The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

which had been very clear. So back
TO seclusion they filed and ten min
utes later they brought in verdict of
guilty. Sentence to-day.
Fred +. Cornelius, saIoon-keeper at
44O Pacific street, was chief witness
for the prosecution of Thomas Nc
Aahon and II. A. Parks, two boys ac-
cuSed of holding up Louis Young last
Monday night at Jackson and Mont
somery streets and robbing him of a
gun: metal watch and 81 cash. Cor
nelius told of seeing the defendants
lettering in the vicinity of his place of
business, Of his regarding them as
suspicious characters. of his being
convinced that they intended to way
lay and rob Young, of his walking
half a block ahead of them and oc-
casionally 'rubbering" over his shoul-
der until they fulfilled his anticipa-
ton, of his running back and pursu-
ing them until they were arrested.
The defense-1'4il be heard to-day.
Martin Oakes deliberately flew in
the face. of popular superstition by
stealing Sl3 from John Plath, and
Judge Conlan rebuked his temerity by
sentencing him to eight months i'm
.prisonment.
You may thank your stars" said
your crime was not committed on Fri
day or the 18th of the month, else you
would now be going up for a year"
For striking Kate Winn, a house
maid, on the mouth, Albert w. Holm
stein, hobo, got sixty days from
Judge Fritz Hohnstein called at the
house in the Western Addition where
the girl. was at work and said he want
ed TO see her employer. When she in
sisted that he first send in his name
he struck her and ran away and con-
tinued running until Patrolman Till
man overlook and arrested him.
Giovanni Rossaditovatski and his
name were hurled down cellar stair
way at Pacific and Kearny streets by
Oscar f: Kelly, tall and sturdy, a cav
alryman, who was displaying his
physical strength TO an admiring
throng. In defense of his conduct the
big soldier said he was making a fare
well tour of the Barbary Coast prior
10 his departure for the East and
drank away his senses. Judge Mogan
viii sentence him to-day.
Al Jasperson. who would have muir
dered his divorced wife. Mrs. Maggie
PanhOrst of Hunt street, if his re-
volver had been in good working order,
was sentenced to six months imprison-
ment by Judge ConIan.
Miss Kittie WEIGH was the only femi-
nine member Of the group of twenty
three arrested Wednesday night in John
Duffy's opium den, at Third and Bry-
ant streets. The. entire lot were dis
missed by Judge Fritz. as the police
could not swear that Duffy either sold
or gave away opium or that the other
defendants smoked it, although the
place fairly reeked Of fumes of the
drug.
OF the five persons captured in Mike
Egan's hop joint" at S31 Sacramento
street, Minnie Hall was the only wom-
an. The plea of the defense was that
the party was celebrating Miss Hall 5
birthday when the blue-coated brigade
burst the door and interrupted the fes-
tivities. Judge Mogan continued the
case till tomorrow. The invaders found
opium smoking paraphernalia and were
almost smothered by the fumes of
cooked poppy juice, but they did not see
the drug bartered nor did they catch any
Of the inmates in the act of hitting the
pipe" so it looks like another dismissal.
For stabbing Charles EMO with ap-
parent intent to kill, Joseph Ricci was
held 10 answer by Judge Conlan. Bail
" a. AAlANh at H4Nvts IAAANA nAAA lAON NFliS y
the stahbng, but pleaded that as EMO
and he were fast friends he thought he
had a perfect right to take his life.
'"Dr." Samuel Waits, the negro CHR
opodist, palmist, phrenologist and nee
romancer- in general of the Assembly
Club, informed Judge Mogan for the
sixth time within two weeks that he
would restore to a French goVerness
ha he Ia,- hxv,-
senting that he had dreamed the result
Of a. future horse race and that her in
vestment would surely bring him $500,
half of which he would give to her.
This precrastination is wearisome,
said the Judge, "and If you fail to have
the $40 here tomorrow I'll give you the
iimit for obtaining money by false pre-
tense"
"Resthrain yo' ham till ter-morrah,
Jedge," said the doctor" with great
earnestness, AN yo'll sholy fine de
money fo'thcomin'. De club am ter
hol a speshul' meetin' dis ebenin' ter
considah my case, an it am almos' a
foahgone conclusion dat de boys will
come to my relief"
It's either SO tomorrow or you to
spend the Fourth of July in JAIL" was
the judicial ultimatum.
S. Ito was exploding giant bombs and
dancing gleefully after each explosion
when a policeman arrested him Thurs
day afternoon at Sacramento and Du-
pont streets. When the case was called
in Judge Mogan's court this missive
was handed to the bench
Much Esteemed Judge Of Police
Court: Business engages the unworthy
myself and respectfully pray you bail
SO be kept. My country save her cas-
ties and in joyful gladfulness japanese
men feel happy in this honorable ma
ton. Difference is Fourth Of Great July
firecrackers."
Clerk Grey and Bailiffs Hickey and
Maloney unanimously agreed that Mr..
Itos note was. intended to convey the
explanation that it was not in honor of
this nations natal day, but in celebra-
tion Of. Slav defeat at the hands of
his compatriots, that he burned pow
der. So the bail Of Mr.. Ito was ac-
cordingly forfeited.
Judge Mogan fined Ernestine Kugal
$50 for selling liquor without license
al. TWenty-third and Noe streets, and
sentenced James Fitzpatrick and Jo-
seph Stone to sixty days Imprisonment
for stealing calico from a Stockton