The San Francisco call., 1904-09-15


Police Judge Mogan for having dis
turbed the peace last Tuesday evening
at Bryant and Chesley streets by scold-
ing Mrs. E. Toomey Of AZ Chesley
street.
Patrolman W. T. Monahan testified
that he spent seven minutes in futile
enorts TO stay the abusive oratory OF
Mesdames Murphy and McVicker, and
that he could not avoid arresting them
without betraying the trust reposed
in him as a preserver of the public
peace. He tried 10 ascertain the cause
of their oral attack upon Mrs rooney,
but it was too complicated for him TO
fathom.
Then the court attempted to probe
the depths Of the case, but failed to
obtain a coherent story from the mar
ratives of the witnesses examined. All
that was established with any degree
Of clearness was a certain visit Of Mr..
McNicker, husband Of one Of the de-
fendants, TO the home of Mrs. Toomey,
the complainant, and that said visit
brought such scandal upon the parties
concerned that Mr.. McVicker was de-
ncunced by his own mother, while both
McNicker and Mrs. Toomey were held
IN contumely by the remainder Of the
McNickers and also by the Murphys.
y
happened TO meet Mrs. Toomey at Bry-
ant and Chesley streets and were au-
dibly expressing their opinion Of her
character when the patrolman in
tervened and arrested the mother and
the daughter Query: Why didn't he
arrest Mrs. Toomey? Answer: Because
Mrs. Toomey did not get a chance to
insert a word edgewise.
That the neighborhood of Bryant and
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in the case found eXempli1cation in the
crowded condition Of the courtroom and
the audible murmurs that followed
each important point Of the testimony.
The Murphy -McVicker sympathizers
occupied one side Of the auditorium,
while the Toomeyites thronged the
other. When the Judge pronounced the
defendants guilty the Murphy -McVick-
er contingent muttered its disapproyal
and the Toomey adherents interchanged
congratulatory smiles and handshakes
until Bailiff Hickey's admonitory gavel
drove both clans to the corridor.
Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Nellie
Raffen are joint occupants Of S07
Fourth street, and in Judge Cabaniss'
court il was clearly shown that the
two ladies have not dweIt in neighbor
ly amity. Mrs. Raffen charged Mrs.
VIII lndl WAS GnllItly
unprovOked, while Mrs. Smith declared
that Mrs. Raffen accused her of having
stolen a newspaper which had been de-
livered at the door Of the latters
apartment. Accompanying the accu-
sation. Mrs. Smith averred, was a Sc
we're blow on the jaw and a kick on
the abdomen-a kick such as the lean
German gives the fat German at
Fischer's Theater. Furthermore. Mrs.
Smith stated, Mrs. Raffen was intoX
icated at the time and to that fact
only could be attributed her hallucina-
ton that she had been assaulted. AS
neither of the ladies submitted cor
robOrative testimony the Judge dis
missed the case and advised them TO
live in different houses.
Stella Monroe, tall, willowy, blonde
and stylishly attired, haughtily in
formed Judge Mogan that for the life
of her she could not understand why
she was arrested early yesterday
morning at Eddy and Jones streets.
THE charge against you is va
grancy," his Honor explained.
'Vagrancy?" exclaimed the defend
ant How prepOsterousi The idea is
perfectly absurd. A lady can go out
to dine alone without provoking arrest,
can't she?"
LAS my late dining is always with
Coroner Leland, and as L am not
lady. your query is sidestepped," was
the judicial answer
Miss Monroe then professed ability to
produce 100 reputable witnesses" to
prove that she was Of irreproachable
character and that Patrolman Fogarty
made the blunder of his career when
he arrested her.
Have your witnesses here next
Tuesday" said the Judge.
Jane Murray, SIS years Of age, could
not be ousted from the apartment she
occupied at 21 Brady street, for which
she had paid no rent for three months,
until the landlady, Mrs. K. Rahill,
had her arrested for disturbing the
peace. The defendant did not look to
be within a score of years of her given
age as che stood before Judge Mogan
and pleaded not guilty, but the evil
dence that she had given Mrs. Rahlll q
tongue lashing" was so conclusive
that there was nothing else for the
court to do than pronounce her guilty.
Mrs. Rahill said she did not desire to
have the old woman sent to jail, but
would like TO have her compelled to
remove herself and her personal be-
longings from 21 Brady street. Mrs.
Murray agreed to do that and the case
was dismissed.
Fred Cordoviola, convicted Of steal
ing So % from John Parodi of 2221
Mason street, was sent to the Superior
Court by Judge Conlan, with bail fixed
at $4,000.
J. c. Kenneth and Rudolf Quallo, ac-
oused by Joseph King, proprietor Of
the New Western Hotel, of having de-
frauded him of about $4,000 by means of
a crooked" card game, will have a
hearing next Friday before Judge Ca
baniss. Judge Mogan refused to try
the case, as he had reason to believe
that King regarded him as an enemy
and he had no desire to have anything
whatever to do with the hotel man.
Miss Annie Davis reiterated her
statement that Miss Ruth Clifford was
"a lady" known to the terpsichorean
sisterhood Of Pacific street as Rough
House Ruth" and that the title was
aptly bestowed.
mo better proof Of Miss Clifford's
unenviable reputation for slugging peo-