The San Francisco call., 1904-11-08
BROKEN TRYST MAKES.
BROKEN GLASS.
Miss Josie Murphy SmaSheS Pane
In Resentment Of Being Tilted
Her Love Has Changed to ScOrn
BY j. c. CRAWFORD.

Miss Josie Murphy declared it was
P. j. Murphy's failure to keep tryst
that provoked her to smash a window
of his wetgoods emporium at Eighth
and Harrison streets last Saturday
night If he hadn't broken his
word" she informed Police Judge
Mogan, Il wouldn't have broken his
glass"
Despite the similarity of their sur
names, the lady went on to explain,
there is no blood tie between Mr.. Muir
ply and herself. For some time prior
to her arrest they were sweethearts,
and she gauged his faithfulness by
her fealty, which was tenacity itself,
1t was this unquestioning trust of
hers that made his recreancy so Bit
ter. He suggested that they fore
gather at a certain place after his
days work was finished and he could
indulge in dalliance without sacrific-
ing business. At the prescribed min
ute she was on the appointed spot.
He was not there, however. nor did
he appear after she had made more
than reasonable allowance for his
absence. Then she went to his store,
hoping to find he was detained there
by reluctance to refuse money. To
her horror, the place was in darkness
and the doors locked. Still declining
to believe he had willfully tilted her,
she raped the door panels until her
knuckles were as sore as her heart.
When a belated passer-by told her
that he whom she sought had depart
ed an hour previously on a street car
that was headed in a direction oppo-
site to that in which she was to meet
him, faith fed, patience succumbed
and she was obsessed by the rage of
woman scorned. The window
smashing ensued. Her arrest was fol-
lowed by restoration of reason, and
she found that her love for P. j.
Murphy had turned to loathing. No,
indeed; she would never trouble him
again. She was glad, in fact, that
the mans character was revealed to
her ere she became indissolubly at
tached to him. He would never cost
her another thought-nou even if she
were to meet him face TO face. The
Judge could depend on her for that.
The Judge evidently did depend on
her. for he issued an order of dis
missal.
Ella Myrtle Wilcox wore crimson
Tam O'Shanter hat and a military
jacket heavily freighted with gilt but
tons as she promised to return to
Toledo, Ohio, and remain there till
the close of her earthly career.
Just to think of it," she muir
INJURED, refiectively; after living
twenty-seven years, nine of them mar
ried, and never being pinched' till 1
struck Frisco. Goodness knows what
my friends in Toledo will think of me
when 1 tell them about it,
She was arrested for disorderly
conduct on Kearny street last Satur-
day, and to the policeman she con-
fided that she had started out with
her husband to see the town. but had
lost him somewhere, and was seeking
him when she was provoked to un-
ladyllke behavior by the jeers of some
persons who apparently regarded her
as fit subject for coarse badinage.
That's right, Judge" was her in
dorsement of the officers story This
town of yours is too gay for me- Af-
ter the trouble 1 got into, goodness
knows what has become Of my hus-
band. / suppose he's murdered or
something But they'll find him
tougher proposition than 1 ever knew
how to be. Why, he licked four DO
licemen and three bartenders all in
bunch just before we left Toledo.
When he's poked UP there's things
doing, sure"
She received the Judges order of
dismissal with less gratitude than
might have been expected. 1T has
cost me two nights in Jail and twen-
ty dollars for a lawyer that was of no
earthly use" she said. but thank you
just the same
/ Peter Johnson beat his wife. was
arrested, gave bail and failed to ap-
pear when his case was called in De-
par.ment 1. A policeman reported
that Mr.. Johnson was drunk when
he provoked arrest and had remained
in that condition until yesterday
morning, which led to the inference
that he had forgotten his engagement
in court. Bail was forfeited and
bench warrant issued.
Neighbors testified that Bill O'Brien
worked in a coalyard six days a week
and invariably celebrated the eve of
his rest day by getting drunk and
playing such pranks as to make him
a creator of much entertainment as
we'll as source of considerable an
noyance to the vicinage Of Eighth and
Brannan streets. Little boys espe-
cially look forward with pleasurable
anticipation to Bills weekly inebriety,
and never fail to- derive much amuse-
ment from his antics. Here comes
Bill O'Brien'' they gleefully shout
when he hoves in sight each Satur-
day evening, and as he tacks un-
steadily toward his home. Kate
street, his comical bellowings and