The San Francisco call., 1904-04-08
PLAIN-CLOTHES SLEUTHS
NAB SHOOTERS OF CRAPS
lnsdiousy Gain the Confidence of "Nervy Bill, Caterer
to Co ored Gentlemen, and Thus Obtain Evidence Which
Convicts WoPayersofthe Seductive Chuck the Bone'

who fought with fists only, and when
two policemen butted into the conflict
the atmosphere was animate with
hurting glass receDtacles of beer and
other beverages. out of the confused
heap of combatants the officers man
aged to extract Edward Kenny Cas-
tiglio Gognozio and Louis Orlando, and
the trio were arraigned before Judge
Mogan for disturbing the peace. When
ii was explained that the battle was
started by Signor Orlando maliciously
throwing a bottle at one of his COM
patriots and through faulty marks
manship manning an American en-
ploye of the Union Iron Works, the
court dismissed Kenny and fined the
two children of Italia IS apiece.
Morris Church was convicted on four
charges of petty larceny and Judge
Fritz will sentence him tomorrow.
Morris stole three cameras from Lewis
c. Rea, a typewriter from Alfred Will
liams. 500 in cash from r. A. Leet &
Co. and kodak from r. A. Batemen.
Thirteen Chinese lottery players were
fined so apiece by Judge Conlan and
thereupon the entire bakers dozen
simultaneously began an interchange
of jabber that drowned every other
sound in the courtroom.
"Hushi' commanded the bailiff Let
up on that growled the clerk. stop
it," shouted the Judge. But the din
continued until the bench stuffed it's
ears with index fingers and yelled:
Ten dollars apiece for contempt of
court. and I'll keep piling on $40 a sec
ond until this uDroar subsidesi'
The subsistence was instantaneous
and complete. Without further pro-
test the unhappy thirteen paid their $40
apiece in silence and crept away on
tiptoe.
For conducting a lottery place at 927
Market street Charles Hutchings was
fined 800 by Judge Fritz.
William Moore. charged with as
saulting Mrs. Rose Coyne in her dwell
ing on Tehama street, was held by
Judge Mogan in $4,000 bonds to answer
before the Superior Court.
At the expiration of his twelve
months Imprisonment in this city
Michael Johnson. who enslaved his
young wife, is likely to be escorted
to Oakland and tried on a felony charge
there. A transcript of the testimony
which secured his conviction before
Judge Mogan is now being made, and
it will be sent to the District Attorney
of Alameda County with certain state
ments marked for the guidance of that
official. Among other things of which
he will be asked to take cognizance is
the wifes assertion that Johnson placed
her in an immoral house in Oakland
and was supported by her earnings
therein. The man dwelt on this side
of the bay, but as that particular act
of his generally infamous treatment of
his wife was committed in Oakland he
cannot be tried for it here.
Johnson is now under a six months
sentence for carrying concealed weap-
ons, and Judge Mogan will probably
place him under $4,000 bond to keep
the peace. If he fails to find good and
sufficient sureties for that amount he
must spend an additional half year in
Jail.
Patrick Carbine says he is a tailor.
but the police have him registered as
a chronic vagrant. He resides at Third
and Howard streets when he is sober,
and when he imbibes strong waters he
wandeDs northward until he arrives at
Kearny and Sacramento streets. where
he INDUCES in a copious outpouring of
unsolicited rhetoric. His strident tones
were frightening horses last Wednes-
day evening when a policeman
quenched them by grasping his throat
and thus escorting him to the Hall of
Justice, where he spent the night in a
tank and vociferous soliloquy.
You must curb your oratorical Pc
gasus when you come north of the
slot" said Judge Mogan to Mr.. Car
bine, for your extempore exhortations
are not needed at this end of town.
After you have spent another day in
prison you will be at liberty to return
to your southern home"
Annie Meehan declares she is the |
mother of Mary Ellen Farrier, with |
whom she was arrested last Thursday |
for assaulting a Berkeley lady who de- |
clined to give the duo money when |
they accosted her on Mission street. 1t |
has also been ascertained that the tive
are old offenders. Previous |
arrests for vagrancy have been proved /