The San Francisco call., 1904-09-09
VISITING KNIGHT TEMPLAR
is PLUNDERED AND BEATEN
Leo Demar, Wine Merchant of Boston, Falls Among
Thieves in Saloon, and After They Have Blackened
One of His Eyes and Robbed Him He Is Arrested

noon. and, of course, he was told all
about the unpleasant conduct of Mr..
Schwartz. When the visitor was TAX
ing his departure the ladies escorted
him to the front gate, and, leaning
upon the fence, Mrs. johnson told him
again of the Schwartz incident. Mr..
women and condemnation of Mr..
Schwartz The denunciatory remarks
were apparently audible to their sub
ject for while Mr.. Lynch was still
holding forth he was suddenly and
severely smitten on the back Of the
head by one of Mr.. Schwartz's fists,
the blow being so forcible as to pros
trate him. Arrest of Mr.. Schwartz for
battery.
The testimony of Miss Johnson and
her mother before Judge Mogan was
unsparing of Mr.. Schwartz, who was
pronounced guilty as charged and or
dered to appear for sentence to-mor-
row.
George H. kellogg, 67years of age and
looking every hour of it, was accused
OF holding the door of a Stockton
street grocery, a la Davy Crockett In
the wolf scene, and preventing In
gress or egress of customers until a
brawny policeman removed the bar
rier after some difficulty. In defense
Of his conduct Mr.. Kellogg pleaded in
toxication.
You are an old man, Mr.. kellogg,
said Judge Mogan, "but it's never too
late to mend. If you promise to take
a temperance pledge and keep it, I'll
let you co.
The promise was given with alacrity.
Ouong Cav and his wife, zap, broke
away from the custom of their race,
went a-shopping in the Caucasian dis
trict and came to grief They were in
specting oil cloths in Stockton
street store when Quong and the sales
man became involved in alteration
as to the price bid and asked and Yap
contributed so vociferously to the dis
cussion that Patrolman George Doug
lass dropped in to see what the ar
gument was about and incidentally to
preserve the peace. He gently limited
to Yap that the argument could be ef-
fectively maintained without her par
ticipation, and in native jabber she
asked Quong if he were going to per-
nit her to be insulted. Whereupon
Quong swung around and, addressing
the officer, said:
What TO you buttee in? You dam
fool Sabe?"
OF course the policeman could not
preserve his official dignity and let
the epithet go unrebuked. He arrest
ed Quong, charged him with peace dis
turbance and had the satisfaction of
hearing Judge Mogan impose fine
of s.. Yap was in court and eager to
testify, but his Honor adroitly side
stepped the ordeal.
Antoine Caredis, peddler Of grapes.
swore that he was unable to prevent
the obstruction of Kearny street by
his attenuated steed. He used all the
suasive power at his command to in
duce the animal to move on, he said.
but the only response was more firm
planting of it's hoofs and enhanced
rigidity of its scrawny legs. In word,
it baked. When he resorted to cor
poral punishment some of the specta-
tors shouted "Shame!" and one old lady
threatened him with tar and feathers
for cruelty to the dumb beast. A
suggestion that he apply the fire test
was Immediately adopted, but when
the horse felt the heat from the blaz-
ing paper underneath his abdomen he
moved just far enough ahead to trans
fer the flame to the body of the wagon
and threaten it with destruction. Then
the policeman appeared and arrested
both man and horse for obstructing a
thoroughfare, and with wonted perver-
sity the horse instantly became most
tractable and followed it's uniformed
custodian as if it were a faithful dog.
"Ah, heaven!" exclaimed Antoine, in
conclusion: TT is not the horse, but
the wicked pig!"
Sentence postponed until tomorrow.