The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
THREATENS TO SLAY WIFE
And HAS FIREARMS READY
Tough Little Carpenter
Battles With q
Tries to Explain Possession Of Six Guns
BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD.

at the Annapolis. that she went to that
hostelry, she told the Judge, and IL she
accosted perfect strangers with demand
for monetary loans and abused those
who declined to contribute she had no
recollection of doing So Had she been
drinking? Well, she admired the i'm
pudence of any one who dared ask her
such a question as that
After the Judge had pronounced her
guilty she returned to the mourners'
bench, resumed perusal of "Weavers
and Weft' and smiled and sighed with
the heroine thereof until the Hickey
finger wagged her jailward
Adolf Cassasso, accused of fast driv-
ing at Fourth and Market streets.
asked Judge Fritz if he had ever seen
an ice wagon exceed the regulation
speed limit. When the Judge, after due
reflection, answered in the negative
and added that he had always regard :
ed an ice wagon as a SYNONYM for
Vehicular slowness, Signor Cassasso de-
clared that at the time of his arrest
an Ice wagon was directly ahead of his
horse. His Honor glanced reproytneIy
at the complaining policeman and was
evidently on the verge of dismissing
the case when the Prosecuting Attor-
pey suddenly whispered to the officer
and then as suddenly asked the de-
fendant:
The wagon ahead of you-was II
laden with ice or was it merely a nice
n-i-c-e, nice-wagon?
Then came the disclosure that the
vehicle In question was owned by a
furniture-moving firm and that its gor-
geously decorated exterior led Mr., Cas-
sassO to describe it as a nice wagon.
Prosecution triumphant Sentence to-
day
And it is such an old pun" sighed
his Honor
Mrs. Grace Squires, defendant on
half dozen distinct charges of theft,
calmly sat in Judge Cabaniss' court
and heard Mrs. Verlie Campbell of
1913 Turk street and Peter How of
1l05 Laguna street testify against her
she was caught in the act of rummag-
ing Mrs. Campbells trunk during that
lady's absence from her apartment,
and in her purse were found a dia-
mond ring, marquise ring, a dia-
mond stickpin and a golden horse
shoe set with pearls, all of which
were identified by Mr. Hoy as prom
erty stolen from his residence. The
defendants attorney. asked for time
to make up his mind as to whether
he VIII offer at the preliminary hear
ing a defense or allow the cases To
go to the Superior Court and the
Judge granted a continuance till this
morning.
Sidney Dandy, accused of felony
embezzlement was remanded TO the
Superior Court by Judge Mogan. with
bail set at $500. John Morris. presi-
dent of the Dandy Company. Linn
tied, alleged that while acting as
cashier of that corporation the de-
fendant received and failed to ac-
count for salary warrant for s7e
deposited by John Donaldson, a pos
tai clerk.
Judge Mogan issued warrant
charging Charles Boyd, keeper of an
inn on the. San Bruno road, with ex-
tortion. Boyd had two boys. 7. r.
Beneke and Willie Sage, arrested and
accused of driving away a horse and
cart which were found about two
blocks from where he had left them.
but the lads claimed that the horse
was wandering when they met and
stopped him, and as no regular COM
plant had been filed the case was
dismissed. Then it came to the ears
of the Judge that Boyd had obtained
a $50 ball receipt and $40 cash from
Beneke by threatening to prosecute
him for horse stealing, and when
taxed with the act Boyd confessed it..
but claimed that the $50 was due him
for damages sustained by his horse
and cart at the hands of Beneke and
Sage. After investigating that claim
the Judge pronounced it unjust. in
structing his clerk to refuse payment
on the ball receipt and also advised
Boyd to refund the $40 cash he had
taken from the boy Boyd declined
to do so and the extortion charge was
entered. 1t will he heard to-day.
Emanuel Simoni, peddler of plaster
of paris statuettes, opined that he
could not be compelled to pay license
inasmuch as he manufa actured the
goods he hawked. While the un-
looked-for plea was under considera-
ton by Judge Mogan the peddler in
troduced for mis- inspection minia-
ture presentments in plaster of Ma
poleon Bonaparte, George Washing
ton, Sitting Bull. Abraham Lincoln
and Buffalo Bill, to say nothing of
images of various animals. His
Honor is still considering. i.