The San Francisco call., 1904-03-11

uiInSeiI Wnen ne can get uOOOuy clSS
to listen 1t was this penchant for
| vocal exercise that brought him into
trouble in the lodging-house at log
Taylor street, where he had engaged a
room Wednesday night. firing of So
| liloquy and finding himself unable to
slumber, Mr.. Sieler yearned for hear
ers. They Joined him in the persons Of
Miss Eta Parker and Miss Eva Grant,
dwellers in the house, and while he lay
abed and regaled them with his voice
they ordered beer at his expense. The
liquid was supplied by William Allen,
! the landlord, who is alleged to have
shared with the ladies the charm of Mr.
Sieler's recital. as well as the beer
Mr.. Sieler is not exactly clear as TO
how the theft was operated, but he in
formed Judge Mogan yesterday that IN
some way he was deprived of $50 by
his visitors.
When the police heard the BARRIERS
| story they arrested Miss Parker and
Miss Grant for vagrancy and incl
dentally took Mr.. Allen in and booked
him for selling liquor without license
| The cases will be heard more fully
when the police have obtained evidence
sufficient to fasten the robbery upon
| the ladies.
Twelve women from Belden place
were accused before Judge Mogan of
being inmates of disorderly houses
Eight of then pleaded guilty and the
remaining four declined to plead.
It was to secure evidence that the
| houses from which the women were
| taken are of disorderly character that
the arrests We're made and the pris-
oners advised to plead guilty. The
| testimony thus obtained is reserved
| for the Superior Court. where effort is
being made to prove that the houses
| in Belden place are rented for immoral
purposes
Prospect avenue, between Lizzie and
Eugene streets, was depopulated yes
terday morning while Judge Mogan
| and jury were hearing the peace dis
| turbance case of Mrs. Kaf1ish and her
| 15-year-old daughter Pearl against
! Duncan McEachern. The courtroom
was crowded witt neighbors Of the
| contending parties, some as witnesses
and the majority as spectators. 1t was
bitterly fought squabble. Each side
had a special attorney and each wit
ness was examined and cross-exam-
ined as sharply as If the fate of an en-
pire depended upon his or her testi-
| mony.
1t DEVELOPED that the enmity between
| the Kaflishes and the McEacherns lad
been IN active eruption since about a
| year ago, when the head of the latter
| family was accused of having attempt
ed to assault the Kaflish girl. He was
| held to the Superior Court, where
| i1Ir nd cfa nd
yesterday he swore that ever since his
acquittal the Kafishes have flung in
suit and rocks at him whenever he
| ventured abroad. On the other hand,
| the Kafiishes swore that the efenda1t
seldom missed opportunity to address
offensive remarks to and utter threats
against Miss Kafiish, and it was for
| the purpose of having him silenced
| that they caused his arrest.
The jury took into consideration the
evidence the attorneys fervd argu-
ments ard the Judges charge. and in
| half an hour reported inability to agfee
and was discharged.
Angelo Debenchenzi, teamster, hurled
unintelligible profanity at his obstinate
| horse while he cruelty beIabored the
animal with a heavy whip, and for
disturbing the peace he was fined $40
by Judge Mogan.
Judge Fritz continued the case of r.
H. Hoag, accused of felony embezzle-
ment, the specific charge being that he
appropriated to his own use a gold
watch, chain and charm belonging to
M. Aronsohn of $40 Market street.
|
An impassioned plea by Attorney
Mack failed to persuade Judge Fritz to
| grant a continuance in the case of ]. s.
Reed, young fellow accused of obtain
ing money by false pretense, the com
plainants being Whittier, Fuller G. Co.
The attorney declared he had witnesses
in reserve and desired time to produce
them, but the court thought ample time
had already been afforded for that pur-
pose.
Then we ask for sentence now" said
| the attorney.
Sixty days in the County JAIL" said
4 the Judge.
There was no paucity of witnesses in
| the case of Henry Won Ark, accused of
having failed to return a $50 suit of
clothes he had taken from j. L. Cum
ningham on January 26 for the avowed
purpose of having the garments
cleaned. Won ARK was employed by
clothing renovatory at the time and
several inmates of the house in which
Cunningham dwelt testified that the
clothes had been taken away. as stated
| in the complaint, while other witnesses
as positively contributed to the alibi
that was set up by the defense. AS the
preponderance of testimony was with
the defendant the court gave him the
benefit of the reasonable doubt of his
guilt that was established.
Louis Whitehead, an 1S-year-old lad.
was held by Judge Fritz to answer in
the Superior Court for burglary, with
bail fixed at $1,000. The complaining
witness is Mrs. H. L. Detjen, whose
residence at 706 Fell street was entered
through q rear window and Numbered