The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05


that closed incident No. /.
Soon afterward the twelve good and
true signaled that they desired release
and in solemn procession they filed
out and resumed their seats in the box.
Then two verdicts, one Of guilty and
the other suggesting acquittal, were
handed to the clerk, but neither slip Of
paper was signed. So the twelve good
and true were ordered to return to col
lective seclusion and try 1t over again.
This they did,. thus closing incident
No. 2.
Again came the signal OF readiness to
report. and again the twelve were es-
corted TO their box. Their verdict was
guilty and unanimous. Colonel Ko-
walsky then announced his intention to
demand a retrial on obvious grounds,
and the Judge set Tuesday as the date
for hearing arguments on the motion.
Thus closed incident No. 8.
For doing unto Joseph Loynd as JOS
eph Loynd had done unto him, John
O'Connor received a blow upon his Jaw
from Joseph Loynd's fist. Then, In
stead Of continuing his retaliation in
kind, John O'Connor had Joseph Loynd
arrested for battery.
Mr.. O'Connor was eating breakfast
and reading the latest wirings from the
disturbed Orient when the newspaper
was rudely snatched from before his
eyes by Mr. Loynd, who took It to an
adjoining table and perused 1t as he
ate. He was deeply immersed In the
tidings from the Yalu when the jour
nal was plucked away from his vision
by Mr.. O'Connor, and then he arose
and administered the blow upon the
jaw.
Judge Mogan fined Mr. Loynd IS.
William Burns, an ex-fireman, turned
in false alarm from the box at Eddy
and Taylor streets and he could not
explain to Judge Cabaniss just what
prompted him TO do such a silly thing
He Will be sentenced Tuesday for ma
icious mischief.
Mrs. Anna Speakman, charged with
attempting to murder Mrs. Clara Le-
fevre by sleshing her head and face
with carving knife about three weeks
ago, was ready for trial yesterday in
Judge Mogan's court, but the prosecu-
ton obtained a continuance for a week,
by which time Mrs. Lefevre's physician
may allow her to appear in court.
Mrs. F. w. Hobson was riding on the
rear platform of a Powell street car
when she saw John Doe Coughlin
whipping a small horse that with two
larger animals was attached to a
wagon laden heavily with furniture.
Mrs. E. Fletcher was sitting in her
apartment at Powell and Pine streets
when she was attracted to the window
by the cracking Of a whip and the
stumbling Of horses on the street. and
she also saw Coughlin beating the little
horse. Both ladies telepnoned to Sec
retary Holbrook of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and
he had Coughlin arrested.
Mrs. Hobson and Mrs Fletcher ap-
peared in Judge Fritz's court and tes-
titled in detail that Coughlin had most
cruelty lashed the horse. a compara-
lively unbroken animal, because 1t
baked at hauling the heavy load down
a steep hill. Blood was trickling from
cut over one of its eyes and one Of
its ears also bled. The two ladies had
never met each other and each notified
Secretary Holbrook without knowing
that the other had done or was going
to do so. Mrs. Hobson's eyes were
moist as she described the affair. Sew
eral witnesses testified for the defense
and the case was continued to enable
the attorney to subpoena others.
Noah Warwick, an artiIeryman, tall
and stalwart, was before Judge Cab
aniss on the charge or cutting the neck
Of George Woodward, another warrior,
with a pocketknife early yesterday
morning on the Barbary Coast. Wood
ward and a comrade met Warwick on
the 500 block of Pacific street and
WOODWARD addressed an opprobrious
epithet to Warwick, who, thereupon,
stabbed him, inflicting a slight wound.
The charge is assault to murder and it
viii be heard more fully next Tues
day.
Albert Flick and James Rodel, mes
senger boys, were simply playing tic
tac-toc," when they happened to break
a glass panel in the door of a Suffer-
street fruit store last Wednesday night
and were subsequently arrested and
charged with burglary. In the possess
sicn of one OF the lads was ,9ound a
''tic-tac-toc" implement, consisting Of
a piece Of string with a bit of leather
attached to the end of 1t and 1t was
proved that they had spent about
twenty minutes playing the game be-
fore the glass was broken
And I'll venture the assertion"
said Judge Mogan to the defendants,
that while you played 'tic-tac-toc' a
rush message was in your pocket.
However, you are not formally charg-