The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-20

last Tuesday night in the Hotel Mere
dith, 252 Turk street, where he occu-
pies apartments with his wife, who
carried the feminine lead. The other
active characters were NJ E. Revis,
manager of the hotel, and two brothers
Of undisclosed identity. Patrolmen J.
S. Hielt and F. c. Kracke were in at
the finale and escorted the leading man
to the City Prison, where he was book
ed for battery and disturbing the
peace.
By way Of prologue it may be stated
that Mr.. Murphy and his better half
have been residents of this city ever
since he came from New York to direct
the staging of his dramatic adaptation
of Wagner's "Parsifal" at an O'Farrell
street playhouse. Despite the fact that
he has constructed several stage sue
cesses his income has been inadequate
to meet his household demands and a
few weeks ago his wife went to work
in concert hall. He compelled her
to leave the place, but she accepted an
engagement in house of similar
character and it was his protest against
her disregard of his desire that de-
veloped the tempestuous scene of which
the climax was his arrest. He was
quarreling with the woman when Revis
and two of his boarders entered the
room and seized him. They pinned his
arms, but ere he was entirely subju-
gated he swung a free foot against
Mr.. Revis' nose, damaging that organ
rather seriously. Then the police did
the rest.
The case will be heard this morning
before Police Judge Mogan. Revis says
the Murphys have Quarreled almost in
cessantly and the husband invariably
seemed to be the aggressor. Murphy
declares that he considers himself en-
titled to the privilege of demonstrating
against his wife frequenting cheap con-
cert halls: and he claims also the pre-
rogative of protesting against the for
chile entry of unlimited persons to his
apartments, even though one of those
persons happens to be the manager
of the house in which the apartments
are situate. Whatever the outcome Of
his arrest may be he proposes to d.
vorce the woman whose revolutionary
behavior primarily led to it. He mar
ried her about seven years ago, he says
and since then has supported, as well
as his means would allow, both her and
her child by a former husband.
Mrs. Murphy declines to discuss the
case.
e Mrs. Frances Forsythe, who shot and
killed the Japanese proprietor of
Kearny street shooting gallery, was
arraigned before Judge Mogan on
charge of felony. to wit, murder.
Felony" she exclaimed in tone OF
surprise. II don't see how 1t can be
felony when ] was drunk at the time"
Your condition at the time of the
shooting cannot be taken into consid-
Grafton now" said the Judge.
"Humph. That's strange" was the
rejoinder- II just came down town to
do some shopping and happened
Further narration was prevented by
the Judge abruptly setting the case for
hearing next Thursday. The woman
stated that she was unable to engage
counsel and the court appointed Attor-
ney Taafe to protect her interests at
the preliminary examination.
William McGreeny stole FIVE long
lightning rods from the spot on Bay
street, near Fillmore, where they had
been deposited by employees of the San
Francisco Gas and Electric Company.
He declared it was his firm conviction
that the rods belonged to nobody, but
Judge Mogan pronounced him guilty
of petty larceny and will sentence him
this morning.
Michael ]. O'Rourke, a policeman
testified, swindled housewives in the
Mission district by informing them
that if they purchased a jar of his
cream for the complexion he would
send a female hairdresser to arrange
their coiffures and charge them not one
cent for the visitation. The cream it
self, he is alleged to have declared, was
worth more than the price he asked for
ii, as all kinds of facial blemishes, not
excluding crowsfeet, disappeared under
its application as snow melts away
beneath the gentle influence of the
chinook. Several ladies who bought
cream and waited in vain for the hair
dresser complained of Mr.. O'Rourke's
conduct and he was caught in the act
of interviewing a creduIous matron by
the sleuth that was dispatched from
the Seventeenth-street police station
to gather him in. Judge Cabaniss has
continued the hearing until tomorrow
James Beggs was convicted of rob-
bling telephone boxes last April, but
Judge Fritz continued the case indefi-
nitely on condition that he would fulfill
his promise to go to Australia and stay
there. He went to the Antipodes. but
did not stay there, and two hours after
his return to this city he was arrested
at Ellis and Mason streets. Now he is
before Judge Mogan on the old charge
of petty larceny and will be given
hearing to-day.
Joseph Royder has been convicted of
carrying a deadly weapon and must
answer an additional charge of threat.
ening to kill Arthur Harrison, superin-
tendent of the Sutro Baths, from whose
service he was dismissed last Saturday.
The following day he called on Mr.
Harrison and displavfnp q rauoIuor