The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02
WOMEN HEALERS DEFEAT
~. A MATUTINAL INVASION
Allege That Their Sumbers Are Rude1y Shattered
by Two Young Men Who Endeavor to Extort
Cash by Representing Themselves to Be Sleuths

independence and return to the south
land.
Frank Morton was seen to enter a
vacant house on Minna street night be-
fore last, and when Patrolman McEn-
tee investigated he found Frank sew
ing button on his pantaloons in pitch
darkness.
How could he see to sew without a
light?" Judge Mogan asked the officer,
who passed the query up to the de-
fendant.
It's easy when you know how"
Frank explained, demonstrating with
finger and thumb how the button
should be held so that the needle could
be guided by sense Of touch into any
desired hole. He further stated that as
he had no home. and could not conven-
ientfy do his tailoring on the street, IL
was necessity that drove him into the
vacant house, as the button which he
was sewing on when arrested bore the
entire responsibility of holding up his
neither garment He was sentenced to
twenty-four hours in prison to do
Whatever further repairing his clothes
might require-and they appeared to
need much of it,
Mrs. Rose McArdle, who sells gro
ceries and liquors at $40 Sixth street
told Judge Conlan Of how c. ]. Howell,
a wild-eyed individual, had endeavored
to extort $40 from her by representing
himself to be an excise officer and all
leging that her license had expired. He
carried his false pretense so far as TO
place her under arrest, escort her to
the Central police station and attennt
TO book her, but ran away when the
desk sergeant asked him to prove Off
clal authority. The case was contin-
ued.
Ham Lung owed three months rental
.ot the room occupied by him in China
town. and when he went there Thurs
day evening he saw tackled to the door
notice which informed him that he
must either valcate the apartment or
pay the landlord, Tong Bong. Angered
Dy the humiliation thus brought upon
hlm-tor The notice had doubtless been
read by every occupant of the human
hlVe that passed the door-Lung went
to save his face
To me, oh, Tong Bong" he said.
you nave brought much disgrace.
am dishonored in the view Of my coun-
trymen, and ere the sun sinks you shall
die" '--''''
Tong Bong had already regretted the
publicity which he had given to Ham
Lungs Indebtedness through the pla-
card, for cousins of the creditor had
visited him and heaped reproacb. pro-
hOuncing his conduct uncelestially pre-
cipIuate and indirectly impugning the
integrity or the entire Lung family
acted too hastily, oh, Tuck Ling.
ne SAID TO his chief collector, "and sor-
ROW much over what my act has done
But to preserve my life 1 must convey
even more unpleasantness TO the nm
happy Ham Lung and his highly re-
spected relatives by having him placed
where he cannot fulfil his threat. After
doing that l shall confess my great
error to the joss of our tong and pav
due penance."
1t may have been the joss or it may
have been the defendants cousins that
restrained Tong Bong from appearing
IN Judge Mogan's court to uphold the
complaint of threatening to kill upon
which he had Ham Lung arrested. AS
there was no prosecution there could
be no conviction and Ham Lung was
discharged, with hint from the bench
that in the long run he would find it
cheaper and more honorable to paw
his rent than to slay Tong Bong.
The case of Anna Speakman, charged
with attempting to kill Mrs. Clara Le-
fevre by slashing her with a carving
knife, has been transferred from Judge
Mogan to Judge Conlani and is set for
hearing before the latter magistrate on
July Is. Mrs. Lefevre is still confined
in sanitarium on account of her
wounds. Her physician says she can
not safely attend court before the mid
die of this month. AS his Honor ConIan
has just returned from his midsummer
vacation and as his Honor Mogan will
start within two weeks for a months
stay in the mountains, the cause of the
transfer of Mrs. Speakman's case is
not difficult to surmise.
c. II. Moosely, whose unlicensed
liquor dealing establishment at Green
wich and Lyon streets has been al
luded to by witnesses as a speak
easy" blind pig" and "hole in the
WALL was fined 800 by Judge Mogan.
Mr.. Moosely demanded jury trial and
the jury found him guilty as charged.
Mamie Williams wore a khaki bifur-
Gated skirt and a cowboy hat tilted to
an angle Of forty-five degrees when Pa
trolman Murphy picked her up and ran
her in for being unable to satisfactorily
explain why she was lettering on Post
street, near Stockton, at o'clock yes
terday morning. She chewed gum as
she told Judge Mogan that If the po-
liceman had not spoiled her programme
she would have started for the noun
tains on an early train to enjoy a
much-needed rest. Her case was con-
tinued for week to give the officer
time TO find out something more about
her characters
Judge Megan sent Thomas Mcmahon
and H A Parks to the SlInerior. Court