The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-26

Charles Redicker, Who, Although in F
Shooting HiInseI
tractor, 4579 Eighteenth street, who is a
brother-in-law of Superior Judge Bahrs
and young man of strong physique.
He boarded Powell-street car at Union
street after shutdown. He pulled a news
paper out of his pocket and became alb
sorbed in some story. Before reaching
Powell and Market streets he got the usual
check from the conductor, and as he
stepped from the car he saw Castro-street
Car on Market street, going in the direction
of his home.
Without thinking of getting the check
exchanged for transfer by the official on
the curbstone he made a dash for the
Castro-street car and caught it. He sat
down in the car and resumed the reading
of his newspaper.
AS the car moved along toward Sixth
street Conductor W. Il. Brewster asked
for his transfer. Without looking up from
his paper Wagner handed him the check.
| Brewster walked through the car and re-
turned with the gripman, who had stopped
the car at Brewster's request.
"Look here" said Brewster to Wagner,
''this cheek is no good. Yon will have to
get off the car or pay your fare"
THAT is the only transfer l got from the
Powell-street conductor"
"Well, 1 tell you it's no good" repeated
Brewster. You should have changed it
for a transfer"
Wagner asked good-hum oredly if they
would wait until he ran back and ex-
changed the check for transfer, when
Brewster and the gripman grabbed hold OF
him by the collar and pulled him off his
seat. Wagner braced himself, but they
gradually forced him out to the rear plat
form, which was crowded. Those on the
platform, indignant at the treatment to
! which Wagner was being subjected,
showed him back into the car.
| BY this time there was long line Of
waiting cars, extending nearly to Fourth
| street, and big crowd of people had gath,
cred round the Castro-street car. They
hooted the conductor and gripman
Throw them off the car, !" they shouted to
the other passengers, "Smash them in the
face" and other epithets.
At this juncture four policemen jumped
on the rear platform, drew their clubs
| and pushed the passengers off. The Grove
on the street pushed the passengers bach
| again, and the anger of the mob wa.
transferred to the limbs of the law, who
were in turn hooted and Kissed at. Police
man II. O'Day attempted to pull out hi
handouts and put them on Wagner, bu
| the crowd pressed against him, and b,
was unable to get them out of his pocket
| The crowd angrily protested against th,
| int o. E.
or two riot was imm inent, as threats o
mobbing the policemen were heard. al
the officers, except O'Day, stopped inter
fering with the crowd on the platform
but O'Day persisted in showing his au
| thority.
Finally an official of the road got on tn,
car, and Conductor Brewster told him tina
| Wagner had struck him in the face.
A dozen of the passengers shouted tina
it was not true, Wagner had not raised hi
hand except to push back the gripman
who was choking him from behind. Th,
official ordered Brewster 10 have Wagner
arrested for battery. The crowd protested
loudly against Wagner's arrest, but Wag
ncr put an end to the trouble by consent
ing to go to the City Prison.
The car proceeded along as far as Lar
kin street, when Wagner stepped off ant
was taken to the prison by Policemen
O'Day and Fl. Riley and booked for bat
| terry. Most of the crowd had followed the
car, and marched alongside of the two
| policemen and their prisoner as far as the
| prison.
| Justice of the Peace Groezinger, who is
personal friend of Wagner, happened to
| be in his chambers, and when he heard OF
| the arrest he personally hunted up Judge
Campbell and got an order for Wagner's
release on his own recognizance. Wagner
was quickly set free and went home.
About O'Clock three young men were
brought to the Central police station by
Policeman Ed O'Dea. who was accom-
panied by an employe of the Market-street
Cable Company. Sergeant Nash asked
O'Dea if he had any charge to bring
against the three young men, and o. Dea
replied that he had not, but that the en-
ploye of the road had asked him to arrest
them. The employe said he had no charge
to make against them either and the SER
geant told them to go home. They were
put to the indignity of being arrested and
marched through the streets without any
apparent cause.
Between 10 and IL O'Clock lady and
gentleman boarded a McAllister- street car
at Powell and Market. They had forgot
ten to get their transfersand the conductor
threatened TO put them off the car. A
mob of several hundred gathered around
the car and threatened the conductor and
gripman with violence if they persisted.
The gripman started the car and the mob
ran alongside all the way to McAllister
and Larkin streets, where the lady and
gentleman alighted. The crowd gave
them three iusty cheers ana went back to
Market street.