The San Francisco call., 1904-10-02


room; Edward Hawkins. accused Of va
grancy, toyed with the frayed e1ltremi-
ties of his luxuriant whiskers and con-
temptuously surveyed his environment.
His clothing was of ancient fashion,
his shoes were up at toe and down at
/ heel, and the linen that encircled his
neck and wrists was soiled. When a
negro misdemeanant accldently jostled
him flush of anger illumed his bloat-
ed countenance and his hands involun-
tarily clenched, but his indignation led
him to no further indiscretion than to
glare furiously at the colored person,
who was serenely unconscious Of the
wrath he had kindled. A moment later,
however, Mr.. Hawkins condescended
to accept brown paper cigarette from
the provoker of his ire. He hurriedly
concealed the contraband article as he
advanced to the bench for trial.
The prosecuting testimony was brief
and convincing. A policeman found
Mr. Hawkins fast asleep on the sward
of Union Square at o'clock yester-
day morning and when awakened he
either would not or could not give sat-
isfactory explanation of his conduct.
On several previous occasions he had
been seen loafing at unreasonable hours
in the same square by the same po-
liceman.
You hear what the officer says?"
said his Honor, interrog1tively, to the
defendant.
"Hevery blessed word Of hit" re-
piled Mr.. Hawkins. still fondling his
whiskers; hand my honly comment
his that e his bloomin' well heager to
scrag me-"
Eager to do what?"
"Scrag me-send me to the bloomin'
jug By proper hinQuiry e could ave
discovered that 1 haint no bloomin'
tramp I lives at a first-clawss 'otel
hon Sutter street, does, han this yer.
bobby would ave bin Uniformed hof
that fact hif e 'ad haddressed me CIV
lily hinstead hof calm me bum hand
'andlin' me shamefully."
Am 1 to understand that you are
a guest at a Sutter street hotel?" in.
terest.
well, Him pawtly guest hand pawt-
ly hemploye," was the answer.
GuGSI uOlulI lulGIJCClCQ LlC PO-.
liceman when he can't beg enough.
to eat, your HonEr, he washes dishes
for his grub"
Mr.. Hawkins laughed scornfully.
"Beg?" he exclaimed. my dear chap,
you don't know Hedward 'Awkins. Hif
you did you'd be ashamed to 'heven
suspect i'm hof beggin'- e his a gen.
tleman, e his, hand e would die sooner
than hask hanybody for hanythink, hor
haccept hanythink hoffered i'm hin the
way hof charity. 'E's too proud for
that"
well, Mr. Hawkins" said the court
soothingIy, "I hope you will not re-
gard as a charitable offering the three
months Imprisonment which l now or
der for you. 1t is not prescribed in a
spirit of benevolence, 1 assure you"
Three months" gaspcd Mr.. Haw-
kins in establishment so great that he
ceased lingering his whisker.
Twenty milkmen convinced Judge
Cabaniss that they were not response
BILE for the illegal proportion of cream
in the lacteal fluid served by them to
consumers, and the charge against
them was dismissed. When the Health
Board proceeds against the dairymen
who supplied the complained-of milk
to the venders it will probably find, as
that yielded the milk are solely to
blame for its thinness.
Ten chubby children played hide
and-seek in the Hall OF Justice corri-
dors while Judge Mogan heard testi-
mony as to whether they were as badly
treated by their custodian, August
Weinmann, as Mrs. Kate Petite. man
ager of the Universal Service Society,
had alleged in her complaint. Mrs.
Baldwin, Mrs. Wyman, Miss Canty and
other persons residing in the vicinity
of Twenty-first and Castro streets.
where the defendants home is situated,
testified that the little ones were very
well taken care of by Mr.. Weinmann
and his wife and that they were not
cruelty punished. Nine-year-old Abe
Nathan stated that Mr.. Weinmann hit
him with a strap one day as punish
ment for playing hockey" from school,
but the blow did not hurt him very
much. Then the Judge continued the
case till next Saturday and intimated
that he will dismiss 1t.
Miss Minnie Haskell declared that
Patrolman Kavanagh made a most
grievous mistake when he arrested her
at 2 o'clock the other morning in the
tenderloin and booked her for vagrancy.
For I am professional dress
maker" said Miss Haskell to Judge
Mogan, "and I'm sure this officer will
apologize for what he has done when 1
tell him that there is no seamstress in
San Francisco who works harder than
I do"
Instead Of apologizing to Miss Has
kell, however, the policeman informed
the Judge that she was 'railbird,
meaning thereby that she had a habit
Of leaning against the gilded rails
which protect the windows of certain
saloons in the redlight district from
breakage by staggering passers-by. He
drove her from several of those perches