The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

from whom a next visit is:awaited with
| trepidation by the officers of the
''cranks' mecca Judge Coffeys depart
ment of the Superior Court. In her
| opinion she is the legatee of some $780,
! 900 bequeathed her, she believes, by her
uncle, the late Rev. Father ]. F. Har-
rington, although the records. show
| that the property of the deceased Is
only valued at $4,000 all: told. and among
the assets are some timber lands that
it is thought are greatly overvalued.
| Miss Harrington made her last ap-
pearance in court about three months
ago. At that time she stated that she
intended to create a disturbance unless.
that 100000 was promptly forthcoming.
which she was of the opinion had been
| spirited away. She. like others with
similar decisions, was led away and
confined in a nearby cell. Afterward
she made her way to the offices of At
torney Thomas E. Curran, where her
demands were made known. The at.
torney expostulated with her and in
formed her that he was powerless to
get his hands on that $4,000. - :
Here the attorney made mistake as
Miss Harrington promptly wrecked his
offices. Desks were toppled. cuspidors
penetrated glass paneled doors and
chaos in general prevailed: "A police
man or two extracted Miss Harrington
| from the wreck, and the Insanity Com
missioners busted themselves with her.
case, but found that at the time they
could not send her to the asylum ::
One of the troublesome. court fire.
quenters of old, who has not material:
lied to press his claims" for some
time is John Nevin. Nevin has sew
eral times declared in open court that
he is entitled to shares in the distri bu-.
ton of several estates. He offered. to
relinquish his claims, however, If. all:
hands would labor in his BEHALF and.
force. The reason Nevin fails to fur
Their press his claims is that he is in
the asylum for the insane ait Ukiah.
His last appearance in court occurred
last April. He sought Judge .Cofrey's
department, as usual, and informed the
bailiff that Chief of Police Lees had
hired five policemen to shoot through
the side of his house and render him
hors de combat. This settled it, and
he was bundled off to an asylum.
James Dolan, dishwasher, is under
the impression that he is the heir to
a 100000 estate. He is a great an
noyance around the courts. as well as
to many attorneys, especially Charles
J. Heggerty, of Knight & Heggerty.
He visits the attorneys office at inter-
walls, and Mr.. Heggerty never gets in
a hurry to catch a car or last boat
but Dolan looms up and begs to learn
the last developments regarding his
$500, 900 estate.
Dolan created a scene in the County
Clerks office not long ago. He raved
about that estate until the police had
to be called and the "opulent dish
washer" arrested. He was found guilty
of disturbing the peace and in conse-
quence passed a week behind prison,
bars He was released after being ad-.
monished by the Police Judge to re-
main away from the "cranks' mecca"
After few days he returned. however,
and he had a hearing before the In
sanity Commissioners. Judge Belcher
thought that the evidence was INSULT
cient to prove that he was danger
Gus character, and ordered his dis
charge.