The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23
JUDGE CONLAN
YELLS FOR A Gun,
Most Sensational Incident
in the Police
Court.
A MINER FROM ARIZONA
J. H. Berry Puts His Hand in
His Hip Pocket as if
to Shoot.
SEIZED AND SENT TO PRISON.
On Explaining That He Merely Wanted
to Show the Judge Some Papers
He Is Released.
SEIZED AND SENT TO PRISON.

A Judge yelling for gun and man
with his hand in his hip pocket and strug-
Cling in the grasp of about dozen men
was one of the incidents in the Police
Court yesterday.
The preliminary examination of Abra-
ham Green of the firm of Carrau & Green
jewelers., 300 Suffer street. on the charge
of felony enlightenment was continued
before Judge Conlan yesterday afternoon.
j. II. Berry, the miner, who was the COM
planning witness, was asked on Saturday
to produce other alleged rough diamonds
similar to the one valued at $4,000 which
he charged Green with embeZZling. He
again refused to produce them and this
closed the case for the prosecution.
The defendant, Green. then took the
stand and swore that the alleged rough
diamond was nothing but crystal and
was not worth cent. He had cut it with
file and told Berry that it was merely a
crystal, but Berry told him to get it cut,
anyhow, as it might make a nice-appear-
ing stone. The stone had been lost by w.
II. Forester, boy in the store. Forester
and another witness corroborated the de-
fendant.
The Judge said he would dismiss the
case as there was no evidence to show that
the stone was anything but crystal. He
thought berry had been born with
wheels in his head, and they had been
with him till now"
ION Saturday" continued the Judge,
addressing Berry, you said that if you
did not get square deal in this court you
would take the case to another court. |
would advise you TO take the matter be-
fore the Grand Jury, and | will be present
so that the jurors can hear both sides of
the case, ana it is my opinion that instead
of bringing in an indictment against
Green for embezzlement they will bring
in one against you for insanity"
Berry had been standing beside Prose-
cutting Attorney Mogan and Detective Ed
Gibson listening intently to the Judge s
remarks. Just as the Judge concluded
Berry suddenly placed his right hand in
his hip pocket. The Judge jumped to his
feet and yelled Some one give me a
gum
Billy Brennan. friend of the Judge,
had been watching Berry, and in an in
slant he sprang upon him and seized his
right hand before ne could draw it out of
his pocket, and Detective Gibson grab bed
him round the waist, while several others
piled upon him.
There was for a minute or two a wild
scene in the court. Those in the range OF
fire ducked their heads and some crawled
underneath the seats.
Berry tried to explain, but his voice was
drowned IN the din. The Judge ordered
Bailiff Kelly to take Berry to the City
Prison and search him for a weapon. He
was taken there and the only thing found
in his hip pocket was leather wallet con-
tanning some papers.
II can't understand this said Berry,
who appeared com pletely dazed. Il put
my hand in my hip pocket to pull out the
wallet to show the Judge some papers
that would prove l am the man repre-
sent myself to be, a miner from Arizona,
and they all bounced upon me ana hustled
me down here"
The Judge and Prosecuting Attorney
Mogan came to the prison in a few min
utes and on being told what Berry had in
tended doing the Judge told him to go
home.
WELL" said the Judge, "the mans &C.
ton was so suggestive that being from
Arizona l naturally concluded he was
going to pull gun. Besides, after MAX
ing the threat on Saturday that he would
have square deal l didn't know but what
he would get ugly after l dismissed the
case -