The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-25
Half Killed an Old Man
80 Years of Age.
CAPTAIN HANSEN'S LUCK
PART OWNER IN A MINE ON
CHUCK RIVER, ALASKA.
Hard Luck OF Captain Gibbons of the
Ship Fannie Kerr on the Voy-
age Here From Aus
tralia.

There was almost a riot on the water
front yesterday and had 1t not been for
the opportune arrival of officers Shaw and
Dover of the Harbor Police II. +. Laus-
ten of the Oakland Cafe would have been
severely handled. AS it is he will have
TO answer in the Police Court to-day for
beating and kicking a man nearly 50
years of age.
A weIl-known character on the front is
Jacob de Almazo. The old man is past
the allotted three score and ten and
little supplemented. Yesterday he went
into Lausten's restaurant and asked for
coffee and doughnuts This he had been
in the habit Of paying cents for and he
offered that amount to Lausten before he
began to eat. This made the restaurant
Keeper angry, as his charge was 10 cents
He at once took the coffee and doughnuts
away from De AlmaZo and grabbed the
hat from his head. He then took the old
man by the collar of his coat, threw him
out on the sidewalk and kicked him twice
in the stomach as he lay on his side.
Lausten stands fully six feet high and
weighs over 200 pounds, while De AlmaZO
IS little and weakened. not weighing over
100 pounds. The kicks in his stomach al
most paralyzed him and it was several
minutes before he could rise from the
ground.
number of Berkeley boys on their way
to the football game saw the cOWardly at
tack upon the old man, and while two of
them helped him around TO the HaTbor
police station the others surrounded the
restaurant. A crowd soon gathered and
some one suggested that it would be a
good idea TO string Lausten up to one of
the electric light poles. While a hack
man was away looking for a rope Officers
Shaw and Dover appeared on the scene
. and one dispersed the crowd as the other
. hustled Lausten around to the HarbOr
police station. There he was charged
with battery and later was released on $40
cash bail.
De AImazo told Captain Dunleavy that
he made a mistake going into the res
taurant, as he thought it was one Of the
places where coffee and cake could be got
for > cents. He was prepared TO pay the
10 cents. however, if Lausten had only
given him the time. Lausten mas 70 be
thankful that he was able 10 walk nome
last night. for had the police not arrived
quickly he might have been carried home
Captain Gibbons Of the big British four
master Fannie Kerr is disguised with
the showing made by MS vessel on the
took her eighty-nine days TO come over
and Captain Gibbons says sometimes he
thought she never would make the Golden
Gate. To make il all the more exasperat-
ing the bark InverlOchy, that left New
castle three weeks after the Fannie Kerr,
caught up with and passed her. making
san Francisco d day ahead Of the ship.
The Fannie Kerr brought over 1859 tons
OF coal, while the InVerlOChy brought only
2431 tons. The latter. therefore. had the
best of the argument in the light winds
that prevailed and gave the Kerr bad
beating.
The Inverlochy and Fannie Kerr are
even now" said Captain Gibbons yester-
day In the run around to Newcastle to
load 1 beat the bark three weeks, and
now she has beaten my ship by the same
length Of time. But, man, It was a terri
bic passage, and my chart would make
pictured From 20 to 80 knots a day was
our average. and when We would make a
hundred miles in the twenty-four hours
the crew would feel like dancing horn
pipe. When we did get a breeze it was in
the wrong direction and blew US back.
We. were off the Farallones and it took
us. two days to get back to our old posi-
ton. The Kerr IS a big ship and it takes
a good breeze to send her through the
water, while the Inverlochy IS nearly
thousand tons smaller and moves along
with a wind that would hardly fill our
canvas Wait till we start for home, and
then you'll see the Fannie Kerr win
The many friends of O. Hansen. late
chief officer Of the British ship Lancing
will be glad to hear that he is doing