The morning call., 1893-05-24
Two Very Daring Highway
Robbers.
INSULTING A PRETTY WOMAN
Divorce Proceedings Withdrawn
Salvation Camp-Meeting-B Bids
for Electric Lighting.

was driving toward his home on Clare
mont avenue. Temescal, with lady, he
was stopped by two men, near the Four
mile House, who ordered him with drawn
reyolvers to throw up his hands. Nh
Boegel Immediately pulled up his team,
and, with the purpose of showing fight,
stood up in the buggy and raised his whip,
when one of the men grabbed the brid lie
aud Mr.. Boegel struck at the fellow. Just
at this moment the other man began
blazing away and the lady began
screaming, when the robbers, evidently
frightened at the eommotion created, van
ished in the darkness. Both the villains
shots took effect, and the buggy was
driven back to Temescal, whence Mr.
Boegel was brought down to Oakland and
had his wounds dressed by DR.. Nicholson
Both wounds were in the right arm, and
luckily were but slight flesh wounds. Mr..
Boegel considers that he had a very mar
mediately sent for. and is now out after
the highwaymen. Mr.. Boegel says he
could Identity the men.
Sheriff McKilican returned late last night
from a search for men who robbed Mr..
Boegel at the Four-mile House near Tenn
escal. He says the robbers shot twice and
then said to him. "GIve up your money or
I'll fire again" Mr.. Boegel then handed
out his purse containing S45. II was his
wife who was in the buggy with him
ALL ABOUT A HoUsE.-A house has
been sitting crosswse Of Fifteenth street.
near jefferson, for a week past, and there
it stands, and the occupants come and 60
with little thought, apparently, of the
future. They seem to be the least con-
cerned of anybody interested in the busi-
ness
Last night the Council, and the house
mover, and the City Attorney got one
another so mixed up on the final deStlna-
ton of that house that when they got
through wrangling over the matter they
did not know exactly where they did
stand. They knew where the house stood.
however. 1t hadn't moved an inch.
The trouble seems to be that property
owners in the neigh boThood of its destina-
ton object to its presence on the lot selected
for it, as a house, but in the shape of old
lumber, shingles. plaster and nails it
could be put up on The lot. This vas a
feature of the ordinance regulating house
moving, which Mr.. Bayles said worked a
hardship in his business. He said the
house had only come from Twelfth and
Washington streets, few bucks away.
but il had already taken over week to
get il thus far on its journey. he SAID mat
a single DTOperty-Owner could block his
business. as In this case.
at one time during the debate the Coun-
ell ordered Street Superintendent Barr ison
to take his axe and consign the house 10
the corporation yards IN fragments, to
keep company with the boOtback stands,
\ but Tecon>ider-d this haSty action.
City Attorney johnson sad that the
family still occupied the house very COM
fortahly on Fifteenth street, but he did
NOT know why the occupant had not been
arrested. He thought the ordinance
would not stand in the courts.
Councilman Capell stated that House
mover Bayles had started to move the house
without the proper permit, which he
should not have done.
Barnard wanted the Street Superintend-
ent to moVr the house to the lot to which
it was originally destined
Smell thought the previous action of the
Council IN ordering the house cut VI for
kindlng was a little hasty, and moved
that the matter be postponed for further
action. Carried.
The occupant of the house, Mrs. Deming,
had previously been arrested and tried for
violating the house-m owing ordinance. and
Judge Allen has reserved his decision in
the case until Thursday. 1t is said thai
the ordinance IS invalid, owing 10 some
technical error, and would not stand if a
test was made.
Meantime the house stands crosswise in
the street ana teams go around the block,
while pedestrians and ueghbOrs swear.
d. 81. NJ. nar
and never murmur escapes her. The
front steps lead to a sidewalk and so du
her back steps, but the neighbors do mo-
Ike the view as viewed from their parloI
windows.
The ANDERsoNs.-"You look eros:
enough to curdle vinegar. | wish / had
your photograph, so that if at any time
wanted to see how the inhabitants OF
Tophet looked l would have your picture
to look att
That is what Joseph Anderson's VIII,
says 10 said to her. She is trying to get
divorce, and 10 has filed an answer to hpI
complaint in which he alleges that he die
hing OF the sort.
Now Mrs. Anderson is quite pretty
man, and she naturally resents suct
ak
.lo further saws that he did not call Mrs
jp an ''insignificant puppy" not did h'
ti>s: You have eyes like rattlesnake
ron are a Tattiesnake."
The troubles with the Andersons is al
old story in Oakland. Mr.. Andersen
keeps a drugstore on San Pablo avenue
aad short time ago his wife mad him ar
rested Tor battery. following up th,
charge by filing Papers in a divorce SUI
which she brought. She SAYS that Ander
son treated her cruelty. The husband wa
acquitted of the charge of battery.
The wife then pushed the divorce pro
ceedings, asking for alimony pending
trial. Anderson stated to the court tina
he was too poor to pay alimOny, and til,
court ordered him to sell his drug busines
ana hand the proceeds to the court, Is b,
would divide it properly. The store /
now advertised for sale.
REUNITED.-THE CALL readers will re
member the difficulties n the Hogan fam
lily Of a few weeks ago, in which the wifi
had made divers charges IN her divorc
complaint, none of them OF an unfurgivinl
nature, however. The husband answered
the charges with counteT-charges, ant
almost created a scene at one time whei
he made an attempt to exercise control q
his enid. The husband was at all time
willing that reconciliation should tax
place, but the young wife was obduratr
She would not receive him when he callet
10 talk matters over with her.
Itappears that Mrs. Hogan was prevailed
upon Ivy her friends TO reconsider matters
She did consider, and the two claspet
hands. Her attorney, Mr.. Button. wa
instructed to dismiss the action for divorce
and now peace reigns over the house o
Hogan. The horseshoe hangs above tb