The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14

Court clerk, was released yesterday on
$4,000 bonds, furnished by his mother, Mrs.
A. Donaldson, an John Breem, the cigar
dealer. He Immediately started out to
visit his friends about town, and acted as
unconcerned as though he was not the
principal character in one of the most in
teresting cases with which the Oakland
officials have had to deal in years past.
:. The police have secured possession OF a
license and marriage certificate, which
prove beyond doubt that Lambert and
Gertie Mahaney, the girl who accompanied
him on his trip to the islands, are man and
wife, though the ceremony which made
them one was not performed until they
had been in Honolulu some time, and, In
fact, only just before Lambert sailed for
San Francisco.
The license was made out in due form,
and on the reverse side was written the fol-
lowing:
HONOLULU, April 2, 1895.
This is to certify that 1 have this day mar
ried Mr.. W. R. Lambert and Miss Gertrude
Mahaney, and they have by me been pro-
II. Il. PIERsAL, Ordained Pastor
Lambert will come up for examination
in the Police Court tomorrow morning.
FeIIed With a Slungshot.
George Reed, householder living on
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unaccountable assault on Seventh and
Washington streets at 10 o'clock this even
ing. He was walking down Washington
street in the full glare of the electric light
with Henry Atkinson, deputy constable
of Haywards, when one OF four young men
whom they met suddenly stepped up and
dealt him a terrific blow over the right eye
with slungshot, telling him to the side
walk as though dead. The men then ran
down Seventh street and disappeared in
the shadows of the houses.
Mr.. Reed was carried into neighboring
clearinghouse and physician sum moned,
who pronounced the wound dangerous.
Some time later he regained consciousness
and said he had never seen his aSsailant or
his companions before and was at a loss to
account for the assault. So suddenly was
could not believe his companion was hurt
until he picked him up and saw the blood.
The police believe they can place the as
sailant.
ScaIded to Death.
Beatrice NJ. Hunter, the two-year-old
daughter of L. w. Hunter of 1852 Seventh
street, was so badly scalded by falling into
a bucket of boiling water on Friday even
ing that she died Yesterday morning.
The landlady of the house had taken the
water from heater in an clubhouse and
placed it on the ground while she went in
side to attend to other matters. When she
returned she discovered that the roof of
the building was afire, and climbed up to
extinguish the blaze. The child was back
ing away from the door to get better
view of the fire, when she fell over the
bucket. Her back and hips We're so badly
burned that she could not survive, though
a physician who was called in did every
thing possible for her relief. The Coroner
was not notified until o'clock yesterday
afternoon and until arrangements had
been made with an undertaken to have the
remains buried. An inquest Will be held
to-day.
Butts May Die.
Unless an operation is speedily per-
formed William Butts, who shot and
killed Conductor Beeney and Charles
Green some time ago, and then wounded
himself, will never stand his second trial.
He Is gradually growing weaker from the
unhealed wound, and a piece of one of his
ribs will have to be removed before the
danger of death is removed.
Butts has had one trial, resulting in a
conviction on charge of manslaughter,
and is now awaiting his second ordeal,
which was to have been begun before
Judge Ogden on Tuesday next.
The Jury Disagreed.
The jury in the case of Frank Cattell
Council and municipal officers disagreed
yesterday afternoon and was discharged.
Cattell, who is a minor, sued through his
guardian for $4,000 damages for injuries
received while the railroad ticket office was
being removed from the foot of Broadway
by Mayor Pardee's orders in 1898. A bell
on the top of the building fell on Cattell,
injuring him severely.
He claimed that the city was liable, as
the building was being moved by the or
ders of city officials, though in violation OF
municipal ordinance.
Struck by the Overland.
J. L. Gill, a saloon-keeper at Siege sta
ton, was struck by the east-bound over
land train and fatally injured at about G
o'clock last night. He was alighting from
westbound train, and did not see the
train coming from the opposite direction
until too late to avoid it. The injured
man sustained a fracture of the jaw and is
also suffering from conclusion of the
brain.