The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
TOO DRUNK TO"BURGLE," !"
William Sanborn Falls Dis.
tance of About Thirty
Feet.
TOO MUCH GIN THE CAUSE.
The Noise of the Fa'i Caused Con.
sterna ion in Mrs. M. E. Browns
clearinghouse.

William Sanborn, dive performer, well
known to the police, had thrilling expert
ence at an early hour yesterday morning
and caused the widest CONSERVATION
among the inmates of Mrs. NJ. E. Browns
fashionable boarding house, 1904 Pine
street.
Shortly before o'clock Attorney Edward
D. Smith, one of the boarders, was wax
ened by peculiar noise on the roof OF the
house He listened, thinking it was cat
prowling a bout, but became convinced 1t
proceeded from some other cause. He
jumped out of bed and on peering out of
the window he saw an object on top of The
glass covering over the alley between Mrs.
Browns house and the house of A. Web
ster 1904 Jones street.
While Smith stared at the object it sud-
denly disappeared and he was startled out
of his wits by most terrific noise IN the
rear of the house from crashing bottles
and breaking tin cans that could have
been heard blocks away.
Every inmate of the house was awak-
ened by the fearful noise, and for time
pandenonium reigned. Women shrieked
with terror and mems faces turned pale.
DIuIln SIdDDcu his ISNOlN cI anu IuSueU
downstairs and out into the cold night air.
He saw a man lying on top of the icehouse
in the yard and he promptly notified Po-
iceman E. r. Wall. The officer rang for
the patrol wagon, and as the man ap.
peared to be considerably under the infiu-
ence of liquor he told Policeman McGrath,
who accom- panied the wagon, to enter
charge of drunk" against the man.
AT the City Prison the man gave the
name of William Sanford 53S Howard
street, but Sergeant Bidwill recognized
him as William Sanborn, who had "done
time" for petty larceny and receiving
stolen property and had also been arrested
for burglary.
Sanborn was bleeding from cut on the
chin, bat as he did not complain of feeling
any pain he was locked up in the drunk
cell. About o'clock he complained of
pains all over his body and he was sent to
the Receiving Hospital. where it was found
that he had lacerated wound of the chin,
confusion of the left knee and chest and
a sprain of the right hip.
When daylight broke the inmates of the
Brown boarding house found that there
had been an attempt at burglary and the
pO44(S were 80 uOlliltu. OeleCllVe j. a.
Fitzgerald was detailed on the case and on
making an investigation he was satisfied
that Sanborn had been at his old tricks.
Sanborn had climbed up the lattice work
in front of the alleyway between the Web
ster and Brown houses till he was able to
stand on top of the door, about twelve feet
from the ground. The glass covering the
alleyway gradually ascends, till at the end
it is about thirty feet from the ground.
SanDorn had crawled up the side of the
alley till he reached the end of the glass
covering, as the marks showed.
1t is then supposed that he reached out
to open a window in Websters house, and
in his drunken state he.overbalanced him.
self and fell. In falling he struck against
Mrs. Browns fence, knocking a hole in it,
and rebounded, landing on the loose
planks on the top of the icehouse, which
was filed with empty bottles and tin cans.
Mr.. Webster's house was entered re-
Gently and an overcoat and UNI brella were
stolen, which leads the police to believe
that it was his house that Sanborn was
trying to enter. Sanborn is believed to
have had companion, as a tall young
man had been noticed prowling around
the corner for two or three nights. Fitz-
gerald has good description of him and
expects to capture him.
Sanborn said he had been in the Eureka
Music Hall and afterward went to China
town, where he drank too much Chinese
gin. He explained his presence at Mrs.
Browns by saying that he was mashed
on one of the servant girls and wanted to
see her. All the servant girls had look
at him, and they all said they had never
seen him before. Sanborn will be de-
tanned pending full investigation.
His mother came into notoriety about
three years ago when she was arrested for
being the ''fence" of three Russians who
robbed numerous stores in the country
and are now doing time in San Quentin
She turned States evidence against them
and escaped prosecution.