The San Francisco call., 1904-10-08

Honor, but I'm sure they will cheer
fully pay the cost of your board and
lodging while you are in jail"
Charles Wilson, Con Sheehan and H.
A. Hansen were promenading Kearny
street when the latter gentleman be-
came involved in a dispute with Chin
Jim as TO which of them had right of
priority to a certain portion of the side
walk. Mr.. Hansen struck Chin Jim,
and some of the assaulted ones COM
patriots went to his aid, whereupon
Wilson and Sheehan mixed in" and
the racial war was a merry one when
the three Caucasians were arrested.
Judge Cabaniss fined Mr.. Hansen, the
original aggressor, SIS, taxed Mr.. Will
son IS and discharged Mr.. Sheehan.
H. ]. Woods, arrested for vagrancy.
informed Judge Mogan that he recently
arrived from Australia, is a profession
al artist and makes a speciality of por-
traits in black and white. His artistic
endeavor has been confined to sketch
ing the heads of ladies of the tender
loin he added, and he found the noe
turnal hours most convenient for the
handling of his subjects. That's how
he came to be seen entering and emerg-
ing from disreputable houses at all
times Of night.
IF you are an artist" said Judge
Mogan, the profession has no reason
to be proud of you. But my opinion is
that you're a shabby genteel loafer,
and ii will afford me pleasure to send
you to jail tomorrow"
H. F. Martin, accused of vagrancy,
told such a convincing story to a couple
of shrewd Police Court lawyers that
they bailed him out for IS, and then he
walked out Of Judge Mogans court
room and disappeared while they were
in quest of mythical bank book which
he had said could be found at a certain
place. He has not since been seen, and
Bailiff Hickey offers odds of five to one
that the attorneys will never recover
their money A bench warrant is out
for his capture.
Joe Mulhatton, charged with stealing
a coat from Henry Wantz, proprietor
of a Clay street lodging-house, was sent
to the Insanity Commissioners byJudge
Mogan, before whom he proved himself
either a most unscrupulous prevari-
Gator or an accomplished portrayer of
human dementia. He disclaimed recol-
lection of stealing the coat, and un-
blushingly declared that it was his own
coat, and not the one stolen from
Wantz, that he was wearing when a
policeman found him leading worship
at a Salvationist meeting, although
there was positive evidence to the con-
trary. The coat which was found in the
place the Wantz garment was stolen
from contained in it's pockets several
letters addressed to Mulhatton, yet he
ingenuously averred that he had never
seen the garment before.
Your guilt has been clearly estab-
lished," said the Judge to the defend
ant, but your denials lead me to sus-
pect that your mind is unbalanced.
Were you ever in an asylum for the in
sane?"
I was confined four months in the
lunatic asylum at Phoenix, Ariz.," was
the answer. My head was injured in
a mine accident, and since then I have
had several relaDses of insanity"
Two of the letters aforementioned
sister at Washington. D. c., and in
formed her that he was organizing
The Soul-saving Soldiers of America"
to work along the lines pursued by the
Salvation Army and its established riv-
ais. If the Lunacy Commission find
that he is not a fit subject for an asy-
lum he will be sent to the Superior
Court to answer the burglary charge
on which he was arrested.
Frank Stevenson. a negro, was pro-
nounced guilty of disturbing the peace
Of William Marks, a 72-year-o white
man, with whom he lived in the same
house on Stark street, and Judge Mo-
gan will sentence him to-day The
complainant testified that the defend
ant prosecuted him in various ways,
such as swearing at him.
"Fo' do lub OBJ hebbin, doan yo'
b'lieve no sech stoary as dat, Jedge,"
Mr.. Stevenson exclaimed. Use a men,
bah OBJ de church, L is, an nebbah
sweah at no pusson. No, sab; Ise
couldn't cuss eben eff Ise wanted ter"
Disinterested witnesses proved the
complaint, however. and as their tes-
timony trickled the eyes of Mr.. Stew
enson showed only white.
Keep that s5 bail money" wrote K.
F. Martin, arrested for sleeping in
Union Square last Wednesday night
TITS not worth bothering about. 1t
may interest you to know that 1 sleep
out of doors because my doctor has
ordered me to take the fresh-air cure"
The bail money was accordingly for
feited.
Kittie Brown and Estelle May
chewed gum industriously as they
stood up before Judge Mogan to ex-
plain their reason for lettering at Pa