The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-14
JUDGE CONLAN
IN The ROLE
OF DETECTIVE
Arrests a Woman the
Police Wanted.
KNEW HER BY A GOLF CAPE
MRS MOLE CHARGED WITH MIS-
DEMEANoR ENLIGHTENMENT.
She Deserted Her Husband and Is
= Suspected of Preferring
Handsome Bugler at
the Preside.

Judge ConIan distinguished himself yes
terday afternoon by discovering and ar
resting a woman who was wanted by De-
electives Ryan, O'Dea and Anthony on
q charge of nisdemeanor embezZlement'
with two of her companions, bugler at
the Preside and her husband niece.
Saturday morning Mrs. A Burts' 1zo9
Union street, who owns several houses IN
that locality, swore TO a complaint betore
the Judge for the arrest OF Mrs. May
Mole. who had been one Of her tenants
at 1913 Union street, on charge OF mis-
demeanor embezzlement. Mrs Buftls al
legged that Mrs. Mole Friday morning
called upon her and asked for the loan
of her golf cape, as she was gong TO tue
ferry to see a married couple off and
would return it in few hours. Mrs mole
got the cape and left an adopted child IN
Mrs. Burtis' care till she returned she
did not come back, and Mrs. Burtls learn
ed that she had deserted her husband and
had taken with her all the money ne ndQ
saved amounting to So. II was tnOuSHt
that she had gone away WIN pusleI dI
Mrs. Mole's husband, who is laborer
employed by the gas company, calleu az
the office of the Society for the PreVen-
ton of Cruelty to Children Saturday an9
asked their advice as to what ne W0ul9
do with his adopted child, as ms Wlle Adu
deserted him. He was ADVISED TO TAKE II
to the Infants Shelter on Minna street.
The warrant for Mrs. Mole,s arrest was
handed to the detectives anq thSy asG S,Ias
Joined by William Russell, q pueler ~
Battery L at the Preside, and that she
bought lot of groceries ana meat TON ION
a butcher on HYDE and Union streets,
which she took to a house in the nelgh-
borhood She cooked the meat and she
and the bugler and her husband niece
That was the last trace they got OF heI
till yesterday afternoon, when they 1oullo
the woman in the City Prison.
Judge ConIan when he signed the war
rant obtained from Mrs. Burtis an out
line of the story and description u ,eLS
cape and the woman. lie ana A SI, icy
McMartin were walking along n S IAJs
street yesterday afternoon ana at Sl4ln
street he saw a soldier accompanied by
woman and a young girl; The cape worn
by the woman attracted the Judge a.
tention and he accosted them. At nrSt
Mrs Mole denied her identity, put many
confessed and said she was on her way TO
deliver the cape to Mrs Burtis.
The Judge called to Policeman q Shea,
who happened to be in the neighborhood,
and Instructed O'Shea to take the trio 10
the CITY Prison. There Mrs. Mole was
/ bezzlement and Russell and Mabel Rich
ards. a girl Is years of age, were de
tanned pending further investigation.
When searched Russell had IS. o9 Deions-
Mrs. Mole said that her husband had or
dered her to leave the house or ne WQ ulu
kill her, and she had done SO ea Inc dI6
money she took she had worked Tor, ana
she considered it as much herS as neE
husbands She said that she nag
gone to friends in Oakland FRIDAY ana
Rad remained there till yesterday morn
Inc when she crossed the bay to see her
hiishand's sister There she met Russell
and Mabel. Russell is Mabel,s sweet
heart. She denied that she mad seen cen
RusseII Saturday night. She begged the
nrison officials not to allow her huspano
to see her as he might kill her