The San Francisco call., 1904-03-17
YOUTHS OF THE MISSION DEFEND
DIAMOND CLUB IN POLICE COURT
Deny Police Statement That the Organiza-
ton Is Given to Hoodlumism and Say
Its Purposes Are of Immaculate Purity

bears his surname Society and the
atrical circles Of the coast are much
agitated by the scandal.
Carl Blendoro admits he was intox-
icated when he informed the police
that ne had been waylaid and robbed
of 81 65 cash, key and a pocketknife
by John Ccffey the night of March
on the San Bruno road, but the police
arrested Coffey just the same and ex-
pect to make out a case against him
in Judge Mogan's court.
Eta Parker "squealed" when she
was arraigned with Eva Grant and
w. A. Allen before Judge Mogan, and
her reward was dismissal of the charge
of robbing a barber in a TayIor-street
lodging-house kept by w. "A. Allen.
Miss Parkers testimony convicted
Allen of selling liquor without a license
and the larceny charge against Miss
Grant will be heard to-day.
]. w. Colgren, a soldier, was dis
charged from custody by Judge Mogan
because Police officer Joy could not
overtake Jason Jackson, cclored, a wit
ness for the prosecution, who has been
sought since last Sunday The sol
dier was suspected of having been one
of a party of infantrymen that griev-
ously assaulted Jackson in Barbary
Coast saloon.
In the Mexican quarter it is sus-
pected that thirty year-old Labrada
Morales has eloped with seventeen
year-old Manuel Flores, and that the
couple will never return to face the
charge of vagrancy which the boys
mother was pressing with all her might
against the woman. When the case
was called yesterday in Mogans court
there was no response from the de-
| fendant, who had been liberated on BAIL
nor was the lad present. His mother
was there, however, determined to
prosecute to the bitter end and at her
suggestion bench warrant was issued
! for Labrada.
Louis Horner was caught in the act
of thrashing two able bodied men at
Kearny and Jackson streets night be-
fore last, yet when Louis appeared be-
fore Judge Mogan yesterday he stated
that he recently came here from Gin
cinnati for his health which Is so poor
as to incapacitate him for manual labor
of any description.
What a fighter you must be when
your health is good" remarked the
Judge, and then he ordered Louis con-
! finement for the ensuing twenty-four
I hours.
J. W. Joy. who peddles coat hangers
| for a livelihood and imbibes strong
waters for recreation. was given thirty
| days for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct by Judge Cabaniss, who OBJ
served that the prisoners countenanca
was not expressive of the feeling sig
nified by his surname. The defendant
pleaded that he is afflicted with deaf
ness but the Judge failed to see how
aural weakness could logically be held
responsible for inebriety
Norah Slattery, who is burdened with
penchant for stealing bedcoverings
from lodging-houses. was given fve
quilt from the rest for transients CON
Quoted by Mrs. Davis of Fourth street
Judge Cabaniss prescribed the sentence
and gratuitously presented Norah with
a large chunk of counsel as to her fu-
| ture.
Since the outbreak of hostilities be-
| tween Japan and Russia the warlike
| spirit of some of the little brown men
residing in San Francisco has been
finding vent in illegal ways. and hardly
a day passes without one or more of
them being punished for assault or dis
orderly conduct. In Judge Mogan's
court yesterday two of them were fined
800 apiece for furiously fighting on the
public street, and another was given
| ninety days in prison for brandishing
in threatening manner knife that was
| long and sharp enough to serve as a
sword. while Judge Conlan spent con-
siderable time in futile endeavor to con-
vince NJ Kimo, who keeps an employ
ment agency at 1929 Turk street. that
it was his duty to prosecute John
Fukushimi and II. Zarai, whom he had
arrested for assaulting him. Kimo had
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compatriots with having violently as
sailed him, but when the case was
called in court he declared he knew
nothing at all about it. He was held
for perjury.
It was at meeting held at 5O9Is
Bush street for the purpose of estab-
fishing fund to aid the Japanese Gov
ernment in its argument with Russia
that Kimo was assaulted The pro-
ceedings opened with patriotism and
| good-fe1lowship at fever heat but as
orator after orator depicted in graphic
language the struggle of the Mikado's
forces to drive the Slav out of Man
churia the temper of the audience waxed
truculent, until chaos supplanted de-
corum and blows were freely and in
discriminatory interchanged. When
Kimo succeeded in extricating himself
from the bowling, scratching and strik-
ing mass of humanity he sought police
aid and had Fukushimi and Zarai ar
rested as his assailants
Mary Bowen dwells on Folsom street
| but the police records show that each