The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-27
SLAYER OF r. w. SCHULTZE
is ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER
Gustav Scherf Appears Lonely Figure in Police
Judge Cabaniss' Courtroom Neither Friend
Nor Attorney Being Present to Encourage Him

/ Gustav Scherf, the deputy pound
master who shot and killed Rudolph
! w. Schultze last Wednesday at South
/ San Francisco spent a very uncom-
/ Portable quarter of an hour yesterday
morning in the courtroom of Police
! Judge Cabaniss, where he was ar
I raigned on the murder complaint filed
( by his victims brother. There was
he shot from time to time at the throng
that filed every available inch of
standing room and stared at him with
! expressions in which there was little
or no sympathy During the formal
arraignment his mind Remed to be
concentrated upon the demeanor Of the
crowd instead of the words that meant
so much to him. A lonely figure he
was, neither attorney nor friend being
there to speak to him or for him. He
! said he had not made any arrangement
/ to engage counsel, and the Judge suG-
/ gested that he communicate with his
family or friends and get legal assist
ance.
After the arraignment the prelim-
mary examination was continued till
next Thursday, by which time Coro-
ner's jury will have investigated the
killing Of Schultze. AS the defendant
was led back to the prison the crowd
surged out ahead of him. and from
courtroom to elevator he walked be-
tween living walls. But no deed of
violence was attempted nor intemper-
ate word uttered.
| Sixty years Of age and a confirmed
/ kleptomaniac, Mrs. Theresa Farrell was
sentenced to thirty days imprison-
ment by Police Judge Cabaniss after
she had informed him that she was
/ homeless. She stole clothing from Mrs.
I Frederickson of ii Godus street and
( Mrs. Margaret Mccarthy of 216 Pros
4 pect avenue, but stoutly denied both
/ accusations.
( Mrs. Frederickson testified that she
met the defendant as she was coming
out Of room in her house with q silk
skirt and other garments in her pos
session. Mrs. Mccarthy swore that
when she caught the defendant in the
J act of plundering her house she had
to apply physical force to get back her
! property. Despite these unequivocal
, charges the defendant declared that
she never even coveted her neighbours
! goods, much less attempt to steal
them.
The clothes these women claim
tried to steal were my own that
brought from San JOSE" she insisted.
Patrolman Lambert said the old
woman was so strongly imbued with
the petty larceny habit that she could
not pass anything portable without en-
! deavoring TO steal it. Her speciality
was swiping" domestic utensils from
back yards, but if she saw an open
door she could not resist the temptation
to enter and explore Her offerings
were usually Of such light value, and
her restitution so apparent, that her
victims seldom had her arrested. But
it would be good thing for the woman
! herself, as we'll as for the community
at large, the policeman said, if she
were sent to jail for the remainder Of
her days.
Il can't do that" said the Judge,
but at the expiration Of thirty days
she can be sent to the Almshouse."
Il will see to it that she goes there"
said the officer.
John Wilson, who committed bur-
glary at Berkeley and sold his plum
der in San Francisco. was sent to
the Superior Court by Judge Cabaniss,
with bail fixed at $1,000.
George Henry was arrested five times
/ within as many weeks for selling lot
/ terry tickets at 9O7 Market street, and
each time he was fined $40. IF you
| come back here on similar charge it
will cost you more than s4O,' said Ca
/ baniss, for the thing is becoming mo-
notonous to me-"
]. B. Gilmore was charged with bur-
! glary by the policeman who found him
asleep in a North Beach warehouse
! but as no plumber was found in his
! possession and there was no evidence
that he had forced an entrance, it
/ looked like dismissal for him, when he
suddenly expressed a desire to plead
guilty to disturbing the peace His
offer was promptly accepted and he got
thirty days.
seventeen-year-ol George Roach,
who was found asleep in a Southern
! Pacific freight car. pleaded that his
1 intent was not larcenous, as he had
stolen a ride in the car from San Jose
and was nabbed before he could get
out. By request of the Southern Paci-
fic's attorney the charge Of burglary
was dismissed.
John Prior and six other men were
playing "tappa," an Italian game of
chance, when they were arrested for
gambling, and as nobody connected
with the prosecution seemed able to
| tell how the game was played Judge
Cabaniss continued the case until fur
/ ther information on that point can
! be obtained.
Mrs. Jennie Gilmore stepped out Of
the Branch County JAIL where she had
served three months for disturbing the
| peace, to find her lifelong friend, Mrs