The San Francisco call., 1904-03-25

There is more or less pathos in the
biography of every female vagrant ar
raigned' in the Police Court, but it is
doubtful whether a more piteous story
was ever unfolded than young and
pretty Winnie Toya yesterday told to
Judge Mogan. The girls recital was
accompanied by choking sobs as she
expressed her desire TO lead a better
life than the one she was arrested for
following.
She came from a rural home in FL
Dorado County. she said. with inten-
ton of earning livelihood for herself
and her widowed father, a helpless
octogenarian. For a time she worked
as a domestic and struggled bravely TO
resist the temptations that beset at
tractive and impecunious girlhood in
this big city, but she found that her
scanty earnings did not suffice to pro-
vide her father with the comforts she
felt he was entitled to. Then she
learned that more money could be made
without necessary sacrifice of virtue by
serving as waitress" in the ques-
tionable resorts on the Barbary Coast,
and in a misguided moment she applied
for and obtained employment In a
dance hall managed by one Natalia
Toya. Disillusion came quickly to the
girl. The details of her downfall, partly
corroborated by Police Officer JOY, Wis
IDLY affected the Judge.
This case against you is dismissed"
he said to the weeping girl, because
am satisfied you did not willingly
embrace the degraded vocation in
which the officer found you and that
you are eager to abandon it. Take
your father back to the country and
stay there.
James Rogers. accused of battery.
stated he had four fractured ribs and
displayed a broken finger when Judge
Mogan asked him what he had to- say
for himself. He was unable to explain
how he received the injuries, nor could
Special officer Duane, who arrested him
aboard the ferry-boat Berkeley, cast
any light on the subject.
The testimony showed that Rogers
was intoxicated and asleep in the ferry
waiting-room when an official discov-
cred him and requested that he re-
move himself. Rogers was hatless, his
headgear could not be found, and he
was in ugly mood when he wandered
aboard the Berkeley, dropped into the
restaurant and ordered food. The wait
ers refused to serve him because he
WIS anu ulSdEI6edDle, ana he III
turn refused to leave the place. An
effort to eject him resulted in scufIle
and the arrest of Rogers.
Pm all smashed up" said the de-
fendant, when the complaint had been
recited. "and I'd like to know who
smashed me-"
Were you smashed before you went
aboard the boat?" inquired the Judge.
Yes. 1 guess 1 was. for l remember
that my ribs were sore when 1 entered
the restaurant"
WAS it to procure spare ribs that
you entered the restaurant" asked the
court, and even the prisoner saw the
joke and laughed at it.
Then the case was continued till
March 80 to enable the defendant to
ascertain, If possible, just how, when
and where his bodily injuries were re-
ceived.
'It has been the custom of this court
to impose a fine of $50 or $40 for selling
lottery tickets" remarked Judge Mo-
gan TO Henry Jones. who had pleaded
guilty of thus offending at 126 Kearny
street, but in this case l may increase
the penalty. I'll have my mind made
up about this time tomorrow, Mr..
Jones'"
Judge Fritz's latest quotation for SELL
ing lottery tickets is 800, and it re-
mains to be seen whether his Honor
Judge Mogan will equal it,
Leslie Falkenberg, who falsely ac-
cused Mamie Garnty of abandoning
her infant child and incidentally swore
to other falsehoods, was given twenty
four hours Imprisonment for contempt
of Judge Mogan's court, and will be
tried before a jury next Monday on the
oh
Garritys arrest. A charge of perjury is
also being worked up against Falken-
berg. His mother appeared in court
yesterday and stated that when he
swore he had a brother Albert he lied
and that in her opinion he is mentally
deranged.
Thomas Whaling was living up to his
surname when a policeman found him
cruelty beating a horse, and for the Of
fense Judge Mogan gave him permis-
sion to choose between paying a $40
fine or serving ten days in prison.
Thomas preferred the former penalty.
Meyer Jacobs had $40 So in one of his
pockets when officer j. D., Bradenhauer
arrested him for begging'in the West
ern Addition. He will be sentenced to-
morrow. The policeman testified that
meyer UHeluOQ Ol HltHulCdHcS was
suggestive of intent to steal, as he en-
tered and, explored Easements of dwell
ings before he appeared at the back
doors and frightened timid housewives.
Finding that he had lost his latch
key, Sergio Solano broke a window of
his residence, on Dupont street, near
Broadway, early yesterday morning.
and was starting to crawl through the
aperture when Policeman Daniels ar
rested him for disturbing the peace that
environs that vicinity during the small
hours. Judge Mogan is considering the
complaint, and this morning he may
have decided whether it is proper for a
man who has lost his latch key TO dis
turb the peace or preserve it by quietly
staying out all night.
Michael Coyne and Cornelius Murphy,
both gray-haired, were boys together
and had been separated for years when
they met as codefendants yesterday in
Judge Mogan's court. The charge
against them was depositing garbage
upon a waste place south of Market