The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

ond shot pierced Howard's leg, but he
continued his fight until he pumped.
into the arms of Policeman Murphv.
Subsequently ". II. Owens was arrest
ed for completely in the hold-up. At
the preliminary examination of the two
men Howard admitted that he had
committed the robbery. He said ne
had been drinking hard for several
weeks and was about crazy. He had
never thought of the crime until ten
minutes before it's commission. He
said he wanted to exonerate Owens
from any completely in the matter. He
had not communicated his intended
robbery to Owens and his co-defend-
ant was absolutely innocent of any
knowledge of it. owens told a straight
story when called to the stand. He
said he was a farmer and had come
from Missouri to Los Angeles, where
he met Howard and the two men came
to this city together. He said he had
never committed a crime in his life
and did not have any knowledge that
his friend contemplated one on the
night of the hold-up. Along with the
other occupants of the saloon he
backed up against the wall and held
up his hands when ordered to do so by
Howard. The testimony made a deep
impression on the court and may, re-
suit in Owens dismissal Howard was
held in $4,000 bonds for trial in the Su-
perior Court and Owens case was con-
tinued until Saturday During the
course of the hearing Howard denied
that he ever had'been convicted of fell
ony although at the time of his arrest
he told the police that he had served
a term in Missouri for highway robbery
under the name of w. J. Watson.
When Thomas Wheeler was arrested
by the police several days ago as a
suspicious character he broke down
and confessed everything. He said he
was wanted in Budapest for boiling
three babies in oil; that he had mur-
dered an entire Eskimo village in KAN
schatka; that secret agents of the In
dian Government were looking for him
for the attempted assassination of the
Maharajah of Irriwady and the theft cf
the rulers gems; in fact. he detailed
such a career of black crimes commit
ted in his past that the jailers shud-
dered when they passed his cell. An
i1NGSllEdtlOl VI Ills Ire uSNelODeQ Indl
he was merely an ordinary bum" who
had never been more than ninety miles
away from San Francisco. Judge Con-
Ian gave him six months in the County
Jail, merely to assuage his taste for a
criminal record.
Nicholas Hoffman and J. n. Johnson
began an argument in a Sacramento
street saloon Monday night. AS the
major premise to a syllogism Hoffman
pounded Johnson over the head with a
heavy chair, and Johnson took the
count. The successful disputant was
before Judge Mogan yesterday charged
with assault with a deadly weapon. He
was given until Friday to secure coun-
sci and prepare his defense.
Thomas J. Clark was discharged
from the County Jail Monday after
serving a six months sentence for
threatening to kill his wife Susan j.
Clark, who lives at 663 Howard street
On the day of his release he sent a
trusty messenger to his helpmeet to
inform her that at the first favorable
opportunity he intended to transform
her from a common household drudge
TO bright, pink winged angel by means
that would make an Apache ashamed
of the lack of inventiveness of his race.
Clark came before Judge Mogan yes
terday and was convicted a second
time. He will get all that is coming to
him to-day.
Allen HELEN, a plasterer, was con-
victed of disturbing the peace by Judge
Mogan yesterday. Monday night Hell
len surrounded an inordinate quantity
of bad booze and stationed himself on
the corner of Powell and Ellis streets,
where he amused himself by upper
cutting passersby. Among the victims
of Hellen's fistic endeavors was Man
ager Seeley of Techau's Tavern, who
hunted up a policeman. The exuberant
plasterer was removed to the City
Prison. He will be sentenced to-day.