The San Francisco call., 1904-08-18
MOTHER-IN-LAW PROVES
TRUTH OF A TRADITION
Young Mrs Annie Duffy Tells Judge Cabaniss OF
How Her Husbands Maternal Relative More Than
Lived Up to the Claims of the Comic Writers

hummed Baniff Mahoney as the case
was submitted for decision.
The Judge said very delicate task
was imposed upon him by the defend
ants declaration of her political prin-
ciples and factional allegiance, as he a
McNab adherent, must represS nat
ural prejudicial tendency and permit
Justice alone TO dictate his judgment
involving the punishment Of Horse
and Cart" Let it be recorded, there
fore. that he continued the case for
thirty DAYS allowing the defendant to
go free during the interim and on Sc
curfty no more substantial than her
own recognizance. Could finding be
more imDartiaI-he might say more
lenient-than that?
Attorney Johnnie Greeley for the de-
fense. himself a Horse and Cart OF
no mean activity, expressed his entire
sa tisfaction with the ruling. Then the
defendant deliberately winked at Bailiff
Mahoney and withdrew.
W. J. Stewart invited his sweetheart
to partake of refreshments with him
at a sandwich stand on Third street
and the invitation was accepted. The
lady ate a hamburger steak and Mr..
Stewart gnawed an ear Of green and
1
gan. Mr.. Stewart, whose cash capital
was limited to 40 cents, disputed the
caterers bill, whereupon the lady re-
marked that he was "a cheap skate"
TO submit her to the humiliation of be-
ing personally involved in such an ar
gument Angered by the chiding, Mr.
Stewart kicked in the door of the per-
/ ipatetic restaurant and otherwise mis-
behaved himself until he was arrested.
Judge Conlan fined him IS.
Lottie Gonzales, arrested for va
grancy, hoped that Judge Fritz would
postpone his hearing of her case until
a boil on her neck could be subjected
to surgical treatment.
For it worries me so much Lottie
explained, that l hardly know
whether l am standing upon my feet
or my head. Why don't you let me go
out and get it attended to-"
Because" replied his Honor, I'm
afraid that you might forget to return:
to might outlast your putative physi-
cal ailment The prison doctor will
treat it for you and the treatment
won't cost you a cent. Come back
when you feel better and I'll treat you
for vagrancy.'
| John Tiernan and Maggie, his wife,
1 hadn't tasted ardent spirits for nine
months when John suggested that the
| GROWER be rushed, as he felt thirst
/ that water would be pOWeriess to al
lay. Maggie adopted the suggestion
and the result was the arrest of both
/ for drunkenness and unseemly conduct
/ on Folsom street. near Seventh.
The woman seems to have been the
tempted instead OF the temptress in
/ this case said the Judge, and 1 have
a reversal of the usual order of things
by dismissing her and fining him s."
/ Judge Conlan gave John Murray
/ four months for stealing a sack of
string beans from the doorway of a
/ Front street commission house that
! had been closed for the night. John
( pleaded ignorance that the beans be-
/ Ionged to any one in particular and
said he picked up the sack because he
] hated TO see the sidewalk obstructed.
beans when they were properly
! cooked.
Il don't know whether string beans
/ is part of the dinner bill Of fare in the
/ County jail said his Honor, but if
/ they're not you may be given some
other vegetable just as palatable."
[ Annie Atwood was arrested for va
4 grancy a month ago and Judge Fritz
! continued the case for thirty days to
/ give her opportunity to make good her
word that she yearned for decent liv-
/ ing. So, when she was rearrested
night before last for a similar offense
and placed before the same Judge for
I trial yesterday morning, she demanded
and was granted a jury trial, her evil
dent belief being that she could be no
more harshly dealt with by twelve
men than by the one man whose len
/ iency she had repaid so ungratefully.
Her bail is $50.
William Ferguson, a marine fireman,
who was born and bred in merry Eng
/ land, was arrested by Patrolman J.
! Nelson. Of Scandinavian nativity, for
battering F. W. Kahrau, whose eyes
/ first opened in Germany, and Judge
/ Cabaniss heard the polyglot testimony.
/ The alleged assault occurred in the
I Kahrau residence, 566 Folsom street,
and Mrs. Kahrau and her three
daughters-Jennie Emma and Flos-
visiting the family in a sociable way,
suddenly became turbulent and after
striking and knocking down all the
female witnesses, attacked the hus-
/ band and father, blackening both his
/ eyes and delivering some hard body
/ blows. Mr.. Ferguson has reserved his
/ defense till next Tuesday, when he will
have William Lautie, compatriot and
/ brother stoker. who is now at sea, on
hand to testify that the beating of the
/ Kahraus was provoked.
Charles Kaiser, engaged to marry
/ young woman whose name did not
/ come out in testimony, went to 2030
/ Fillmore street to remove his fiancee's
/ trunk from her apartment to the new
! home he had prepared for her, and
while carrying the trunk upon his back
I he missed his footing at the head Of
/ the stairway and fell to the bottom
| the trunk atop of him. His face was cut
and body badly bruised, but he valiantly
resumed his task and stuck to It until
/ he had conveyed the trunk to its des-
! tination. Then he got drunk and
while in that condition was arrested
/ Case continued by Judge Cabaniss
Policemen MCGOWAN and Condor
packed a valise with wooden blocks