The San Francisco call., 1904-03-12

he entered the Suey Keh restaurant,
in Bartlett alley, and picked up four
small china dishes which his distorted
fancy had transformed into golden
double eagles. Whistles were blown,
of course, and the responding police
man found the four little dishes in
Roberts possession.
Il took them for a JOSH said Robert
to Judge Mogan.
Which proves that your mind is in
need Of renovation" retorted the Judge
Tomorrow I'll prescribe the rest cure
for it,"
Kittie Ford and May johnson treated
their arrest for vagrancy as q joke
until Judge Conlan sentenced them TO
three months Imprisonment. Then Kit
tie screamed and swooned and May
shed many tears.
The women gave bail for their ap-
pearance in court yesterday. and while
waiting there they chatted and laughed
and occasionally retired for liquid re-
freshments. They were on one of these
excursions when their case was called
and when they returned their bail had
had happened during their absence
they resumed their seats among the
spectators and were giggling at each
other, when the eye of the court lighted
upon them and they We're called to
the front. It was the apparent con-
tempt in which they held the law and
its tribunal that probably prompted the
Judge TO hand them such heavy pun
ishment.
Miss Ford's swoon was succeeded by
an exhibition of Mysteries that had not
concluded when she entered the eleva-
tor and was hoisted to the tanks ="
Miss Johnson's grief. although less
demOnstrative, was undoubtedly as
deep seated as that of Miss Ford.
Medora Ford, of tan complexion. is
held in Judge Mogan's court for con-
Quoting an opium den at 20 Hinckley
alley, and Leopold Campus. of muddy
visage, stands accused of being an in
mate of the place. Police Corporal
Fryer and Officer Morton testified that
they raided the house, and that Me-
dora held them at bay by keeping the
door shut until several white women
escaped through the rear windows
When they finally obtained entrance
they found only Mr.. Campus, who was
too heavily laden with dope to effect
a rapid retreat. The internal atmos-
phere was almost sitting, the police
men said, and a complete opium smok-
ing layout was found and seized. Me-
dora and Leopold will be sentenced to-
day.
John Muir proved possession of a
very unreliable memory when he testi-
fed before Judge Mogan. He could
not remember anything about having
eaten and refused to pay for a meal
in a Fourth-street restaurant, nor had
he any recollection whatever of hav
ing aimed a blow at the restaurateur'
nose and smashed a window instead;
but his mind was perfectly clear On
the point that when arrested he had
sl5 in his pocket, whereas only 81 70
was entered TO his credit on the City
Prison register At the conclusion Of
his recital of what he had remembered
to forget, or had forgotten to remem-
ber John Muir dramatically pointed
the index finger Of his right hand at
Police Officer Flood, who had run him
in, and exclaimed, Where is my
money!
John, your case is continued until
you can get some of the kinks out Of
your tangled memory said the court.
Judge Mogan decided that August
Hansen and his wife Lizzie disturbed
the peace of Welch street last Sunday
and also assaulted and battered Po-
licemen Foley and Brown, as alleged
by those officers. and postponed SEN
tence till to-day. Whereupon Attorney
Walter Gallagher entered vigorous pro-
test, limiting that the defendants had
not been given opportunity to produce
witnesses to substantiate their denial
cf the charges, and expressing regret
that he had not moved for a jury trial.
We'll. will suspend proceedings and
allow you to have jury trial." said
the Judge, "or, if you prefer. l will al
low you to call your witnesses now"
The attorney said he would defer
calling witnesses until to-day. when he
viii present them to obtain mitigation
of sentence.
Mrs. Hansen was severely scored by
the Judge for her fat denial of every
allegation made by the complaining
policemen She swore that she had
never tasted intoxicating liquors in her
life, that she had not interfered with
the officers when they arrested her
husband, and that one of them had
wantonly knocked her down. When
shown blue coat ripped from collar
TO tail she swore that she had not torn
it, although the policemen swore as
positively that she did.
Il don't believe your testimony"
said the Judge to the woman. I'm fact
1 believe that you have deliberately
committed perjury. Your husband
seems to have been less to blame for
resisting the officers than you were,
for when he showed willingness to
yield YOU urged him to fight
Hansen appeared with his head
swathed in bandages. He is diminu-
tive Scandinavian sailor, and Foley
and Brown are strapping big fellows,
yet they confessed they could only SUBJ
due the pugnacious little chap by club
bing his cranium.. Mrs. Hansen show