The San Francisco call., 1904-04-20
POLICE JUDGES COLLECT
FROM ALIMONY SHIRKERS
Divorced Women Who Have Been Awarded
Support by Superior Court Find the Mag
istrates Willing to Help Them Along

each of the four Police Judges is to
been awarded the same by the Supe-
rior Court and whom that tribunal can
not help further. Each OF the magls-
trates has register of men. who have
vainly tried TO avoid contributing to
the support of their former helpmeets,
and almost every day some such would
be defaulter is brought up with
round turn and made to pay into court
the sum he was ordered TO pay by
the Superior Judge When there are
children in the case the magistrates
are especially insistent.
John Curran failed to provide for his
sickly 14-year-cld daughter after he
had been divorced, and yesterday his
gan. 1t came out in testimony that
Curran remarked and that his second
wife presented him with two healthy
children. He pleaded Inability to sup
port two families, as his earnings as
an agent are meager.
You had no business to undertake
| the raising of second family While
your first cne was unable to support
itself said the Judge, ''and II you
do not pay into this court $40 month
for the support of your invalid daugh-
. ter l will send you to jail. and thus de-
prive your latest family of a provider. "
Mr.. Curran paid s5 as earnest of his
intention to abide by the courts de-
cree.
Judge Cabaniss had the case of Leon
ard p. Cleves, who contemptuously tore
to pieces the order of court command
ing. him to contribute to the mainte-
nance of his divorced wife. The orig
inal document was shown to Cieves by
Attorney Edward w. Madden, and
Cleves angrily grabbed and destroyed
it and then struck Madden. He Will
/ be sentenced to-day for battery.
Judge Fritz was the recipient of two
alimony payments by as many reluct-
ant divorces.
Without the aid of an interpreter, s.
Persaglio and M Rampant, gentlemen
of France who are amusing themselves
'Nin this country by serving at table in
an O'Farrell street rotisserie, convinced
Judge Mogan that they were more sin
ned against than SHINING when Police
men Stelzner scooped them in and
charged them with disturbing the
peace. They pleaded with hands. ell
bows, shoulders and brows as we'll as
vocally, and it was the pantomimic
show that made their narrative intelli-
gible.
The time was 1:30 a. m. yesterday,
and, the place was Broadway, near
4 fIinckley alley, where Monsieur Per-
saglio and Monsieur Ramponi were dis
cussing private matter, when an in
tcxicated and unkempt unknown OBJ
truded his presence and insisted on
participating in the conversation. They
mildly bade him begone, and he re-
torted by endeavoring to clasp both of
them in his arms. Then he was struck,
and as he staggered away into the
darkness the officer emerged from it
and arrested them.
"Ah, sacre, 1t vas ze sham'-ze out
radge." exclaimed NJ Persaglio. with
elevated shoulders, outstretehed hands
and indignant brows. "Ar-r-resteZ we,
and re hood -lum-ze ho-bo-he go free.
Affair ze insult we receif! Mon
Dieu!'' screamed NJ. Ramponi, with
gesture of mingled grief and horror.
Gentlemen, be calm, / pray you,
requested the Judge THE jar con-
veyed to your feelings is appreciated
and made allowance for by this court.
Please get out and stay out. Back
to the boulevards, If you cannot alb
stain from holding heart-to-heart talks
at 1880 a. m. in the vicinity of Broad
way and Hincklev alley"
When the nitten was given to MIR.
Harry Crouch bv Miss Mandy John
son he went to her boudoir on Pa
cific street and asked that she return
to him several material tokens of af-
fection he had given her during the
haIcyon days of their courtship. Miss
Mandy either would not or could not
comply with the request, and then
Mr.. Crouch ungallantly cuffed her
kinky coiffure. Battery was the charge
entered in her complaint.
HE slugged me mos shameful said
Miss Mandy to Judge Fritz, "jes kase
I didn't fly to git him the trash he
gev me-"
"Doan' yo' b'lieve dat yah yahn.
Jedge," Mr. Crouch implored. dis yah
gals a tryin ter railroad me, dat's
what's she's a tryin' ter do. 1 nebbah
slugged her; l didn't eben glib her de
tiniest biff / tole her dat + wanted
dem presents back, an she gifts in de
maddest hutter yo eber sees and has
me pinched. No, sab, Jedge, dar wuz
no 'sault an no battery
AS there was no corroborative testi
mony for the defense. the court or
dered Mr. Crouch to appear for sem
tence this morning.
Edward Eldridge and three other