The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-27
TWO DIGNITARIES.
Bishops Fitzgerald and
Goodsell Preach.
Petty Thievery in the Rain-An Old
Cripple's Serious Fall on
Seventh Street.

OAKLAND-A cripple named King lies
at ;tEe Receiving Hospital with his head
bound up in lint and bandages and at
tended by nurse who doubts whether
the patient will survive.
Kings present Illness is'ihe result of a
fan lie eeeiyed.s1sster6av aftern DON while
q -temntizs - cross tfa narrow-gauge
IT K aaSsy enth and Washington streets.
aaTai1 Twas pouring down steadily.
! .ag has only one leg, but manages to get
aEun OH crutches in good weather. He Is
20 Svars. old.
Yesterday afternoon the macadam was
drenched and slippery with the rain. and
when the cripple attempted TO cross on
it the rubber end of his crutch flew out
and. down went Kh@ with rush, striking
his head violently against the car rails.
He did not cry out or move and little
stream Of blood trickled through his hair
aud stained the macadam where ne lay.
A patrol wagon was summoned and the
cripple taken to the Receiving Hospital.
Df.Johnson found a gaping scalp wound
several inches in length and OF serious
depth. He bound it up and gave the poor
fellow soothing opiate and said that
with careful nursing King ought to come
through all right
Thieves in che Rain.
.f6tly lhTceulSIS duQ miScDi0I - UlakerS
were not idle yesterday, in spite of the
miserable weather, and the gong of the
patrol wagon sounded every few moments
asthe pelce dashed out after some new
laW-brPaker.
- J. j. Daley, aged 81, started the ball
rolling. He made the lower end of Broad
. way the base OF his operations and raided
q GrygOOdS store on Third street. Daley
got several pairs of overshoes and was
ahoat ln e-cape with his plunder when
Ollie. Lampipg descended upon him and
tnGk him, shoes and all. to the city prison.
Inen "A young man named Mike Key
iQGdS tried to steal an oyarcoat out OF a
saE00D At Sixth and Broadway, but before
lie got lar Offer Scanlan gathered him in
and led him away TO prison.
Mary Welsh next came to the front. This
dlstinction she won by smashing fine
front plate-gl window. She said she
did not mean to do il, but appearances
were against Mary and Officer Lamping
marched her up to jail and put charge of
malicious mischief against her.
Bishops in Town.
Two Bishops preached in Oakland yes
terday. Bishop d. A. Goodsell occupied
the pulpit of the First Methodist Church
In the morning, and Bishop Fitzgerald of
the N. E. Church South spoke at the
AsUu,y Methodist Church.
+ GGodsell is the Youngest Of all the
Bishops and a graduate of the New
York University. He has been editor of
lions Herald and secretary of the Board
f:Education.
Bishop Fitzgerald has long been a con-
.spicuons, figure in California. He was
four years Superintendent of Public In
struction.
=. A Midnight Assault.
Shortly before midnight Jack Martin
waS.assaulted by the notorious Fish gang
of West Oakland They attempted to rob
eQyaral
. shots were fired, one OF them striking him
in.the arm.
The assault was committed near his
home, $50 Fllbert street. Hearing the
boise his brother. Cole Martin, came out
): of the. house and received slight scalp
wonud. Both the men were treated at the
Receiving Hospital. No arrests have yet
been made.