The San Francisco call., 1903-12-30

is attempting to defeat a law passed
by the last Legislature making 1t a
misdemeanor for employment agencies
to collect more than 10 per cent of the
first months wages of the applicant
for furnishing him a chance to make a
living.
Dickey pleaded guilty before Judge
Cabaniss yesterday to the crime of TAX
ing $50 from H. w Knighton for Sc
curing him place as bookkeeper,
which was admitted to be much in ex-
cess of the statutory provision His
attorney -tated it was merely test
case, as the employment agencies de-
sired to have the 10 per cent provision
passed upon by the Supreme Court to
learn whether it was constitutional A
fine of $40 was imposed by consent and
notice of appeal given.
B. H. Keplan told Judge Cabaniss
yesterday that he was a carriage max
er from New York and was suffering
from illness. This excuse he offered for
not contributing to the support of his
wife and three children.
Mrs. Keplan had different story to
tell. She averred that Keplan was in
full state of strength and earning a
good living. On one occasion, she said,
she found him in the company of Mrs.
DR.. Mighal, with fourteen champagne
bottles strewn around. His condition
did not appeal to her as being one of
absolute poverty SO she had him ar
rested for non-support Mrs. DR.. Mighal
is the seventh daughter of the seventh
daughter, who conducts the business
of peering over the veil of the future
and telling applicants what tomorrow
will bring. When Keplan was arrested
by Officer McMurray he was in the
company OF the seeress.
Among the exhibits offered by the
defendant was medical certificate
from DR.. Albert Abrams, who has of
fees at Van Ness avenue and Califor-
MIA street. The certificate assured the
court that the doctor had examined
Keplan several months before and
found him rather inclined to illness 1t
concluded with the statement that the
defendant would be unable to do physi-
cal labor for several months. Doubt
ito the future himself.
Judge Cabaniss thought the case was
so aggravated that he ordered the de-
fendant into custody until such time
as he could give positive assurances
that ne would pay $12 so weekly for
the support of his wife and children.
In the meantime Mrs. Dr. Mighal will
be obliged to find some new star to
gaze at for her information as to the
days that will come.
1t was bargain day in the fruit store
of John Miller at 452 Turk street when
James Keefe and Charles Miller in
vaded it on Sunday night. The pro-
prietor was astonished to receive a to-
mato just abaft OF the main rigging of
his eye. A carrot got him on the maxil-
larry nerve and three luscious bananas
from the plantations of Nicaragua land
ed on various parts of his person. Not
being a zealot in the cause of vege-
tarianism, Mr. Miller caused the arrest
of the two young men who tried to
force the products of the soil upon him
in such an unseemly manner Judge
Mogan gave Keefe ten days confine-
ment and his less strenuous partner
was allotted five days. Judge Mogan
thought that this breakfast food prop
osition had gone the limit when vege-
tartan diet had to be ground into
man like a baseball pitcher lands on a
hard hitter.
Thomas Murphy and William Kelley
were charged before Judge Mogan yes
terday with stealing horse and buggy.
In Texas this would be a capital Of
fense unless the offender crossed the
Louisiana line ahead of the Sheriff. In
the case yesterday 1t was admitted by
the complaining witness, Mccarthy,
that the arrest was not justified. He
said he had taken his two friends for
a ride and stopped at various saloons.
He admitted that he kept them waiting
while he argued politics with the bar
tenders. Murphy and Kelley tired of
the delays and drove home alone, leav-
ing Mccarthy deep in the discussion
of the Panama incident. Judge Mogan
had listened to political arguments be-
fore, and he realized the WEAKNESS of
the young men who were either forced
to listen or steal a horse. He thought
that horse stealing was justifable in
such cases and dismissed the charges.
Arthur T. Winter was captured by
the italian ambassador" Of San Fran
cisco in an attempt to rob Henry E.
Ellis Before other words are wasted
it should be explained that the italian
ambassador" is Jack Holland, who
drives a patrol wagon for the Har-
Dor Police Station. In these perilous
times of affronting foreign powers, the
use of names is dangerous. The State
Department might be called upon to
apologize and none of us want to bend
the knee just at present. So it was
only Jack Holland who caught the
thief Harry Ellis was the complain
ing witness against the defendant 1t
was shown in court that Winter had
attempted to rob Ellis, who is an eld-
erly man, and the screams of the VIC
tim had attracted the attention of Hol-
land, who was peacefully enjoying a
sprig duck in a restaurant between Da-
Wis and Drumm streets. Holland threw
the napkin into the candelabra and
dashed forth madly to the rescue. He
caught the footpad and brought him