The San Francisco call., 1904-02-16


witness in Judge Conlans court yes
terday. She is the woman that tipped
off the identity of George Schubach
and William ]. Holmes, who are ac-
cused of securing $500 from Louis
Metzger on a bogus lottery ticket.
According to Mrs. Patterns admission
she stole between fifty and one hundred
blank tickets from a st. Louis engrav-
ing firm, by whom she. was employed
as a typewriter. These she claims she
gave to Holmes, who, on one of them,
filed in the blank space for numbers
with the figures corresponding to those
that won the capital prize. With due
diligence he took the bogus ticket to
the lottery companys office and Sc
cured a check for $500 in return.
The check was cashed by the Croker
Woolworth Bank and New York ex-
change was given for $4,000 of the
amount. The remainder was paid in
cash.
nocent party to the transaction, having
formed Holmes acquaintance on q
train coming from Portland. The ticket
was represented to him to be genuine
and he cashed the draft. He admits
having received some of the money.
Mrs Patten told a different story.
She said she. had known both Schubach
both occupied the same Office. Holmes,
she said, was in the habit of paving
her $40 a week to keep him supplied
with blank lottery sheets and on three
occasions when Holmes was absent
from the city Shubach paid her the
money.
Attorney Samuel Shortridge tried
to break down her testimony. She
never varied in her statements, and the
harder she was pressed the more she
disclosed of a criminal nature against
the defendant.
do you know where Holmes is?"
asked Attorney Shortridge.
Il understand he's in Mexico" she
answered
Further hearing of the case will he
continued to-day.
Lorenzo Abbugi, a native of Venice
and a sightless mendicant. was before
Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of
begging. He will be sent to the Aims
house if his friends do not take care of
him. Clerk Jack Rice said he was a
Venetian blind. and narrowly escaped d
commitment for contempt.
Vincent Torres, a Porto Rican. re-
Gently returned from Honolulu, had the
time of his life Sunday night in a res
taurant on Montgomery avenue. He
went in there to order a plate of NUT
ton stew, and as he spoke badly shat
tered English the waiter brought him
corned beef and refused to exchange it.
Torres wouldn't eat the corn beef, and
to spur UP his appetite the waiter
poured cup of hot tea down the Porto
Rican's back and shampooed him with
the contents of a catsup bottle
The waiter then barred Torres exit
with a club and frightened the Porto
Riean so badly that he seized a couple
of bottles of catsup and fought his way
to liberty.
A policeman rushed to the scene and
found Torres dripping with catsup
from every pore. Hastily bidding a by
stander to watch the dying man he
broke into the restaurant in search of
the murderer. A terrible scene met his
gaze. Catsup was spattered on the
walls and floor and ceiling. 1t looked
worse than a slaughter-house.
When the policeman found that Tor
res was sound of limb and skin he took
him TO Jail for disturbing the peace.
Judge Mogan heard the story yester-
day and dismissed the defendant.
Francis Rab, French sailor, and Jo-
seph Henry, a colored "pussun," were
before Judge Mogan yesterday on the
charge of battering each other Sunday
morning. Henry claimed that Rab had
forcibly tried to walk between himself
and his friend, Mistah Johnsing, while
they were peacefully sauntering down
Pacific street. To have allowed this
would have meant bad luck for seven
years and precluded the least chance
for him to make natural even with
loaded dice.
He admitted attacking Rab and
shortly thereafter he wished he
hadn't. When the police arrived on
the scene the French sailorman was
everlastingIy lambasting the two ne
groes. Mistah Johnsing managed to
make getaway, but Rab and Henry
were arrested Judge Mogan dis
missed Rab off the reel but continued