The San Francisco call., 1904-10-22


er were the causes OF Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Dolan's five minor children be-
ling shamefully neglected. Undue in
diligence in strong waters by both pa
rents was also contributory to the pitt
full plight in which Patrolmen Bruce
and Connolly found the little ones last
Thursday evening at the Dolan resi-
dence, on Perry street, near Fourth.
The police were summoned by resi-
dents of the neighborhood, and. when
they entered the house they found Do
Ian, hilariously intoxicated, the sole
custodian of a fve-month-old infant
that was Justify crying for maternal at
tention The older little ones were
complaining Of hunger and their ap-
pearance verified all that the neighbors
had said concerning the unnatural con-
duct of the parents. Dolan said that
he had been ''electioneering' all day
and returned home to find his wife alb
sent and the children crying. Asked
where the woman was, he endeaYored
to construct a coherent falsehood, but
his sodden brain was unequal to the
task. Then one of the children said the
mother had departed early in the
morning to assist in the obseQuies of
an acquaintance and had neither come
back nor sent notification of when she
would come back or where she could
be found. Dolan and the children were
taken to the City Prison, where the
man was charged with cruelty to a
minor child and his offspring were
placed in custody of the matron. Up
to noon yesterday the mother had not
returned to her home nor had the po-
lice been able to find her. Judge Mo-
gan continued the case against the
father till next Monday, by which time
his consort will probably be sharing his
captivity.
Dolan was a minor politician of some
note during the last two municipal
campaigns. He was appointed a jani-
tor at the Hall of Justice, but neglected
his duties and was dismissed. The po-
lice say that if he would let politics
alone and devote his time to more
profitable tasks his wife might be
better mother. While he pursues some
ignis fatuus of politics her toll sup
ports the household, and her lapses
from maternal duty are the protests of
an overburdened soul.
Fire Marshal Towe told Judge Gambia
Mss that in his opinion, formed after
exhaustive investigation, Mrs. Julia
Duffy did not feloniously start the fire
that threatened to burn down the
house In which she dwelt with her son
and his wife at 20 Guy place. The
blaze was discovered by neighbors one
evening while Mrs. Duffy was alone in
the house, the other inmates having
gone to a theater. While flames were
fiercely cracking in one apartment the
old lady was complacently seated in an
adjoining room, and when the danger
was averted her arrest was effected.
/ The Fire Marshal, however, failed to
find evidence of arson. The defendants
son carried a s250O insurance policy
on the house and furniture. Judge
Cabaniss dismissed the charge of arson
against the woman
Elvira Croce, who was shot by Paul
! Sassel one night about three weeks
ago on Montgomery avenue. has COM
pletely recovered from the effects of
her wound and refuses to file a COM
plant against her assailant. Sassel
has also survived the bullet hole in
his head which he made Immediately
after shooting the girl because she
! declined to marry him. Patrolman ].
p. Herlihy has been instructed by
+ Judge Mogan to charge Sassel with
attempt to commit murder.
William Fox and Thomas Foyer,
young fellows, stole a box of tobacco
L.
plumber concealed in a sack when Pa
trolmen MCGOWAN and ConIan over
hauled them on lower Sacramento
street. They got six months apiece
from Judge Cabaniss.
You are dismissed" said Judge Mo-
gan to Roy Mills. tinsmith, convicted
of having cruelty neglected his wife
and three helpless children, because
cannot send you to prison without de-
priving your family of sustenance and
! thus Furnishing them also. 1 hope the
next Legislature viii make provision
for such cases as this. If the Delaware
whipping post law were in operation in
California it would give me extreme
pleasure to sentence you to a fog
| ging."
/
"Koindly give me chawnce, your
/ washup," pleaded Daniel McCallum,
who was arrested, with William Cliff
ton, for disturbing the peace in a sa-
loon at Washington and Kearny
streets Me and me .matey, Bill, are
ard wuklin lawds. Please let us down
heasy."
please do. your Washup," chimed
in Mr.. Clifton. Me an Dawny ere
are foiremen haboard tn Wellington,
an she clears for Laidysmith to-mor-
row morning. Koindly give two ard
wukkin lawds chawnce."
After the complaining policeman had
stated that Daniel and William had
not fractured the peace to irreparable
extent, Judge Mogan dismissed them,
and they simultaneously plucked their
forelocks by way of salute and muir
INJURED, Thank your Washup."
Julia Clinton, arrested on Fourth
ctraat opd charrad with xroo~,co,x