The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

Leslie Falkenberg is in a fair way of
having it proved to his entire satisfac-
1ioh that the laws machinery is dan
gerous 10 trifie with. He appeared be-
lore Judge Mogan yesterday morning
as a complaining witness, and soon
found himself a prisoner for contempt
OF court, with charges Of perjury and
maliciously procuring a warrant being
prepared against him. And in addition
to all that unenviable fortune he re-
ceived a scathing lecture from the
bench and scorching looks from every
respectable person in the tribunal. For
the fellow had been forced to confess
himself thoroughly despicable. To OBJ
tain revenge after a quarrel with the
mother Of his two illegitimate children
he had the woman arrested on a charge
Of cruelty 70 the youngest of them,
and 10 bolster his accusation he delib-
erately lied while under oath.
Mamie Garrity. a petite and frail
creature. who resides at 577 Natoma
street, was the victim OF Falkenberg's s
prevarication- To secure her arrest he
represented that she was the mistress
OF his brother George, a seaman, and
that although she was left sufficient
money 10 support herself and her 10
months-old child she cruelty neglected
the latter. and on last Sunday after
noon left the babe on the doorstep Of
the Falkenberg home, 545 Jessie street
In court yesterday the woman swore
there was no such person as brother
George, that the complainant was the
father Of her two children and that he
contributed nothing TO their support
Sharp questioning by Judge Mogan
compelled Falkenberg 10 acknowledge
that the woman told the truth, and
then he was immediately placed under
arrest for contempt and the prosecut-
ing attorney instructed 10 prepare
charges OF vagrancy and malicious
prosecution against him.
The woman denied that she had
abandoned her infant upon the Falk-
enberg doorstep, and explained that the
father had sent a request that she let
him see the little one. She complied 10
the extent Of taking il TO his home and
placing it in charge Of his younger
brother. saying she would call for il
after the father had seen il. This state
ment vas corrobOrated, and the Judge
ordered the wOman's release.
Falkenberg is about p years OF age
and says he is a glass packer. but he
is more noted as an idler.
Edward Parker. accused of having
stolen So from Francis and Myrtle Gal
lagher, at 81 Minna street. was ar
raigned for grand larceny before Judge
Fritz, who set the hearing for to-mor-
row.
For cruelty 70 Captain ". s. over
toms Cog, which they attempted TO
seize on Van Ness avenue. Deputy
PoUndmasters Charles Buckley and Ar
thur Murphy were fined 500 apiece BY
Judge Fritz. Their attorney imme-
diately appealed from the sentence on
the ground that the defendants had
not shown malicious intent Secretary
HoIbrook Il The Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty 10 Animals expressed
disapproval OF the Judges decision. and
subsequently had a rather heated dis
cussion with Captain Overton in the
corridor.
Judge Conan. who knows what It is
70 be umbrellaIess in the rain, yester-
day dismissed the umbrella stealing
charge of Detective William ArmstrorE
against Harry Sievers. q barber. De
tective Armstrong testified that while
in AIission-street pawnshop he in
discreetly left his umbrella, valued at
81 in proximity To Sievers. and that
the man and the CAMP simultaneous
= disappeared
Edward Stephens. a musician picked
up an umbrella In a Market-street store
and sailed forth into the storm. where
he was arrested Tor theft. The owner
OF the umbrella was reluctant 10 prose
cute when the case came up before
Judge Fritz, and the defendant was
dismissed with warning
Thus remains wide open the burning
question. Does the taking away Of an
umbrella without its owners consent
constitute larceny o. merely unauthor-
lied borrowing
Dr. P J O'COnneIl. whose Office at
Clay and Kearny streets was invaded
and wrecked night before last by Miss
Eda Y. Church. informed Judge Ca
bsniss that he preferred not TO prose
cute the woman. because she had re-
spectacle relatives who had promised
to pay for all the damage she had
done TO his furniture. So the charge
OF malicious mischief was dismissed.
Miss Church stated that she was tenn
porarily insane when she began smash
ing things.
Twenty-seven members OF the Stable
mems Union swore before Judge Mo-
gan that they had witnessed an alter
cation between Thomas White and Ed
Taylor at the headquarters of their
organization one evening several weeks
ago, but that they had not seen White
use a knife on that occasion. More
witnesses will be heard to-day.
When the case Of P SynoDolis. ac-