The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02

WITNESSES Against JOSepu u. DlllpSoh
and Harry Barker and the charges
were attempted extortiOn and battery.
Miss de Wolfe. who reluctantly con-
fessed that her true name was some
thing else. vigorously pressed her ac-
clisations. while. Madame Russell. who
testify. resented q judicial insinuation
that her name might also have been
assumed. tempered her testimony with
D.. mercy.
The ladies occupy adjacent apart
ments in Fourth-street lodging
house Miss de Wolfe gives vapor and
cabinet baths and rumor has it that
she makes side line Of palmistry,
while Madame RusselTs speciality is
- the application Of electric treatment for
any and all human ailments and she
guarantees to cure without the aid of
=. occult. auXiiaries. 1t was $50 o'clock
on the morning Of June 26 when
= Madame Russell was awakened by a
loud knocking at her door. She was
exporting a visit from her daughter,
= but what was her. surprise, when she
slipped the bolt" to see two young
- men instead They asked her if she
performed mind-reading. and when she
replied in: the negative one of them
:: was about 10 force his way into her
*Chamber when the. other restrained
: him. saying that she seemed to be a
nice, old lady" and she promptly shut
p. them out Then she heard them talk
- fng with Miss de Wolfe in the adjoin-
ing room, but while the tones were
angry, she did rot ascertain what was
:. said
:. Miss de wolfe's lips. were pursed
rs she eoldly told Judge Mogan of how
~ :her beauty slurnber was disturbed. by
the defendants When she admitted
!: Them. in response to their loud and in
.sisrent haminerihg upon her door, they
said they We're law officers of some
E. kind-she did not remember exactly
sshat kind it.was-and il demanded to be
shown her license. She told them. she
. did not. have one. and then they said
she could avert arrest by paying them
=, $40. To this she demurred, and with
= lis clenclTed fist Mr. Barker struck her
- on the point of the chin, evidently in
lending TO knock her out. Lack of
.-.llilfscle thWarted his purpose, however,
for she.remained on her feet and eject
J: ed both lntruders. In the scramble
Mr.: Barkers hat fell off and was left
In the room and before returning TO
her couch She chucked the headgear
.::s.ut of an open window. Soon after
, ward the two men returned with a
d: police officer and accused her Of steal
ing the. hat, but when the policeman
:: heard her story he arrested them in
stead: -: g..
AS neither of, the charges were
I: proven against Simpson, Judge Mogan
dismissed him. and continued the case
ldf Barker till next Thursday.
~ Joseph H. Smith and Arthur. viii
...EaTns- negroes, charged with the MUIR.
der of Anthony: c. Gallagher. q union
.stableman. last Saturday at Bush and
. Polk streets, were instructed as to their
:. rights by Judge Fritz and their ar
: ratgrnient. was. set for next Tuesday.
When: his name was called by the
!. clerk. Smith shouted Here" in voice
= at was clearly: heard in the corridor.
: and: Williams RESPONSE was a scarcely
:. audible whisper
-. -.
=. Judge tConlan held william A. Dar-
. efrl to answer for. attempting to mur-
: der-AnHiR -DargiIi last January by
2 slashing. her with knife. Bail was
fixed a: $1,000, The woman's injuries
prevented; her appearance in court un-
iii yesterday
-: After four hours deliberation the
jury ia the case Of E. S. Sproat
cssa:rged- with defrauding creditors, re-
>. ported inability TO :reach an agreement
.: and: was. discharged by Judge Frita
who then placed the case on the calen-
dar for July L. when it will be set for
;. rehearing.- 1t was 4 o'clock a. m: when
the. jurers were released, and as a re-
suit: Of his nocturnal experience the
Judge did rot hold his usual morning
: session yesterday:
; - Three ballots were taken by the jury
Ihe>first showed nine for acquittal and
three for conviction; the second, seven
D. for arquittai and five for conviction.
and. the third; which was taken after
the books and checks Of the firm had
been examined, showed nine for con-
Viction and three for acquittal, the mi
nority declaring that they would stay
there until Hades' becomes a summer
resort ere their vote could be changed.
When the jury first returned for fur
ther Instructions. after an hours seclu-
SION the foreman. H, G: HaydenfeIdt.
informed, the court that there was
small probability Of an agreement be-
ing reached, as some of the jurors were
very stubborn men.
Judge COnlan dismissed the charge of
robbery against Eugene Podesto after
il had been stated by Attorney Arthur
Mack and Policeman Skain that the
complaining witness, Salvatore Tam.
psrella, had offered TO stay away from
court II he were given SO He com
planned of having been robbed Of ss5 by
Podesto, but his case. was very weak
one.
Harold Hensch. .19 years Of age, ran
away from a comfortable home in Los
Angeles TO make his own way in the
world, and his. progress was so slow
that on Thursday evening a policeman
arrested him for soliciting aims on Du-