The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
GERMAN COUNT REDUCED TO TOLL
VIOLENTLY ASSAULTS COLLECTOR
Came to America to Win an Heress, but
Lack of Personal Charm Handicaps Him
and He Becomes Humble Coal Shoveler

the news came out that an hour later
IL was resurrected and reslaughtered
by a humane person who had heard
Of the interment and knew something
about the tenacity with which the fe-
line species clings to life. The provo
cation for the shooting, Mr.. Hamil-
ton averred. consisted in the plumber
ing of his poultry yard by the cat. TO
the animals nocturnal raids he traced
The disappearance of thirty chickens,
which he had tenderly nurtured. It
was At 5.2O o'clock a. m. that he fired
the shot which he then considered
fatal His weapon was a shotgun and
the charge was No. IL buck.
Mrs. Nelson. owner of the deceased
cat, said that Hamilton not only filed
her pet fun of buckshot, but als3
hammered its head with a rock ere
he buried it. On several occasions
previous to the shooting and the sep
ulture he had treated the cat cruelty.
Miss Anderson, a daughter of the
defendant, corroborated all her father
had said anent the cats love OF poul-
try She had seen her chickens at
tackled and carried away by the Mel
son cat and her total loss was thirty
six birds that were laying more than
enough eggs TO compensate ner for
treir board and lodging.
Hamilton was pronounced guilty of
cruelty TO animals and Judge Fritz
will sentence him next Tuesday The
Hamiltons dwell at $40 Connecticut
street.
F. Jorgenson, a substitute mail car
rier, and his wife aired their conjugal
infelicity before Judge Fritz and a
crowded auditorium. The man was
accused of assaulting the woman in
her apartment at I2O71z Stevenson
street, a lodging house kept by Mrs.
LathrOp. The testimony disclosed
another man in the case, a barber of
the name of John Glover.
Before contention separated them the
Jorgensons and their three small chill
dren lived in a home which the hus-
band had built at Ocean View. Ac-
cording TO his story the wife was a
true wife and a good housekeeper until
her affections were alienated by Glover.
Then she neglected her marital re-
sponsibilities and finally petitioned for
divorce on the ground of cruelty, but
Judge Trout denied the petition. With
her children she has been living in the
same house with Glover and the hus-
bands jealousy has carried him to the
extreme of haunting the domicile. Last
Tuesday afternoon he forced his way
into the woman's room and she testi-
fed that he resisted election by strik-
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him arrested.
The defendant denied the battery and
Mrs. Gilman, who lives in the house.
swore it was his wife who did all the
battering and that while doing it she
screamed for help. The landlady sup
ported the prosecution and Indignantly
declared that if she suspected for a
moment that Mrs. Jorgenson were not
a good woman she would put her out
Jorgenson was pronounced guilty and
viii be sentenced next Tuesday.
Either gross cowardice or an ac-
cusing conscience was the undoing of
Meyer Jacobs. He purloined a bottle
of cream at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing from a doorstep at Fourth and
Folsom streets and had the plunder
concealed under his coat when he met
Patrolman Duffy half a dozen blocks
from the scene of the theft. If he had
passed on without betraying trepida-
ton the officer would have suspected
nothing, but he trembled so violently
and otherwise so plainly revealed dis
turbance Of mind that he was prompt
ly stopped and searched. That's all
I've swiped," he said when the bottle
came to light. He pleaded guilty to
petty larceny and will be sentenced to-
day by Judge Mogan.
Frank Hughes of 274 Dorr street ac-
cuses Belle Kenny of stealing from his
person jewelry valued at 1929 and
Judge Conlan has instructed the wo-
man as TO her rights in the case and
set the trial for next Tuesday.
For striking Robert L. Stanley on
the head with a monkey wrench Carl
]. Klose was fined $50 by Judge Fritz.
Judge Mogan has set for hearing
next Tuesday the case of George w.
Hafner, cashier of the American Dis
trict Telegraph Company's branch at
6O7 Market street, who is charged with
embezzling about $500 of the funds en-
trusted to his keeping. The complain
ant is L n. Miller, manager of the
company.