06-20
4 Woman Who Is a
Victim of Drink.
MORRISON A HIGH-ROLLER.
Spring Valley Enjoins the Tax Coli
lector-A Wife Says She Is
Prosecuted.

its glory during the past few weeks. Nor
rison was in court yesterday and made
herculean efforts to explain how he had
dissipated a modest competence in three
or four weeks, and why he had not paid off
his creditors during that time instead of
being so sporty. Morrison went over his
career in sort of itemiZed way, and re-
counted how he had sold his dairy to his
brother for $3.50 in cash, and how he had
"blown il in'' since He smoked the best
of cigars and drank the choicest wines and
had friends by the hundreds until his
money was gone. Sometimes bad luck
oppressed him, as when he put $50 up on
Berkeley in the Berkeley-Stanford foot
ball games and couldn't find the stake
holder when the game was over At
another time he was robbed of S21S while
crossing the Eighth-street bridge at MID
night.
Morrson's good-nature was boundless
while pros perity lasted, and upon one
occasion, out of sheer overflowing joy, he
presented his wife with $3.50 and in form ed
her that she could do with it exactly as
she chose.
Thus the days ran along all golden for
Morrison until the evil time of awakening
came, and then he was surprised to see
how sool his friends fled from him.
Among the aggressive ones after Morri-
sons decline and fall who tried to make
the good-liver feel even more wretched
than he was anyhow was a. E. Wilkin-
son, to whom he owed S125. He was ap-
pointed assignee of MorriSon's estate and
employed lawyer and bad the high
roller In court yesterday telling how he
got away with $500 week.
LOCKS HER UP.-Mrs. Kate Markoyich
is the wife Of John Markovich of Marko-
vich Bros, proprietors of the Saddle Rock
Restaurant on Twelfth street.
Mrs. Markovich is comely looking
woman of Irish descent. Her husband is
an Austrian and is very prosperous and
popular in his business. Mrs. Markovich
is a periodical drinkeT and was sentenced
yesterday morning by Judge Allen to
serve five days in Jail or pay $40 fine.
Judge Allen sighed as he passed the SEN
tence and dropped his eyes. He knew
Kate. She has been often before him and
has been often sentenced, bnt to no pur-
pose. The visits to prison are becoming
more frequent and the dread desire of
alGOh olism Is growing upon her. When
she has but tasted liquor she loses her
identity as loving wife and a womanly
woman and becomes absolutely uncontrol-
liable, and it is necessary to call in the
police.
For awhile after they were married, two
years ago, the husband regularly paid her
n
says that nothing can be done for her, lhe |
has tried every reasonable meanS when |
couple live happily together eY(er. when |
the dread appetite comes up'
she becomes different beisd for abusiye
rms time she was agss, and the poor
woman sat with dowit of the tanks below |
scruf that oozeS ug arose shamefaced to
eacIi mornine. drop ed hopelessly back
plead guilty anen the Judge passed SEN
INTO her sesher. She dropped her head
lehee uhr gliStened on her lashes and
WINE down her pale cheek
eoIl9r husband makes the charge against
or on each occasion, and it Is only a few
days since she was released from the
prison.
He WOULD ASSESS THE SPRING VAL
complaint has been filed by the
Spring Valley Water Company praying
that an injunction be issued to prevent
Tax Collector Alex Rosborough from SELL
ing the cnmDany's franchise in order to
satisfy delinquent taxes assessed upon the
pipes and culyeIts of the Spring Valley in
Alameda County.
These taxes amount to S275 and have
been due since November 6. 1892.
The complaint sets forth that all taxa
tion that can properly be assessed upon
this company is to be done in San Fran
cisco. their chief place of business. Such
a tax has been imposed there and paid.
Judge Greene issued such a restraining
injunction yesterday. a stipulation has
also been filed that proceedings stand in
allegiance and Judgment follow the decis-
ion in the case of Spring Valley vs.. Bar
Der, pending IN the Supreme Court on ap-
peal.
FoRECLosED ON HIS WIFE..-Mary A.
Johnson. who was divorced from her hus-
band, Thomas johnson, in 1889, on
charge of extreme cruelty, filed COM
plant in court this morning, wherein she
says she is being prosecuted. Her story is
that when the divorce was secured she
was given an interest in the homestead.
She was to hold it for eight years and at
the expiration of that time johnson is to
have half interest in the property.
There was mortgage of $500 on the
house, and now the divorced woman is
called upon to meet II.
She is a poor woman, she says, and her
husband is conspiring with the holders of
the mortgage to have it foreclosed. She is
sick and cannot earn enough money to paw
off the mortgage, and this is her story Of
persecution.
Mr.. johnson is a prominent member of
the Peoples party.
THE FAIR-Oaklander are very anx-
ious that the Golden Gate Fair Association
should hold its fair at the Oakland Trot-
ting Park, but the association will move to
the other side of the bay for its annual
show unless something is done in the mat
ter of the new pool ordinance. section of
which forbds minors on the track
1t was anxious to have the Supervisors
reseind this section, as it would not be
possible to have racing unless minors were
allowed to ride.
The District Attorney was con suited.
but finds that the wording of the ordinance
in this regard is very stringent, but II is
tn ought that the trouble may be obyiated
by designating a certain specific space nr
inclosure within the park as the place
where the pools are to be sold, which will
not include the racetrack and stables.
BY ANY NAME.-Joseph Toland, VINO
persisted in calling himself Cya Mel
quoind, the name of a gentleman who
stood high in this community, ana closed
ont his real estate business to take a trip
10 sunny France. has been sent to the
penitentlary fer four years.
When Mr.. Melqnoind moved out of the
office, Mr.. Toland moved in and proceeded
TO carry on business at Thea old stand
under the old firm name.
He swindled many people, then he
skipped out. He was brought back, tried,
and convicted.
MocEp kwAITc TRJAT-C K Moeor