The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
THUGS WITH DRAB- -COLORED
HATS THREATEN DETECTIVE
He Attaches Significance Their Uniformity of Headgea
and Tells Of How They Ferociousiy Attempted to Res
cue Two of Their Ilk Whom He Arrested for Thief

aiding Kearny street last Tuesday. He
was so enthused by the playing of the
brass band from Visalia that he
ignored police restrictions and leaped
TO the middle of the street and there
danced merry measure until his ar
rest was effected. Judge Mogan will
give him six months.
L. Akridge disturbed the peace of a
crowded Kearny-street car by chiding
some women passengers who refused
TO stand up in order to afford him op
pcrtunity to sit down. He said he
never saw such selfish persons, and
he also expressed doubt as to their be-
ing entitled to the appellation of Ia
dies. Fined IS by Judge Mogan.
Merchants in the vicinity of Sacra-
mento and Webb streets complained to
the police that they were greatly an
noyed by "hopheads" congregating on
the latter thoroughfage and perform
ing shadow dances while the sunshine
blazed upon the asphaltum. In the re-
sultant raid Arthur Dill, a most ca
daVerous looking 'hpyo f1end," was
discovered to be the possessor of
flask of whisky and in Judge Mogan's
court he submitted the liquor as evil
dence to disprove the accusation that
he was an opium victim. !.
If l used de dope he argued, Il
wouldn't blow me dough against skee.
You know dat a hoppy forgets de
booze"
Il know nothing of the sort" said
the Judge. Am 1 to understand that
because you drink whisky you do not
use opium ~"
You hit de center pin wild de foist
ball., replied Arthur. It's jest like
dis: 1 takes de booze because de doc
orders it for me noives"
What's the matter with your
nerves?"
''Dey have been shattered ever since
de captive balloon got away"
Arthur's further statements were so
utterly irrelevant and incoherent that
the Judge hastily gave him twenty
four hours.
You Never Spoke to Me Like That
Before" was the song. warbled by Miss
Gertrudino Gasperino4h the North End
Concert Hall, where Silvio Bacigalupi
and Frank Giannini disturbed the
peace and were. arrested. There was
nothing in either words or the plaintive
music of the ditty that would provoke
any reasonable spirit to disorderly con-
duct-indeed, many of the feminine au-
ditors were moved to tears, and sobs
were audible from various parts of the
auditorium, when one of the defend
ants shouted ''rottenr' and the other
hnd -
When the special policeman sought to
eject the two irreverent youths they
struck him. Judge Mogan will hear
further details on September u.
Frank NJ Bartholomew. former
lineman, climbed telegraph pole at
Fifth and Market streets and from the
crosstrees witnessed the knights Tenn
plar parade, while policemen down be-
low gnashed their teeth with rage be-
cause he refused to descend and they
were unable to ascend and get him.
They got him when he finally returned
to earth, however, and several of them
were in Judge Mogan's court to testify
as to the enormity of his offense The
Judge, however, dismissed him with
reprimand.
Ole Peterson sang so loudly at a
Salvationist meeting on Kearny street
that his discordant tones drowned even
the bass drum and he would not desist
believing until it was necessary to
summon a policeman to remove him.
He was given twenty-four hours i'm
prisonment despite his plea that his
voice was raised in worship instead of
derision and that it was unjust to pun
ish man for having unusual vocal
strength.
Chick" Malone, colored, pleaded not
guilty of vagrancy and professed ina
bility to explain how he came to be
called Chick" He never had any
other name and could not tell whether
Chick" had been formally conferred
on him at baptism. Yes, he was fond
of chicken, but never had been arrested
for stealing birds of that species. No,
he would not swear that he never had
visited another persons fowl preserves
with felonious intent What had that
to do with the present charge of va
grancy. anyhow?
Nothing at all" said Judge Caban-
iss, "and We'll consider the vagrancy
charge later"
Fred ]. Hurat of 1647 Mission street
and his wife were admiring the illum-
ination at Kearny and Geary streets
when a bystander saw a young fellow
abstract Mr.. Hurat's watch from its
fob and walk away with it. The citizen
Immediately notified Mr.. Hurat, who
followed the young fellow and found
the watch in his hand. Placidio Gomez
Valencia was the name given by the
thief and he will be tried before Judge
Mogan to-day.
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