The San Francisco call., 1904-11-04

Testimony in the battery case Of Will
liam H. Ballinger, wool sorter, Of IL De-
catur stret, versus Hugh Rose, team
ster, Of Decatur street, disclosed the
| fact that there were four rafting prelim-
inaries to the event in which Mr.. Rose
blackened Mr.. Ballinger's right eye and
shifted the location of few of his left
ribs. The milling occurred last Sunday
afternoon contiguous to the respective
homes of the contestants and in the
J following order:
2:15 o'clock-Mrs. Ballinger versus
Mrs. Rose; draw.
2:30 o'clock-Mr. Ballinger versus
Mrs. O'Brien of Decatur street, a
lady friend" of Mrs. Rose; Mrs.
/ O'Brien won.
2:45 o'clock-Mr. and Mrs. Rose ver-
sus Mrs. O'Briep, who had suddenly
transferred her allegiance; Mrs. O'Brien
won.
250 o'clock-Mr. Rose versus Mrs.
/ O'Brien; Mrs. O'Brien won.
$40 o'clock-Mr. Rose versus Mr.. Bal
| linger; Mr.. Rose lost.
Casualties-Mrs. Rose, one black eye,
administered by Mr. Ballinger; Mrs.
Ballinger, internal injuries of indeter-
inmate seriousness, administered by
! Mrs. Rose: Mr.. Ballinger, one eye put
out of commission and ribs dislocated.
by Mr.. Rose; Mr.. Rose, knuckles of
| right hand bruised by colliding with
cheekbone of Mr.. Ballinger. Mrs.
/ O'Brien escaped physical injury.
When the parties lined UP before Po-
! lice Judge Mogan yesterday Mr.. Bal
/ linger's head was bandaged and pro-
tuberance on the left side of his vest
was alleged to indicate where his ribs
were out of proper position. Mrs. Roses
! discolored and swollen left eye was
plainly visible through dark veil. She
averred that Mrs. Ballinger attacked
/ her with a pair of scissors, which she
captured in the struggle and submitted
in evidence. Mrs. Ballinger retaliated
/ by declaring that Mrs. Rose brandished
razor Mr.. Rose did not attempt to
deny that he battered Mr.. Ballinger,
and silently pointed to Mrs. RS dam
aged optic as the provocation for the
battery. Mr.. Ballinger did not testify.
Mrs. O'Brien was absent.
After vainly endeavoring to ascertain
the cause of the feud between the Roses
and the Ballingers the Judge continued
/ the hearing, and advised the Roses, as
they are a more recent acquisition to
Decatur street society than the Bal
fingers, to remove their home to some
/ other neighborhood. For" quoth his
Honor, the convenience of the oldest
I inhabitant is entitled to prior consid-
Grafton in a contention which evidently
can only be settled by the removal of
one of the contestants"
Miss Alice Haggerty inadvertently
left her watch upon the parlor mantel-
/ piece of the apartment-house in which
she lives at 742 O'Farrell street, and
when she missed the timepiece and
went in quest Of it she found Perry
Olcutt, 25 years of age, just emerging
from the parlor and the watch con-
spicuously absent from where she had
| placed it. She taxed him with it's
| theft, and when arrested he confessed
that her suspicion was solidly founda-
toned. With feminine perversity,
however, she showed reluctance to
have him punished for grand larceny,
a penitentiary offense, and through her
mediation the complaint was reduced
to petty larceny and Judge Cabaniss
pronounced a sentence of twenty days.
Olcutt says he is a miner and called to
visit a friend, when he saw the watch
and could not overcome the temptation
to steal it.
Patrick Bannon, Peter Wall and
John Mogan, convicted of stealing 81 so
from w. Letting, Fifth-street saloon
keeper, were given six months apiece
by Judge Fritz.
Judge Mogan dismissed the COM
plant against Elias Ellison, who was