The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

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street. She permits him and his IS
year-old son to board and lodge there,
she averred, despite the fact that they
imagine they have some sort of a
proprietary claim on the furniture.
This hallucination has led Mr.. Seharf
s.. TO rise from his bed at .unseemly
hours and parade the Railways,
humping the door of her chamber
and exploding indelicate language.
The thing had become monotonoUs
and she desired to have il stopped by
the laws strong hand.
Mr.. Scharf pleaded that his claim
on the furniture was no mere figment
OF a disordered brain. For seven
years, he said, he has known Mrs. Bal
lard and until January last, when he
installed her as housekeeper for him
self and son, he considered her
woman Of exemplary character. Dis
illusion came with the discovery that
she had conspired with a colored man,
name not given, to obtain possession
OF the furniture, which she did by
transferring il 10 her dusky accom-
p,ice, although she had no legal right
10 do So His efforts 10 recover it she
treated with seorn, daring him TO do
his worst, and threatening to throw
him into the street If he did not let
her alone.
Mr.. Scharf, dat made me mad ged-
Ven dry TO schleep der trobble keep
me awake, und den I walk der hallway
in ter get minsellef schleep yet. Den
she me IN brison put so dat von'd be
allowid ter claim vat is mine OWN"
Supplementing the aforegolng plea
was a charge that Mrs. Ballard, in
furtherance of her plan to rid the
house OF the Scharfs, had put salt in
the younger mans coffee and stolen
s. from a pocket of the elder S panta-
Icons.
Mrs. Ballard, a comfortable looking
matron. smiled derisively as Mr.. Scharf
urged his defense and audibly ex-
pressed hope that the court wouldn't
allow itself to be gulled by such
stuff"
If you insist that this woman has
swindled YOU" said the Judge 10 the
defendant. you should proceed against
her by civil action for recovery OF your
alleged property, but 1 cannot ignore
her complaint that you disturbed her
peace by your nocturnal wanderings
and maunderings. III continue the case
till August 81, and would suggest. for
your own benefit, that you keep away
from her in the meantime"
George Stewart (colored) hotly con-
tested the accusation of Vagrancy filed
against him by Patrolman Nelson.
whose beat covers the Barbary Coast.
Dis yah officah," said Stewart,
amt agWine ter mean ter swear dat
he sees me loafin' on Pacific street all
de time. Slowly he must give me
credit fer doin' a little sleep. De fack
am, Jedge, dat der amt no noah in
dustrus coloahed man dan l am ter
be foun' anyWheres. I wuks all day
bahbahin, an at night thumps
piano in one oh de dance halls. If dat
amt a gWine some as a wukker, Ise q
like ter know what am"
But you don't work as barber on
Sundays, do you2" asked Judge Conan,
apparently interested in the confession
of a strenuous life.
NO. sab; Use a union bahbah, an
doan break no union rules. On Sun
day 1 play baseball in Golden Gate
Pahk. kase needs de recreashun."
You certainly must need cessation
from your interminable toll, Mr.. Stew
art. "and when you reappear here to-
morrow morning I'll prescribe dose Of
rest-cure for you"
A more unlikely looking vagrant than
Mo Kai never faced that charge in a
police court, yet there it confronted
him. written in black and white and
pressed by no less an authority on Ce-
e
Reed Of the Chinatown squad. Mo kai
was tall Of stature, dignified of mien,
wore the natty black silken skullcap,
the pea-green silken blouse and the
pink silken trousers OF the Chinese
mercantile class. And his facial ex-
preston and establishment were in
+ perfect accord with the responsibility
suggested by his attire. His features
were placid and wax-colored and a
ri m
drooped from his lean neither jaws.
You don't mean TO say that this
man is q 'vag?'" exclaimed Judge Cab
aniss as Mo Kai kowtowed to him with
( Oriental gravity.
That's what-a four-ply bum," was
4 the officers response.
Where did he get that gorgeous ap-
I parel?"
"Blackmailing women"
-Four months in the County Jail"
! Charles Siegenthaler declared he was
rot q fighting man, but a peaceably
disposed payer Of taxes, and he would
1 like to have that fact thoroughly un-
/ derstood before Judge Conlan heard
the testimony Of the policeman who
( charged him with exhibiting deadly
weapon in a saloon on Fourth street.
near Market. His Honor commended
! MIR. Siegenthaler's precaution and then
! listened attentively while the police
man told OF how he had found a large
pistol fully loaded in the defendants
! possession
Il pulled the bun" Mr.. Siegenthaler
! explained, mot with intent to shoot.
/ but simply for the purpose of intim-
( idating a gang Of toughs that was
I doing uD' a friend Of mine. I believe
I they would have killed him II my dis
play OF firearms and threat to pull
\ the trigger had not bluffed them off,
Case continued till this morning in
/ order to allow Mr.. Siegenthaler TO in
( troduce character testimony.
Rakuro Sato. lately OF japan, was
I before Judge Cabaniss on the charge
Of having stolen a dining-room chair
( from the residence Of Mrs. F. F. Min
maker. 1871 Jackson street, and trying
+ TO sell it at 1903 Polk street, where he
was arrested by Patrolman George
Graham. Case continued till to-day.
Patrolnen Regsn and O'Connell ar
rested Ralph Sloane for selling lottery
tickets at 42 Second street and then
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