The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25
1T DID NOT SING.
Would Not Write That
Letter to Papa.
NO MUSIC IN HIS SOUL.
So the Parrot Is Handed Over
to Mrs. Martin.
MRS. DONNELLY'S WILD GRIEF.
The Famous Bird May Be Taken to
the Superior Court-Judge
Dunne's Experience.
MRS. DoNNELLY's WILD GRIEF.

The DOnnelly-Martin parrot would not
sing "Pm Going to Write a Letter to
Papa" nor a single note of the Little
Brown Jug nor indeed anything. Ergo
it is Mrs. Martins bird.
Judge Dunno notified both Mrs, Martin
aud Mrs. Donnelly, the litigants for pos
session of the parrot, of these facts YES
terday, and the Martins sent a messenger
to the Judges house at once and took the
bird away. and Mrs. Donnelly was waiting
in the hallway when the Judge returned
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from his
uneh and opened the big courtroom. She
entered and sat down, looking like a
woman who had suffered much.
She could not believe the language of
the note she had received, and must hear
from tue Judges lips her fate and that of
the parrot And when he had told her,
as kindly as he could, and why he had so
decided. she broke into frenzy of grief
crying and Sohbiug bitterly. She said it
could not be. + this was her Laura-there
could be no doubt of il. She said if the
bird did not sing, then it could not have
been the same bird that was in cOurt-that
It had probably been changed for arother
house.
But the Judge explained that this was
next to impossible. She went away to
consider some plan of appealing the case
and proving her ownership in a higher
court. She did not find fault with the
judge. however, recognizing that he had
done only what there was TO do under the
evidence.
Judge Dunno, in speaking of the peculiar
case yesterday, said: There is no doubt
that the DonnelIeys-both husband and
wite-are honest people, and really be-
Heve this IS their parrot. l have kept The
olrd several DAYS more than was allowed
me In the first place, although the keeping
or 1t caused me no end of annoyance.
had hardly gotten home before l received
a letter from Mrs. DOunely saying that
she had heard that the parrot taken to my
house was not the one in question. Then
MIS-. Martin called, as she had heard that
the bird was sick. Then Mrs. DoDneily
called to see the bird aud me, but left
word not 10 allow any one TO see il.
For the first several days the bird did
not talk at al, except in muff1ed tone, as
,h9pggh muttering to itself. 1t became
bolder after awhile, however, and ran
through the brief repertoire to which
the Martin side testfed-the Hip. hip.
hurrah! the 'Tarara-bOom-de-av,' Hello,
Arthur! and In The evening, Want to GO
to bed The Martins testified that tn e
Dlrd could not sing, while the DonDelys
Insisted that 1t sang many songs. Now,
what l was watching for was a note of
singing. If it had sung a note of any kind
w1nld have been in doubt and would have
asked for still more time probably. 1t did
not sing 'Tarara,' but rather spoke 1t.
also spoke it TWO ways. as was testified 10
by. the little girl-the Fanny Rice way OF
'TsraVa boom aud again 'BoOm-de-ay.'
So there was nothing to DO but give the
bird 10 the Martins" and the Judge
signed as though it was a matter he was
glad to be ne with.
II the parrot is really Donnelly's bird
the evidence would seem clear that he pre-
fers life In a saloon to that of the quiet of
Mrs. DOnnelly's home and so knew
Little Brown jug" and his intentions
with regard to "TTliiug a letter to papa"
during his stay at Judge Dunno s house.