The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
POLICE INVESTIGATE
FLEISHMAN'S CHARGES
COMPLAINT OF A NOE VALLEY
FAMILY AGAINST HOODLUMS.
Reports of Officers Who Were De-
tailed to Examine Into the Al
legged Persecution.

The police under Captain Gillen have
been investigating the charges of per-
secution at the hands of a gang of young
hOodlums, made by David Fleishman Of
Ill Jersey street, and published in last
Thursdays Call. Freshman had also re-
ported the matter to Secretary Holbrook,
who has since been conducting an inves-
tigation on his own account
Sergeant "Scotty' Campbell, one Of the
officers sent out to investigate, report
ed in part as follows:
In talking with Freshman I learned that
some of the acts complained Of occurred as far
back as last July. afterward visited some of
the houses OF the boys mentioned in the re-
port. l saw Mrs. Grove and her two sons
She is a widow and her boys hard work
ing-one of them in u planning mill and the
other in a foundry. The boys told me that
Freshman accused them of setting off the can
last July, and they denied it, claiming
they had nothing TO do with it, and they have
not spoken TO him since that time, which
boy and his father, and they Indignantly deny
that the Smith boy had anything to do with
the firing of the cannon and never annoyed
Fleishman in any way.
Sergeant c. f. Blank, another of those
who interviewed Freshman. reported:
Mrs. Grouse, III Jersey street, states she
never saw hoodlums in the neghborhood an
noying any one. Mrs. Holloway, 1852 Church
Mrs Crowley 116 Jersey; Mrs. Coogan, 122
Jersey; Mrs. Jackalizza, 1850 Church; Mr.
Duffy, 1911 Church, all make the same state
being shot. I failed to find any marks of the
same I found window broken, which he
states was done when Mckinley elected
President. on the Sd Of July, 1898, the boys Of
the neighborhood made small cannon out Of
gas pipe to celebrate the 4th of July; it eX-
plOded, and Dave Fleshman took 1t away from
them, being afraid of getting shot by the can
non.
officer E. J. Thompson submitted this
report:
About two months ago received instructions
from you to call at David Fleishman's resi-
dence in reference to a complaint about boys
annoying him and his family. l made in
quiry of some of the neighbors. and was told
they had never noticed any one bothering the
family. 1 also made passing calls, but failed
to find any boys or young men annoying them
in any way. l also received orders from you
about April to make Investigation about
another complaint received by you from the
Fleshmans I called there and saw Mrs
Fleishman. and she said they had been an
noyed by boys with air guns. asked her II
she knew the boys and she said she did not;
that they seemed to be boys passing by at the
time they were using the air guns. 1 again
interviewed some Of the neghbors, and
told by them that they had seen no boys around
with air guns, or boys annoying the Fleish-
man family. I will continue to make fire.
quent passing calls on the second and third
watches.
Officer Nyhan reported as follows:
Regarding paragraph in The Call referring
to d. Fleishman. would say that on or about
July L. 1885, Fleishman complained to me
his residence: also that boys broke Z pane of
glass. At that time there were number Of
boys coming along Jersey street, and FeiSh-
man pointed to Of the largest of them, say
ing he one of the boys who were an
moving him 1 placed him under arrest and
brought him to Mr.. Fleshman for Identified
ton. The boy pleaded innocence. and at
Fleshman's request l released him and cau-
toned the boy to keep away from that place.
| lave made passing calls around that place.
and have failed to find any one annoying them
since or before that time.
Officer A. L. Folsom made this report
to Captain Gillen
Acting under your Instructions I made an
investigation In reference to my boy being de-
tailed by Mrs Holbrook to watch and see If
any boys were shooting at d. Fleishmans
cows chickens or cats. l wish to state that
the boy belongs to order called the Band
Of Mercy gotten up by Mrs Holbrook for the
prevention of cruelty to animals. and that my
boy Arthur Folsom, age II, was acting under
her instructions and detailed by Mrs Hol-
brook without my knowledge or consent to
watch the said Feishman's place for two
afternoons, in company with another boy by