The San Francisco call., 1904-11-18
MAMIE is ANGERED
AS RUBY SINGS.
Stage Aspirant Tries Her
Voice in Cafe, and
Trouble EnsueS.
FIGHT is CARRIED TO AUTOMOBILE
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

sum OF SO. Although fully aware Of
what she was doing he was powerless
10 either restrain her or make outcry.
His Honor has the psychological phe-
nomenon under consideration
Carefully nursing a bottle OF whisky
John Herman. z painter, sat al the en-
trance OF the Building Trades Councils
headquarters and thus afforded an IN
Just advertisement OF that organiza-
ton which its officers rebuked by turn
ing him into police custody. In de-
fense. Mr. Kernan pleaded that he was
III and unable to work and he con-
sumed the whisky for medicinal pur-'
pose only In other words" he said
10 Judge Mogan, I drank one poison TO
xiii another" Inquiry, however, de-
veloped the disclosure that Mr.. Ker-
mans atlment consisted OF a dislocated
shoulder. and the case was continued
till tomorrow 70 afford the court Op-
portunity 10 ascertain whether such an
injury is poisonous TO the system and
durable by internal applications Of
whisky.
Judge Cabaniss ordered A Spile.
druggist at Market and Hayes streets,
10 pay 10 the treasurer Of the State
Board OF Pharmacy the sum OF $6. rep
resenting unpaid registration fees for
three consecutive years. Secretary J. J.
Crowley OF the board then announced
in court that he proposed to enter SINH
lar proceedings 10 collect back registra-
tio1 fees from almost every pharmacist
in san Francisco, and the court assured
him OF its hearty cooperation in max
ing the crusade effective
Bradford T. ScheIl, arrested for as
eerrfNf-r~ .ESr-~~-sl - -
dence Of J. A. Morrissey, 1916 Mission
street. where she is engaged as a chill
dreLs nurse, did not aid his case by
openly tnsinuating in Judge MOgan's
court that the woman was on undue
terms Of intimacy with her employer. It
was after Bailif Hickey had intercept
ed a written appeal for clemency which
the prisoner attempted 70 pass 10 the
woman that the asDersion on her char
sharply rebuked IL Further hearing
was then continued till to-day.
William Andrews confessed that he
sold liquor without a license at Baker
and Greenwich streets and then made
a strong plea for leniency, rs IL was
the first offense Of q poor man Judge
Cabaniss, however, said that as the
I'Clice Commission had resOIutely de-
--AA-E1- ~ AA-EAl1E ally zAV7 EEADD N4LLtlLl
o prescribed distance Of the Preside
reservation and as the defendant will
fully ignored that prohibition and de-
lied the laws. he would impose a fine
Il $50 Then the self-alIeged i'm
pzcunious Mr. Andrews astOnished the
court by promptly paving the fine.
Madame Rosa Schultz OF 5 Fourth
street wanted 10 know what the police
meant by IT, anyway When they told
he- that unlicensed fortune telling was
Illegal she put away her cards and
took down her signb0ard. but no
sooner had she hOisted a plaCard an
nOuncing her readiness to massage the
multitude, first come. first served than
she was pinChed" and charged with
vagrancy- Was she an object Of police
persecution or merely a victim OF pO-
lice blUndering2 She would respect
fully ask enlightenment on that point
from Judge MOgan-and she promptly
got IL by being pronounced guilty as
charged and ordered TO appear to-day
for sentence.
Judge Fritz is wrestling with a lar
ceny case that rlenaces the normal ar
rangement Of his gray matter. The
complainant is L. T. Fell. who alleges
that certain roofing shingles purIOined
from his new dwelling near the ocean
beach were found in the possession Of
William EldOn- In facetiOus spirit Nj
Fell ayers, he surmounted his pile Of
shingles with placard inscribed,
Thieves may take one or two bun
dies" and the next morning be dis
covered that some one had taken his
joke IN literal sense, also several bun
dies OF the shingles There was a
wheeIbarrOw trail which led him TO the
residence OF Mr. EIdOn There he
found shingles exactly similar TO those
fed him To prove property, and IL is
the effort 70 decide the disputed owner
ship that is brain-fagging the magis-
trate Of department No T. Thus far
two manufacturers Of shingles have
Identified The shingles in question as OF
their output The case has already
consumed much time and the termina-
tfOn seems 10 grow more remote with
each hearing
David Birnbaum, retail fruiterer at
Ninth avenue and K street, told Judge
MOgan that he had repeatedly been
refused a hearing at the home Of J. 3.
Warren. 326 I street, ere he met that
gentleman on the street and presented
a bill OF S14 for goods sold and delivered.
Instead Of accepting the bill or prOmis-
ing 10 pay II Mr.. Warren hurled oral
q buse at Mr.. Birnbaum until the latter
stopped the vituperatiOn by planting
4 straight right upon its authors left
eye. whereupon Mr. Birnbaum was ar
rested and charged with battery. Judge
Mogan viii hear more details next
Friday.
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