The San Francisco call., 1904-07-14

found guilty Of addressing offensive
language to fourteen-yea Mary
Hansen Of 375 Naglee avenue and will
be sentenced to-day by Police Judge
Mogan.
Little Miss Hansen, although sup
ported on either side by the presence
Of parent, was so stricken by stage
fright as she sat upon the witness
stand that her tongue refused its Of
flee. She tried to answer the questions
addressed to her in kindly tone by the
Judge, but the best she could do was
to gasp, while her eyes protruded and
her hands trembled. When her mother
attempted to prompt her the defend
ants attorney thundered a protest that
increased the child's confusion and
when the court upheld the objection
and substituted the matron in the chair
the girl clung to her side. Mrs. Han
sen briefly repeated the complained of
epithets-they are unfit for publica-
tion-and her husband earnestly cor
roborated. The defendant asserted that
instead of her having said uncompli-
mentary things to any of the Han
sens, she had been fairly deluged with
unprintable remarks by every member
of that family and her foster daughter,
Margery, twelve years of age, was
ready to testify to the same effect.
Margery's testimony unclaimed the
Hansen girls tongue but did not cause
visible recession of her eyes. Beings
more antipodal in temperament than
the two young maidens never con-
fronted each other. Margery was not
in the least daunted by her environ
ment, but looked the Judge straight
in the face and told her story with as
much calmness as if she were rehears-
Ing a commencement oration. Mary,
with hands clasped and every feature
rejecting perturbation of spirit, looked
at the unruff1ed Margery with an ex-
preston of horror. 1t was Margery's
assertion that she never heard her
guardian chide Mary that loosened
Mary's organ of speech.
why, Margery Joyce" she suddenly
burst out, you know that's a story.
and you know, Margery, how wicked
1T is for you to say such things"
Utterly ignoring the interruption,
Margery continued her glib narration
to the end and then replied to the
Judges questions with a promptness
that could not have been excelled If
they had been anticipated. Nor did she
once glance at Mary, whose faculties
seemed to be more than ever befogged
when the case was concluded.
Florian Andre, milkman, was also far
advanced in bewilderment as he tried
to tell Judge Mogan the details of the
robbery case in which he was the COM
planning witness. But his mental con-
dition was Of alcoholic origin. He al
legged that on Wednesday morn
ing of last week he was way
laid and robbed of purse
containing about $50 while he was pro-
ceeding along Stevenson street, be-
tween Third and Fourth, and that the
men who held him up were Edward
Woods, Harry Scott and Edward
Burke. The case was called for hear
ing at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday, but
Andre did not appear, and an attach
ment was issued for him. When he
did appear yesterday his manner plain
ly indicated recent over-indulgence in
stimulants, and his testimony was so
incoherent as to make every one con-
nected with the trial extremely ner-
vous. He confessed that on the day
and night preceding the alleged rob-
berry he had been circulating all over
the city, collecting money for milk and
spending it for intoxicants. The Judge
gave him until this morning to bunch
his scattered wits.
Philip ]. Kelly was pronounced
guilty Of failing to provide for his
minor child and Judge Fritz will SEN
tence him to-day. He is father of three
children and his wife testified that her
labor alone supports them.
James Smith, accused of disturbing
the peace Of a Montgomery-aven
concert hall, was reprimanded and dis
charged by Judge Mogan. The specific
offense charged against Smith was that
he spoiled the intended effect of a
sentimental song warbled by Miss Jen-
ME June, mezzo-soprano, and entitled,
'Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost
a Short Man Than Never to Have
Loved at ALL" AS the lady sang the
touching verses Smith shattered the
harmony by butting in with a vocal ac-
compartment that was akin to the
believing of a bereaved bull calf, and,
as all efforts to silence him were futile,
his arrest was necessary. The man
agement of the show did not desire. to
have Smith severely punished, at
tributing his conduct to ignorance
rather than malice, and the court was
responsively merciful.
''I was making for the ferry" said
Michael Hickey in response to Judge
Mogan's inquiry as to why he was
found lettering early yesterday morn
ing at Fourth and Market streets and
why screw driver and a wire cutter
were in his possession.
What were you making for the
ferry and were those implements used
in the making of it?" queried his
Honor.
Hickey promptly replied that he was
making haste for the ferry and that
the tools were not employed to ac-
celerate his gait. He arrived here