The San Francisco call., 1904-06-30

There were tears in the voice of Pa
tolman Maloney as he told of the
shameful way in which Mrs. Elizabeth
Mccarthy had neglected her five small
children, and the corroborative testi-
mony of Patrolman Coleman was also
delivered in tones that reflected deep
feeling. A more distressing story had
seldom been unfolded in the Police
Court.
Mrs. Mccarthy resides at 533 Eliza
beth street, and as her husband is
deckhand on a river steamboat he is
seldom at home. Neighbors give him
credit for being ignorant Of the cruel
way in which his children were treated
through the drunkenness of their moth
er, as he appeared to be very fond of
the little ones and spent most of his
time with them when he was ashore.
II was during his absences that they
were left to suffer starvation or expo
sure while the woman that bore them
was either helpiessly Intoxicated at
home or reveling elsewhere.
The two officers testified that at $3.50
o'clock Tuesday evening they met an
eight year-old girl on the street, and
she was crying bitterly. In response to
their questioning she said her mother
had been gone. from home since morn
ing leaving a nine-months-old babe in
/ a cradle and locking out her four other
] children, of which she was the eldest.
! She led the officers to a sandlot where
7 two little ones lay asleep in each
others arms, and then she took them
to where she had left her fOur-y year-old
/ brother propped against an abandoned
/ building, where he slumbered. Gath
ering up the tiny unfOrtunates the po-
lieemen went to the house on Elizabeth
street where they found the door
lock, as the little girl had stated.
shove of two sturdy shoulders removed
the obstacle and from a cradle in
rear room came the weak cries of an
infant No time was lost in conveying
the five children to the Receiving Hos
pital, where they were fed and put to
| bed
The unnatural mother did not return
to her home until yesterday morning.
and then she was far gone in intoxi-
! cation In court she did not seem to
realize the enormity of her offense, but
advanced the specious plea that she
/ had been visiting relatives and had
aided in the consumption of one bottle
of beer and no more. The Judge in
formed her that in all his experience
! on the bench he had never been con-
fronted with a complaint more clearly
proved or a defendant less entitled to
! leniency. She will be sentenced to-day.
/ The little ones are in custody of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children Mrs. Mccarthy is about
thirty-five years of age.
Inability to make both ends meet by
means Of retailing groceries alone was
I Mrs Ernestine KugaFs excuse for SELL
! ing liquor without a license at Noe
/ and Twenty-third streets. Questioning
| by Judge Mogan. however, developed
! the fact that Mr.. Kugal is employed in
the Eagle Brewery and draws a salary
of $25 week.
! Unless you must have more luxuries
/ than the ordinary wage-earner and hts
! family can afford, 1 see no reason why
! you should swell your income by
breaking the law" said the Judge to
the defendant You are guilty as
/ charged and I will sentence you to-
morrow"
Special rights to all and equal privi-
leges to none," muttered Clerk Grey
as Mrs. Kugal retired.
! NJ. P. Douglass of Oakdale came to
/ the city to visit relatives and at Fourth
and Townsend streets ran afoul of
/ Timothy Nyhan, who was drunk and
combative. Although Timothy is a
! longshoreman and not directly con-
cerned in the strike of the railroad
! freight handlers, he accused Mr.. Doug
| lass of being there for the purpose of
"scabbing" and followed up the ac-
cusation with a blow that blackened
one of Mr.. Douglass eyes. The man
! from Oakdale resented both the ac-
cusation and the blow by graphing
| Timothy, and they were down and hit
! ting in the clinch when the policeman
cut In. Timothy will be sentenced to-
| day for battery
| Y w. Casteel, a young man from
| Tennessee, who shot r. L. Durham in
| arm and lung about a week ago, was
arraigned before Judge Mogan on the
charge of assault with intent to COM
NIT murder, and Attorney Albert John
son asked that he be admitted to bail
| in the sum of $1,000. Mr.. Durham, who
appeared with his wounded arm in
] sling, objected to bail being accepted.
as he feared that the defendant, if
liberated, might take another shot at
| him, to which the Judge replied that
under the law he could not refuse to
accept bail, as the charge was not
murder so he fixed the bond at $4,000
and set the hearing for July 9.
John Grey (colored) came over from
| Oakland where he is employed as a
| head waiter, to book cakewalking
talent for the terpsichorean function
which is to wind up the Fourth
Of July celebration arranged by
the select set Of Alameda County's
Afro, o,American society. While scour-