The San Francisco call., 1904-08-13

Joseph Altman, Joseph Guilleumore
and Mary Molliet, natives of France,
boarded an electric car at Kentucky
street and Fifteenth avenue South last
Sunday evening and a few minutes
later they were fiercely battling with
Motorman Patrick McNally and Con-
ductor John Hennessey. When the
conflict was quelled by Patrolmen Nc
Soley and Flynn the head of M. Ath-
man bore several deep decorations in
fiicted with iron implements welded
by the carmen and NJ. Guilleumore's
cranium was also rather badly dam
aged by the same weapons. To add to
their discontinue MN. Altman and
Guilleumore and Madame Molliet were
arrested and charged with disturbing
the peace.
When the case was called before
Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday
morning Motorneer McNally testified
that it was M. Altman who started
the rumpus. Irritated by the slow
progress made by the car, NJ. Altman
petulantly chided Mr.. McNally and
then in his impulsive Gallo way in
Vaded that portion of the vehicle re-
served for the exclusive occupancy OF
the man at the lever. When requested
to withdraw he struck Mr.. McNally,
and while that gentleman was re-
taliating in kind M. Guilleumore went
to his friends assistance and the team
was making things very interesting for
the motorneer when Conductor Hen
nessey butted in and evened up the
ODDS. The carmen, armed with iron
bars, were getting much the best OF
the affray when Madame Molliet
butted in and lacerated the conduc-
tors facial cuticle with her finer nails,
whereUpon a passenger named Alex
ander Simon butted in and again even
ed the odds by tackling Madame Mol
liet. II was q six-handed affair when
the policemen arrived.
This case is unique said the
Judge, when he had heard all the con-
filcting testimony, lin the fact, disputed
by nobody, that the woman did not get
the men into trouble, but was dragged
iEto it herself by the men, whereas
the direct contrary is the almost in
variable rule. In view of this remark
able phase l will dismiss the charge
against Madame Molliet and fine each
OF the other defendants IS. 1 would
impose a heavier fine If the heads of
MN. Altman and Guilleumore had
been more lightly battered
A w. Lloyd and his stepdaughter
are Inmates OIL MIS- A L. 1nOHlpSOn >
select boarding house, 225 Eighth
street, and Mrs. Thompson AYERS that
whenever the young woman had
tiff with sister boarder she enlisted
the aid of her stepparent to harass
and annoy the enemy. On the most
recent of these occasions Mr.. Lloyd
primed himself with beer, conveyed in
a can, until he imagined himself to be
a duck and while thus hallucinated he
ran through the halls and corridors,
loudly quacking and Tapping his arms
as If they were wings, to the great
distress of Mrs. Thompson and the
mingled amusement ana fright of sew
eral other women Mrs. Thompson al
leges, furthermore, that Mr.. Lloyd has
been rather neglectful in the matter
of paying his rent
Judge Conlan continued his hearing
of the peace disturbance charge against
Mr.. Lloyd and nobody in court paid
the least attention to Clerk Jack"
Rice's perfectly audible bon mot, that
when a man habituaily "chases the
duck" it should not be surprising If
the bird finally finds incarnation in it's
pursuer