The San Francisco call., 1904-11-03

stand of a crippled 10-year-oId son of
the accused woman and one johnson,
who is serving term in San Quentin
Tor counterTeiIing. The unfortunate lit
tie fellow said he knew nothing about
the stabbing of Parker, although he
was in the house at % Tehama street
when ii occurred. w. S. Irwin, who
also was there at the time, testified he
did not hear or see Parker and the de-
fendant quarrel.
1t is apparent that this man has de-
hperately committed perjury to save
the defendant" said the Judge, "and l
regret my inability TO hold her for trial
in the Superior Court. She is dis
charged"
Three brothers. August, William and
Robert Huber, who came from their
nome at Napa to make holiday in the
city, were fercely battering each other
night before last at Clay and Kearny
streets when Patrolmen McGrane and
Davids separated and arrested them.
Their faces bore evidence of the
ferocity of their blows and witnesses
told the policemen that the fight start
ed at California and Kearny streets
and was kept up along the latter thor
oughfare 10 the point of arrest. Will
liam pleaded that he was acting as
peacemaker between August and Rob-
'ert, who began Quarreling over fam
lily affair" but Judge Mogan declined
to discriminate and fined each OF the
combatants s..
Joseph Stokes and Frank Wilson,
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, denied that either of them
smashed a bamboo opium pipe on the
head of Joseph Conte, landlord Of the
lodging house in which they dwelt at
6S7 California street. The pipe, they
explained, was used by them to prop
up a sagging portion of the mattress
or their bed and it was fractured by
Mr. Conte casting Mr.. Stokes violently
upon the couch Mr.. Conte and his
wife, Leontine, tried to evict the de-
PENDANTS and in the scrimmage the
pipe was broken. Judge Fritz reduced
the charge of assault with a deadly
weapon TO plain battery and remanded
the defendants for sentence.
Patrolman Maloney, whose beat is
Union Square, complained that his Of
fetal lot would be much happier If
Jacob Burko, fruit peddler, were COM
PEELED to keep his horse and wagon in
motion, as prescribed by ordinance. In
stead of doing that Mr.. Burko allowed
his horse TO occupy one spct until he
saw the policeman approach, when he
head and averred that he could not
induce ii to travel while il was feed
ing. Repeated warnings having failed
to persuade him to cease his trickery,
he was arrested and the officer hoped
that Judge Mogan would abstain from
leniency in his case. His Honor re-
sponded by fining Mr. Burko IS.
Herman Meyers, arrested for enter
ing and plundering the room of Louis
Petroff at 11Sh Ellis street, obtained
only a cheap poeketknife and thirty
cents as reward Of his enterprise. In
his possession, however, the police
found $50 wrapped in a silk handker-
chief marked "B" and they opine that
he committed a more remunerative
burglary than that of which Mr.. Pet
rolf was the victim. Judge Fritz con-
tinued the case till tomorrow.
1t was not his fault, John Smith de-
clared. that the horse he was driving
at o'clock p. m. on Market street ex-
ceeded the legal speed limit He hired
the animal, With buggy attached, at
the Nevada Stables, he said, and so
long as he drove II westward ii did
not seem to be particularly eager to
sprint. No sooner had he reversed the
direction Of it's head and commenced
the return journey. however, than 1T
dashed forward with great gusto and,
tug and pull as he would at the reins,
he could not control its gait After
his arrest and liberation on bail he
made some inquiry into the animals
record and ascertained that ii emulat-
ed the tortoise until its regular dinner
hour drew nigh and it was headed
stableward, when it outfooted the pur-
sued hare. Judge Mogan patiently har-
kened to Mr.. Smiths plea and prompt
-a1 12f int
Frank Bell and Palino Prescott were
sweethearts until a mere tiff" de-
veloped into a breach that defied the
bridging efforts of mutual friends, and
the twain finally drifted completely
apart. They had not seen each other
for several years until last Tuesday
evening, when they Unexpectedly met
face to face at the intersection Of
Jackson and Kearny streets. Frank
stared and bowed; Palino gasped and
curtsied. Frank raised his hat and
smiled: Palino returned the smile. A
moment later they were amiably con-
versing.
IN the court of Judge Mogan yester-
day Palino testified that never in all
her born days had she witnessed a
more complete change of demeanor
than was displayed by Frank when she
informed him that she was a wife. The
information transformed him from a
cooling dove into a roaring lion, she
declared, and IL she did lay hands upon
him ii was in effort to quell his fren-
zied upraidings rather than with in
tent to mutilate his facial cuticle.
Frank, on the other hand, averred
that he was never more astonished in
his life than when Palino assailed him
after he had incidentally remarked
that he was contemplating a marital
union with a young lady whom they
both knew and admired in the old
days. II he did repel Palino's attack,
his action was purely self-defensive.
Then the policeman who arrested
Frank and Palino testified that they
were clinched and punching with free
right hands when he found them and
that both of them hit in the COM
pulsory breakaway. They will re-
appear to-day for sentence.
Al Mulligan stood in front of he
Hall of Justice at midnight and howled
contumely at the structure and every
body and everything connected with it.
Asked by Judge Mogan why he did So
Al said that when he compared the
@s,,,a f,dfcotad nv his watch with that