The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05

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Fenton and her intoxicated mother
were met by policeman night before
last He took them to the City Pris-
on, where the little one was consigned
TO the care of the matron and the be-
dragged parent placed in a cell.
The woman was a pitiable figure as
she stood before Judge Mogan yester-
day and incoherently told as much as
she wanted to tell concerning herself.
At first she refused TO talk at all, but
sharp questioning by the Judge elicit
ed the information that she is the wife
of George Fenton and dwells at 322E
Bryant street. She either could not
or would not explain how she and the
child had been found so far awav
from their home, nor would she dis
close where she became inebriated.
Her reticence was such that the Judge
ordered her held in custody until her
husband can be brought TO court and
made to testify.
Another instance of helpless child
hood suffering through parental neg
lect was unfolded by the testimony
against Bernard Hardy, a stalwart fes-
Low, who had been arrested for fail
ure to provide for his invalid wife and
two little ones. He said he had been
captain of a tugboat. but lost his po-
sition because the odor of oil in the
pilot house affected his liver and in
capacitated him for work and for
some time he has been without funds
or employment.
cupaton? ?" inquired the court. "You
appear big and strong enough to per-
form any kind of manual labor
L can't get a job" was the reply.
Why don't you borrow enough
money to keep your wife and children
from starving until you obtain a job"
I don't like to borrow"
You prefer to punish those who
are dependent upon you for support,
/ suppose? Well. you must provide
for them. 1 will continue this case
until next Tuesday and allow yod lib
erty during the interim, so that you
can either earn or borrow enough
money to provide your family with
life's necessaries. And for your own
sake you would DO well to hustle"
Every morn you bring me violets. -
hummed Judge Mogan when Clerk
Gray informed him that among the
names on his morning docket were
those of Violet Carter, accused of
theft, and. Violet johnson. charged
with vagrancy. Where were these
Violets culled-or, 1 might better say
pulled?"
"On the Barbary Coast" was the
clerks reply.
'Ah. soil and atmosphere may ex-
plain their total lack of fragrance, to
say nothing of the wilted appearance
Of Miss johnson"
Neither of the Violets was ready
for trial and both cases were contin-
ued.
Charles Spofford appeared in the
court Of COnlan TO prosecute the as
sault charge entered against Joe Null
lOney, a restaurant waiter, and the
damaged appearance of Mr.. Spot
ford's face corroborated his COM
plant. He testified that Mulloney
brought him a beefsteak so diminu-
tive that he felt justified in demand
ing a larger one and that thereupor
/ the waiter smashed his countenance
J The case was continued.
Charles Belmont, another waiter
was before Cabaniss on a charge OF
assaulting John Kiser, chief cook ir
a Montgomery-str restaurant. XII
ser informed the court that Belmont
delivered his orders to the kitchen in
a way that was unintelligible to the
I that
very annoying mistakes were made
! For instance. when a customer or
dered a rib steak Belmont entered the
culinary department and yelled "Gim.
me a ribber," and when Kiser inter
preted the order as liver" and ac
( cordingly cooked liver, Belmont waxed
angry and cast a cup of hot coffee il
his face. Belmont was fined $40.
Albert G. Foss and Robert o. Nc
Ney, soldiers, were before Judge Frit;
on a charge of assaulting with a deadly
weapon a fisherman named A Landar
l at 1890 o'clock yesterday morning a
Pacific and Sansome streets. Landar
/ testified that the two men jostled hin
as he was passing them, and when h
protested McVey grabbed and held hi
arms while Foss plunged a pocket
knife into his back, making a deel
wound. The soldiers were arrested b!
! Policemen Holmes and Skain. The cas-
was continued till next Monday
Fennuckkie Barnardo informed Judg
/ Mogan that he was unable to restrain
| the impetuosity Of the horse he was &C
/ cused Of driving at a -mile-an-hou
gait on traffic-congested Market street
between Third and Fourth. The hors
was of rural birth and breeding, he ex
planned, and the changing of the gong
on street cars scared him so that h
FASTENED to get away from the noise.
Il can't accept your excuse" sal,
his Honor, because you had no busi
ness to plunge a country horse into tn
midst of a city's din without havin,
previously tested the animals abilit.
to withstand the racket. AS you wer
speeding at the rate of ten miles al
hour, 1 fine you s10-or 81 a mile"