The San Francisco call., 1904-07-06

tlOoA bcAoIe GOllCe JuQee MOBdn yes
terday and sullenly denied her mothers
accusation OF battery, but reluctantly
admitted that she had resisted parental
control without resorting to actual vio-
-lence. AS she pleaded she wept, but
her tears were not prompted by peni-
tence. for her answers to the courts
kindly inquiries were both defiant and
impudent.
Mrs. Powers, who lives at 1915 valen-
oia street, testified that last Friday
evening her daughter and another girl,
Alice Tnlotson Of Alameda, went TO the
Chutes and there met two young men
whom the witness had warned Eva to
avoid. When taxed by her mother with
having systematically deceived her the
girl had struck her on the face. Police
man Dennan took the girl into Gus
tody, and her father. who is a shoe
maker. refused TO bail her out Of pris-
on. so she spent the holidays in cell,
and abe incarceration apparently did
not mellow her temper.
In support Of her charge that the girl
was disobedient and inclined TO way
wardness Mrs. Powers produced a let
ter which she said had been written to
Eva by Miss Tillotson. and the Judge
pronounced the missive sufficient Of
itself 10 prove the writer a dangerous
companion for any well-meaning young
girl II was an effusive epistle. ad-
dressing Eva repeatedly as darling
sweetheart" and dearest honey" COM
miserating her on the maternal re-
straint that prevented her doing as she
desired and solacing her with the in
formation that in two years she would
be a free agent TO act as she likes.
only two more years, dearest sweet
heart" wrote the comforter, and just
think OF the fun and the swell dressing
we wiz have then"
Not until her father coaxed and
pleaded with her for several minutes
would Eva promise to relinquish COM
paniOnship with the Tillotson girl, and
then the promise was given in a way
that did not indicate sincerity. The
Judge asked the mother if she wanted
% have the girl sent 10 the Magdalen
Asylum, and was answered in the mega
tive.
Then" said his Honor, III continue
the case two weeks and allow the de-
fendant her liberty on probation. If
. she is brought before me again on COM
plaint Of her parents viii send her to
. an institution Where wayward girls are
kept in restraint"
Judge Conlan sentenced Della Walsh,
an apparently incura.ble vagrant, TO six
months Imprisonment. During the
twelve years she has been known to
the police several futile efforts have
lpeen made TO reform her. A philan-
thropic woman at San Leandro took
her home and treated her more like a
companion than a dependent but after
several months Of respectable living
Della returned 10 the city and resumed
her vagabOndage. Police Captain Spill
lane, out Of sheer sympathy for the
lady whose experiment had failed, tried
TO induce Della to return to the home
that awaited her, but his erdeavor
failed.
Or" Samuel Waites, colored phren-
ologist. chiropodist, manicurist, palm
ist, mind-reader and general occult
scientist, was again called up for SEN
tence by Judge Mogan, but as he ap-
preached the bench so did another COM
plainant with another charge Of obtain
ing money by false pretense. Miss Sa-
die johnson, an olive cOmplexioned per-
son, residing at 235 Kearny street, was
the mystic's latest accuser, and when
he saw her ascend the witness stand
his eyes protruded like hat pegs and he
groaned with trepidation. She testified
that after telling her fortune he
sW-indled her out Of IS by processing
ability to pick the winning horse Of a
race then pending, and that her share
Of the income would amount away uI
in three figures.
How about that2" asked the Judge
a.Mus' be anudder case oh mistaken
identerty," murmured the defendant
sDisremembah havin' ebbah seen dat
vah lady befo'. Howsumdebbah. I'll gil
her de FIVE ef she waits till Friday"
If you don't return it TO her to-mor-
row III add its worth of Imprisonment
70 the nice long term I've already fig
ured out for YOU" said the Judge.
The best thing you can do, doctor,
whispered Bailin Hickey, is TO take
your medicine at once, for the Longer
you put II off the heavier the dose il
sure to become. The woods seem to bt
full Of people that you've 'conned.
The defendant sadly shook his head
as he returned 10 the prison that has
been his home ever since he obtained
SO from a credulous French governess
by telling her that he had dreamed oi
a winning horse. And that occurred
several weeks ago.
Judge Coulan dismissed seven per-
sons who were arrested for celebrating
the Fourth by discharging firearms
within the city limits, and the bail OF
three similar misdemeanants who failed
10 appear in court was declared for
feited. Fifteen others tried on the
same charge before Judge Mogan were
find s. apiece and warned to confins
their patriotic powder-b burning in the
future TO the comparatively innocuous
toy bomb
There's a story behind this case,
said Joseph A. Carter, charged with
battery on Edward Jones, farmer, OF
Bradford Island. but / see you're
mont folx ~, ffr7ao by