The San Francisco call., 1904-03-01


sprout from the thigh down secured
his acquittal.
Remilson wandered into a saloon at
Eighth and Folsom streets Sunday
night as the clock was striking the
hour of II. Therein he found a punch
ing bag loosely hung from the ceiling
and he made a vigorous assault on It,.
Whangl Whang! Whang!. went the
inflated ball against the ceiling, while
the bartender leaned two-thirds of
his body over. the counter and re-
marked to- an admiring throng, ."nid
y'ever' see such wonderful footwork?
Send. in a hurry call for Jimmy Britt
and let him get some pointers"
: Unfortunately: for. 'Remilson there
is':a 'curfew ordinance against batter
Ing q PUNCHING: bag after II o'clock at
night in place where a lodging-h house
occupies the upper premises. Two
men from. the Union .Iron.:Works .oc-
'cupied the room above the. punching
bag and so forcible were the rever-
berations on their floor. that they con-
'cluded burglars. were trying to. break
in. and steal. One of'them sat on their
belongings determined to resist until
death, while the sother hunted up a
'policeman"a told hinl:their troubles.
=. The policeman speedily located the
.one-legged athlete just as he had land
ed a. pivot blow and cleverly side
stepped a. return swing from the bag,
Remilson was taken into custody and
spent the rest of the night in jafl
Judge Mogan viewed the case leniently
and discharged the defendant.
1 am a strong believer In athlete
development" he said,. "and when L
find a::man with. only one pin who. has
energy and ability to give a punching
bag a sound beating 1 think he should
be: secured for; a preliminary by Alec
Greggains. instead of being charged
with violating the law" = :: :
: :r:-.' -. =. =;
Casper Brewer is a sailor man. and.
first blinked at the.light of day ON the
Russian. shores of the Baltic, When.
he learned orally from a fellow codn-
tryman that General Kuropatkin had
been put in charge of the Russian land
forces he. began to sing. the. songs of
his wild native land and particularly
the Russian. national anthem, which is
unfit for publication in the manner in
Which it is originally spelled: Besiues,
IT. might ruin the presses Il. ~.
The acoustics. of Folsom street were
inadequate TO bring out the timbre" of,
Brewers. voice, SO. he. sought the hall
way of q. ,lodging-house near by. be-
tween Third and Fourth streets. There
in Slept another. sailor man. named Ar
thur. AubFing;' with the Time of count
less seas limned into picturesque curves
and dashes on his countenance. He
awo4le from deep dream of peace to
hear the weird cantatory efforts of the
Russian. Speedily. he arose and went
forth. in his pajamas to battle. When
he had finished with Brewer there was
no song left in the victim--not even
teeny-weeny squeak. Also there was
very little unbroken skin, but a profu-
sion of rich. coloring on face and body.
a policeman arrested both men and
they appeared before Judge Mogan yes
terday. Aubring. was charged with bait
terry and found guilty and will be SEN
fenced to-day. Brewer was acquitted
of disturbing the peace on the. ground
that the strict neutrality maintained by
this country does not make it. crime
in times of war, even though it'be pain
full to listeners.
Garnett Ingram, one of Uncle Sans
thin line of blue, was accused yester
day before Judge Fritz of assault with
a deadly weapon. Policeman McCue,
who is detailed to the pleasant duty of
taking care of the district where the
warriors of the nation mostly congre
gate. told the Judge that Ingram, with
out provocation, rushed at him with a
drawn knife at Baker and Greenwich
streets Sunday night and tried to cut
out his vermiform appendix. although
the policeman did not need such an op-
Grafton.
McCue grapped with his assailant,
and with the help of Policeman Nc
Kinney overpowered him. Then they
dragged the conquered conqueror to
beastly prison cell. Ingram could give
no reason for his rash assault further
than that he had been absorbing CO.
pious quantity of Preside saloon booze,
and the.uniform worn by the policeman
made him think that a generalissimo
from the lake of Mindanao was before
him ready with a bolo.
The defendant was instructed and ar
raigned and further hearing Of his case
will occur Wednesday next.
John Newell was charged with rob-
berry in Judge Cabaniss' court yester-
day. He is alleged to have swatted
Patrick Hefferman heavily at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning on Harrison street,
between Fourth and Fifth, and
dispossessed his victim of SO in money
and a base-burner watch, equipped with
safety Catches and guaranteed to run
mile in 1884.
Special Policeman Higgins heard the
patter of speedy feet on the pavement
and went in quest. He found Hsffer
man spent and unable to talk, so he
went ON the trail of the patters. BY
superior sprinting ability he overlook
Newell, who was digging his toes into
the cement sidewalk in a painful eff
fort to make a getaway. When Newell
was searched the missing money and
watch were. found on his person. He
was arraigned and given two days by