The San Francisco call., 1903-12-05
FOND MOTHERS TAKE UP FIGHT
BETWEEN DAUGHTERS ON STREET
One Little Girl Bespatters Another With Butter
and Their Respective Maternal Relatives Meet
in Hostility and Make Case for Police Court

I'VE must and shall restore placid
ity to the 400 block of Francisco
street" said Police Judge Mogan yes
terday morning when he had ordered
Mrs. Elizabeth Burns and Mrs. Rose
KIatt to reappear before him next
Wednesday for final adjustment of
their contention.
Mrs. Klatt was there as complain
ing witness against Mrs. Burns, and
the charge was assault and battery.
From the testimony adduced by the
two women and their respective
spouses it was deduced that Mrs.
Burns 12-year-old daughter had way
leid the 10-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Klatt while the latter girl was re-
turning from the corner grocery to her
home with a pound of butter. Little
Miss Burns wrested the dairy product
from the hands of little Miss Klatt
and bespattered her and the sidewalk
with it, and when Mrs. Klatt went to
demand an explanation from Mrs.
Burns she was punched twice In the
face by that lady. Hence the court
proceedings.
Mrs. Burns entered a fat denial Of
Mrs. Klatt's accusation and assever-
ated also that there had been no trou-
BILE at any time between the two chill
dren. When asked if it were not pos
sible for the maidens to have had an
alteration on the street without her
knowledge, Mrs. Burns positively de-
clared that it was not, because she
sat at her window all day and saw
everything that occurred within her
scope Of vision. Indeed, so positive
was Mrs. Burns that the court reject
led her testimony and her counsel
pleaded in extenuation Of her implac-
ability that she was laboring under
excitement.
Little Miss Klatt was in court and
told her story with precocious
Burns will be among those present
next Wednesday.
Tears and threats flew thick and
fast in the tribunal Of Cabaniss while
Mrs. Tillie Taylor a portly and mid
dle-aged woman, was reluctantly tes-
tifying against a young fellow named
John z. Salvey, arrested for robbing
her of q purse containing $50. Mrs.
Taylor pleaded to be excused from
prosecuting the defendant, but the
court was fnexorable, and word by
word the story of womanly kindness
and unmanly ingratitude was wrung
from her.
She owns a restaurant on Post street,
Mrs. Taylor does, and Salvey was en-
ployed by her until she was compelled
to discharge him for habitual intem-
perance But after he ceased to work
for her he was given a meal when he
asked for it, and last Tuesday evening.
after eating dinner at one of her tables,
he approached her as she stood at the
cash counter. snatched a money bag
suspended from her neck, and dashed
through the open doorway. Her screams
attracted the attention of a passing po-
liceman, who soon overlook and ar
rested the fugitive. Mrs. Taylor filed
a charge of robbery against him, and
at that time seemed to be eager to
prosecute, but when called to testify
yesterday it was evident that she had
undergone a change of purpose.
please don't ask me to send the poor
young man to prison" she pleaded
why are you unwilling to prosecute
him?" inquired the Judge.
Because, was the sobbing reply, II
was broughtA up as a true Christian,
and believe in forgfving those who in
jure US"
You should have thought of that be-
fore you filed your charge against the
defendant was Prosecutor Handley's
comment.
Not until she was threatened with
punishment for contempt of court
would Mrs. Taylor state her case. and
then her story was thiclxly punctuated
with heartfelt sobs.
Judgment was reserved till Decem-
Der 8.