The San Francisco call., 1904-06-21


and also threatened to kill him. The
case was continued.
George Grant and Walter Farrell
were bending over the prostrate ana
inanimate form of a drunken man at
Market and Eddy streets late Saturday
night, when Patrolman James Culli-
nan, sometimes alluded to as Jimmie
the Cricket" arrested them and made
the charge vagrancy. In the shirt
bosom of the PROSTATE inebriate. the Of
ficer informed Judge Fritz, there nes-
tied large and glittering diamond,
and it was his opinion that If he had
not "pinched' the defendants when he
did they would have removed the gem.
The defendants pleaded that they were
going home from a theater in which
they were employed as stage hands
when they saw the drunken individual
and charitably decided to awake him.
Just as they were about to do so, and
with no intent whatever Of touching
his diamond, they were clutched by
Jimmie the Cricket" They were re-
manded for further investigation.
Harry Reardon was sampling the
luncheon in a saloon at Fourteenth and
Mission streets Saturday evening. when
Mr.. Jinks and a friend facetiously
emptied two glasses of beer upon him.
With natural aversion to taking his
beer externally, Mr.. ReardOn picked up
plate and hurled it at Mr.. Jinks, but
the missile flew very wide of its in
tended mark and struck the face of
Joe Seidlitz as he entered the door.
Whistles were blown and when two
policemen responded one of them es-
corted Mr. SeidlitZ to the Receiving
Hospital to get his face patched, while
the other took Mr.. Reardon to the
Southern station and booked him for
assault with a deadly weapon. The
case was called in Judge Mogan's
court, but as Mr. Seidlitz declined TO
prosecute the defendant was dis
charged
Louis Typo a teamster. will be SEN
fenced by Judge Fritz to-day for hav-
ing carelessly driven his wagon into Il
bicyclist at Third and Market streets,
the collision knocking him off the
wheel and severely injuring him. What
made the matter worse for the defend
ant was his effort to escape without
ascertaining how badly the wheelman
was hurt. and he might have succeeded
in getting away if another teamster,
r. II. Moore, hadn't stopped him.
Wong Wing and All Ling were
among many Chinese who disturbed
the peace Sunday afternoon at Sacra-
mento and Dupont streets by infor-
malfy congregating and in loud and
boisterous language discussing the war
situation in Manchuria. In the court
OF Judge Mogan both Wong Wing and
Ah Sing declared they were Christians
and restrained by religious scruples
from breaking the Sabbath in the man
ner described by the policeman who
arrested them. Their plea won out.
q Tod ohot
Mrs. Joseph Brooks pleaded so pitt
fully for leniency for her dishonest and
generally worthless husband that
Judge Fritz gave him three months
instead of the six that he had earned
by stealing wool from a warehouse
The woman stated that the man was
her only means of support. as she is an
invalid.
May Reed is sought by Patrolman
w. j. Kavanaugh who has a bench
warrant for her arrest issued yester-
day by Judge Mogan. She is an old
offender who was arrested for va
grancy and released on $40 bail, which
she forfeited, but the court ordered
that she be brought in and compelled
to stand trial just the same.
John Oleson, who was arrested for
drunkenness Saturday night, manifest
ed considerable surprise when Judge
Fritz exhibited a warrant, alleging
battery which was sworn to by his wife
several months ago. The woman ap-
peared in court and stated that John
spends all his earnings for drink. while
she is obliged to work as a housemaid
to provide for their three children,
which are inmates of st. Francis Di-
rectory. The Judge then ordered the
husband to pay for the children's main
tenanoe and warned him that failure
to do so will result in his Imprisonment
for as long term as the law allows.
Harry Stack, who was arrested for
brandishing a pistol in a rude and
dangerous manner at Kearny and Pine
streets Saturday evening, informed
Judge Mogan that his reason for car
rying the weapon consisted solely of
the fact that once upon a time he was
a special policeman for a railroad cor
poration. His Hc-or enlightened Harry
by stating that when he ceased to be a
law officer he was deprived of liberty
to carry concealed weapons Sentence
will be delivered to-day.
James Hagan, a striking freight
handler, was drunk and behaving in a
disorderly manner when Patrolman
Bruce arrested him at Fourth and
Townsend streets.
"If you are out on strike" said Judge
Fritz to the defendant. "you should
make special effort to keep sober and
abstain from disorderly conduct, for
you cannot help the labor cause by
losing your senses or breaking the law.
I will continue your case ten days and
would suggest that you stay away from
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