The San Francisco call., 1904-04-15

elimina tive effect whatever. He
escaped from the Receiving Hospital,
where he was under treatment for
the ailment mentioned, and proceeded
TO the Fourth-street bakery, in which
the object of his distorted alteration,
Miss Clara Goodman, is employed as
clerk. and there threatened to take her
life If she did not abstain from be-
slowing smiles upon one Herbert Wilt
The young woman was so badly scared
by her adorer's appearance and de-
meanor that she pledged herself to
reserve all Establishments for him
alone, and thus Modified he returned
to his cot in the hospital.
That was the story told to Judge
Mogan, before whom the aforesaid
Herbert Wilt was yesterday arraigned
for administering the blow that
knocked down the aforementioned
Charles Gale, whose skull was frac-
tured by it's impact with the sidewalk.
The Judge thereupon continued the
case till to-day when Gale may be
able to attend court
Wilt and Miss Goodman were walk
ing along Mission street last Saturday
evening, when Gale accosted the girl
and upbraided her in language that
was anything but chaste. She denied
the willful flirtations that he accused
her escort promptly knocked him
down and was arrested for battery.
At the hospital it is reported that
though the injury to Gales skull is
not necessarily fatal. it has not en-
hanced his clearness of mind any more
than it has subdued what seems to be
hopeless passion.
The green-eyed monster also pos
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Parisienne, when she accused Peter
Pastrino, also formerly of the boule-
wards, of absconding with cash and
jewels belonging to her. She unblush-
ingly informed Judge Cabaniss that
the property in question did not be-
long to her, but was a portion of
Peters stock in trade, he being a
huckster of gewgaws. Then the court
wrested from her an admission that
she had the man arrested and brought
back from Los Angeles simply because
she had reason to believe that a coun-
try woman of hers was trying to alien
ate his affections. The Judge hinted
at perjury, but Julia ingenuously de-
clared that when she swore to the
complaint she really believed she was
telling the truth.
They do most things better in
France" wearily sighed his Honor as
he entered an order of dismissal
Julia and Peter went forth arm in
arm.
Various reliable witnesses informed
Judge Fritz that Comedians Kolb and
Dill never held more excited debate
nor fractured the English language
more ruthlessly than did Adolph Con-
rad and Andrew Grottman during sew
eral evenings this week on the 200
block of Union street. Though much
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these same witnesses. enough of it was
understood to shock the religious
sense of neighbors and drive them
within doors when they desired to re-
main basking on their front stoops.
The Conrads and the Grottmans
dwell directly opposite each other, and
despite the fact that both families are
of Teutonic birth and breeding they
entertain an intense mutual dislike So
long as they remained in their respec-
tive domiciles the neighbOrhood was
not afflicted with their enmity, but
when the hot weather came and outer
balconies and stairways became de-
sirable lounging places storm OF VI
tuperation broke and ragged with the
result hereinbefore stated. AS Mr.. Con-
rad and Mr.. Grottman sat in the midst
of their respective families they hurled
epithets across the street that fairly
ultramarined the intervening atmos-
phere. and to quell the blasphemous
TRADES a Mortified policeman arrested
the authors.
Judge Fritz roundly reprimanded the
defendants and then dismissed them
after they had promised to be good.
Patrolman Jenkins WIS in plain at
tire when he dropped several nickels
into the slot of a machine that graces
the counter of p. H. Posner's cigar
u CT r.
rested Mr. Posner because the device
was unlicensed. Judge Mogan opined
that it was not necessary to invest
nickels to ascertain whether the ma
chine was licensed or not, and then
dismissed Mr.. Posner after that gentle
man had promised to Immediately
clothe it with legal protection against
predatory policemen.
Patrolmen Small and Clancy were
also in plain clothes when they drop
ped into the little grocery kept by
Mrs Mary Jane Barrett. widow, at 81
Seventh street, and induced her to sell
to them a drink of whisky, although
she was not licensed TO dispense spir-
ituous liquors. In her defense before
: Judge Cabaniss the woman said that
the late Chief of Police Sullivan had
allowed her to sell drinks because he
knew of her widowhood and her five
young children ana redllZeQ lHdI Sne
had a hard struggle to make living
for them The Judge did not relish
the duty that compelled him TO fine
Mrs Barrett ten dollars. nor were the
two policemen in love with their task
of prosecuting the woman.
For distributing milk that contained
more water than the law allows A.
Furer was arrested by Food Inspector
Mish and arraigned before Judge Mo
gan. The defendant denied that the
milk seized by the officer was defective
in either strength or purity, and asked
for a continuance until he could pro-
duce expert testimony to prove his
plea.
'Ill continue the case until Satur-
day." said the court, but 1 don't know
of any better expert testimony than
that of the Health Department ana
lysts who examined the milk in ques-
tion."
Then Clerk Grey whispered to the
bench that perhaps Mr.. Furer intended
to introduce as experts some of the
babes of his customers, but the bench
scorrfl1llv f1oI1ted the idea.