The San Francisco call., 1904-11-19

Police Judge Fritz's court was IN
laChrymose mood when Hugh Robin
son concluded his explanation of how
n came TO be there charged with hay
ing battered the left jaw of Miss Mollie
Amner OF 620h Natoma street The
bench hid its feelings by bowling its
head. the clerks desk audibly snif1ied
and the attorneys table surveyed the
ceiling. More than one semi-sup-
pressed feminine sob waited from the
auditory. Mr.. Robinson himself,
stUrdily built and shabbily clad, shook
with emotion as he narrated:
Dis gon an her sis" he faltered,
are a-tryin' ter Civ yours truly de
cross. AIou der kin tell yer, ef she
wants ter tell de troot. dat I've bin her
bes' frien'. Wen she ducks from home
az goes ter wOik in de dance hall, wot
diz ] do but devOites meSef ter save
hers Charakter. / sez, Kid, you go
right back Ter de sis an I'll see dat
ser wants fer nottin'. She goes, but
she's got der Barbary Coast. fever an
I'm de busiest mug yer ever see a-try-
ia ter keep her at home. i takes me
wages an pours dem in her lap, jest
Ter keep her from a-buttin' back ter
de dance hall. Fat did / bust her
jaw fer? Gimme time an III git ter
Cat Yer see / goes down 10 de house
on NatOma an en- me way der / buys
steak Sez / ter MOll / sez Kid, cook
dis chuck for de tree oV u.s. meanin
Ter take her sis in on de feed. Well, we
eats de steak an hev a beer or two,
an den Mol she starts de old talk
= bout hevin' de blues an bein' tfrsty
fer excitement. It's me ter de dance
ham she sez; and its you nottln' oV
oe sort sez /. Den one void bOrryed
anudder she a-giving me de Woist sne
could lay her tongue to. wild Sis a-help-
i'm her. an i'm self-purtection me han
may hev cOllided wild her jaw. But let
her tell yer wot ] did ter reform her.
Ef she sez on oat' dat / didn't make
reg'lar Rebel George ov myself ter
pluck her from de burnin' she deserves
de limit"
When the Judge raised his head it
was to ask the defendant what his vo-
cation was and how much he earned
day.
Nj. Robinson. for it's me dat ain
a-tryin' ter hand out de bull con ter
robuddy. I'm de chief porter in Cow
boy Mag's Joint on Pacific street an
me salary is four bits Gay. Ask MOll
Ger ef I amt good for four bits any
dav en- de week. includin' Sundays
His Honor did not seem TO be favor
ably impressed either by Mr.. Robin
sens occupation or its emoluments,
and when a policeman explained that
the main. II not sole. function of
porter IN a Pacific-street joint is TO
discipline disOrderiy customers by
ejecting them. there was a general and
perfectly visible revulsion Of feeling
toward MF. Robinson. 1t found eX-
preston in a prOnouncement of gull
~. supplemented with a sentence or
thirty days imprisonment
An dis is wot dey calls justice,
walled Mr.. Robinson. Here l goes ter
ioil an she goes back ter de old life
dat 1 tries so hard ter save her from"
George Stewart (colored) opined
that the charge Of vagrancy against
him was the outcome of a conspiracy
founded upon the jealousy Of Miss
Ansstssis Johnson, who objected TO
some slight attention he had inadvert-
entity bestowed on Miss Fannie jack
son. In his position Of pianist in
dance hall for Afro-Americans only,
Mr.. Stewart told Judge Mogan, il was
extremely difficult. IL not absolutely
impossible, for him to avoid ''kimin'
more or less in contack'' with the lady
hsbitues thereof. but he had studi-
ously endeevored to shun discrimina-
ton in his treatment OF them. AS pre-
r1iere danseuse of the establishment
Miss Jackson was entibed to a GER
tain Difference which was not Miss