The San Francisco call., 1904-02-18

Russia persists In ner course OF cruei
treatment to those of other nations.
The latest report of atrocities comes
from old Tar Flat, in the vicinity of
First and Jessie streets. The victims
are John and Mary ODonnell, an aged
Irish couple, who told Judge Fritz of
the abuse accorded them by Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Pavuk, a burly Russian woman,
who is their next door neighbor.
O'Donnell is Sc years old and he came
to the United States sixty years
4go His wife is 73 years of age. To-
gether they came from New York to
San Francisco in 1S49, and have since
been residents of this city. The old
man told a moving tale of abuse at
the hands of Mrs. Pavuk, and his wife
acted as special counsel and prompter.
"She came into my house." said
O'DonneI, land threw cold water over
me, and me just getting over the long
pneumony. Then she took me black
thorn, the stick l cut with my own
hands when a boy, and broke it over
my shoulder. Then she grabbed the
stove litter and hit me over the head
with it,
"Wirra, wirra," sobbed Mrs O'Don-
nell, "she hit my poor old man on the
head with a stove litter and he bled
more than quart.
And she broke my blackthorn stick,
Judge" interrupted the old man.
Mrs. Pavuk denied these serious
charges in toto and with vehemence
Judge Fritz set the case over until to-
morrow so that he may investigate it
further.
C. ]. Wilson was arrested Tuesday
was chasing with a knife everybody
he met. He had asked permission to
sleep on some canvas in front of fur
niture store and when this was re-
fused him he secured a knife and ran
amuck.
He was before Judge Mogan yes
terday charged with disturbing the
peace, and just before his case was
to be called he threw fit in the dock.
The other prisoners huddled up in the
corners in fear until the bailiffs
reached the writhing man and carried
him out of the courtroom. He was
taken to the Central Emergency Hos
pital and it is stated that he has re-
covered sufficiently to undergo a hear
ing this morning.
Daniel Mccarthy. a Chinatown
bum, created a diversion in the Po-
lice Court yesterday. He claims to be
a gardener but the arresting officer
testified that all the gardening Nc
Carthy did was to irrigate his alimen-
tary canal with noxious booze.
He's a liar and a thief, Judge, yer
honor" shouted Mccarthy. Il have
as much right TO be in Chinatown as
he has"
He was warned, a number of times
to keep quiet and was finally convict
ed of vagrancy. To-day he will be
given measurable term in the Coun-
ty Jail, where a grand old gardener"
is needed.
George Lawrence. the town con-
stable" of Sutro Heights, who assault
ed a Chinatown guide on the public
highway while the guide was escort
ing a party of tourists around the
beach, came before Judge Mogan yes
terday for sentence. The Judge told
Lawrence that he would suspend SEN
tence until April Is and if at that time
the defendant could reconcile himself
to confine his efforts to preserve law
and order under the limitations inn
posed by the city and county of San
Francisco the court would dismiss the
case.
James H. Sheehan, who arrived IN
this city yesterday from Alcatraz ISL
and, where, for larceny and desertion
committed in Manila, he had watched
for two years through iron bars the
ships of all nations sailing in and out
of the bay of San Francisco, was be-
fore Judge Conlan yesterday on
charge of robbery. Sheehan enjoyed
twelve hours of liberty and then
found an ex-soldier named Harry Won
Leer. Together they went to the lat-