The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01
KILLS A QUAIL IN PARK
AND PAYS FINE OF SlOO
Joseph Ferrari, Produce Dealer, Caught in the Act
by Patrolman Kavanaugh, Whose Narrative Gre
ates Shudders in the Court of Judge Conlan

Ncser did pictured assassination of
COCK Robin create more horror in any
nursery than was occasioned in Police
-J-dge Conlan's courtroom when the
sunened carcass of a quail was passed
up yesterday 10 the bench for inspec-
lion and then registered as Exhibit
A. IN the case OF Joseph Ferrari,
charged with willfuily slaughtering the
tlrd il Golden Gate Park. His Honor
and an other true sportsmen present
q ShudQered as they viewed the corpse
and listened 10 the testimony for the
Frosecution.
II was Policeman J. Il. Kavanaugh
.-r=lo pressed--the charge. While pa
tEoilins the park he chanced TO glance
down the bosky dell. and there he
saw the defendant deliberately wiring
The neck Of the fea1hered treasure
- and then thrust il into his coat pocket.
:i-lo arrest him was the work Of a mo-
-ment, and 70 haul him To prison con-
,-Suned no more time than was abso-
- Uely unavoidable.
- Ferrari, VINO is a produce dealer,
",I'eaded that he was acting a SaHnari-
Kan. part, instead Of that Of a cold
blOOGed poscher, when the patrolman
tollared him. A large dog Of un-
. known ownership had chased and cap
tlEed the bird. Ferrari said. and was
proceeding 10 pluck the feathers from
L. IT, when he CFerrari) went TO the
rescue and drove away the quadru-
ped. took. the captive, then feebly
-. Isnting, in his hands and had put it
: an. lls pocket % restore its breath
=. 81 hen the hand Of the law fell heavily
upon his shoulder He denied the
. Zee k~Wringins.
-" sharp questioning from the bench
. -:slQok ~ Mr. Ecrrarls s defense until
- -.ias a very rickety structure indeed.
- ID as he was UrOno0nced guilty as
iharrged and promptly fined 500 salts
:.llc-ioir was reflected on every face in
= ne. chamber except his own.
To XIII quail out Of season is repre-
D.. - e31sible even when they are running
81. Id QuOth the Judge, but to
- -. tighter. the birds that are preserved
- '.-.GQl!den Gate Park is vandalism as
. -: clerk 'Jack'' Rice was overheard
:: ::-faaiaTkiug To Bailif Laws that while
=. .:e >lfao not much use for British in
=. I. .iHuons as a whole, he thought that
:;-:le: anti-pOaching statutes of that
O.: ie1tete nation might be copied into the
= .GslifOrnia Criminal Code without dis
~:ngGring H.
.: Mr.. Ferrari got nothing but humili-
81 auQn. in return for the 500 he paid
70 :rlo court Possession of the remains
30 or ms victim was denied him. so he
% sulsdt have even the poor satisfaction
- = eE.. subiecting them to taXidermic art
>end preserving them as a souvenir Of
. : The. most indiscreet act Of his life.
.
- James Derby, a Iaborer, whose liv-
. ing children number fourteen, was be-
fore Judge Mogan on the charge of
striking his 12-year-old son with A
broom handle by way of enforcing
paternal authority. AS many of the
facts sof the case as can be brought
= out viii find veptilation. on July 8.
soon after twelve. good men and
true had retired 10 work out a YER
dict I'm the case of c. II. Mosely ac-
cused Of selling liquor without license
= lat: Greenwich and Lyon streets. they
.s'ummoned the bailin and said they
desired further Instructions They
> were marched back 10 the presence of
his Honor MOgan. where the foreman
p announced that some OF his associates
p seemed 10 be so prejudiced that they
- should not be on the Sury. The court