The San Francisco call., 1904-04-26

tenance underwent weird convulsion
and his diminutive form visibly shrank
as he listened to Judge Fritz explain
that because of defects in the COM
plant Lillian Baker, famed as the
Queen Of Pacific street" could not le-
gally be held on the charge of obtain
ing money by false pretense from the
meek little Swiss whom she had so
unscrupulously cozened out of about
s11o0. And as the meaning of the words
from the bench were conveyed TO the
woman's understanding by her attor-
ney she leered triumphantly at Nicolas
and then laughed until her billowy
cheeks and sides shook.
By promising to marry Nicolas on
October II, 1904 Lillian, who has a hus-
band and children, induced him to es-
tablish her as proprietress of a Bar
barry Coast saloon, and the investment
cost him s1100 the sum total of his
savings from a meager salary as butler.
After she got possession of the prop
eTty the woman gave him the cold
shoulder. jauntiIy informing him he
had been a fool and that he would
better stay away from the saloon, as
his presence there interfered with her
business Of fascinating other suscepti-
BILE idiots with money"
But the little man has not relin-
quished hope of recovering at least a
portion of his wealth and Furnishing
the betrayer of his confidence. He has
sworn TO two amended complaints al
leging fraud. and also intends to in
stitute civil proceedings. One of the
reasons why his original complaint col
la2sed consisted in the fact that the
woman has not yet failed to fulfill her
promise to marry him on the 18th day
Of next October, although that she
never did and does NOT now intend to
do so is apparent, even if there were
not husband in the way.
Two hundred dollars was the total
fine imposed by Judge Mogan upon
Dentist T. Z. Strong. who terrorized
the passengers on a McAllister- street
car on Sunday evening, April Il. by
brandishing pistol and threatening
TO shoot Conductor Casey. His wife
and Miss Anna Boline. who were ar
rested with Strong and charged with
disturbing the peace, got off with a
reprimand.
This court has no leniency for any
one convicted Of the offense proved
against your client" said the Judge,
in response to plea for clemency from
Strongs attorney. The person that
acts in a rowdyish manner where there
are peaceable people-on a street car
or in theater. for instance-need not
look for merciful treatment from me-
The fact that your client is an intelli-
gent man makes his offense all the
more reprehensible. The women are
dismissed because they did not start
the disorder. but naturally took the
side OF their escort. Indeed, he is re-
sponsible for the unenviable notoriety
which has been brought upon them"
A sympathetic murmur arose from
the chair-warmers in Judge Mogan's
court. and every eye gazed commits
seratingly upon James B. Mcdonald as
he told of his frightful experience with
a telephone in A saloon at Ninth and
Market streets last Sunday morning
an experience that attained a climax
by the frenzied man plucking the in
strument Of torture from the wall and
dashing it upon the floor
He desired to communicate imme-
diately with a dear friend, Mr.. McDon-
aid said. and after spending an un-
necessarily long time in arousing cen
trail he was at last responded to and
informed that the line was busy; then
that his party failed to answer: then
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that he was connected with the num-
Der he had called for, whereas he had
requested to be connected with one en-
tirely different. SO it went until his
reason fed and he smashed the box
AS he concluded his narrative the SYM
pathy of his audience on both sides of
the rail was so apparent that Judge
Mogan, with bowed head. hastily COM
tinued the case till next Friday.
We have all been there before
many's the time. many's the time"
chanted the bailiff as he tenderly es-
corteF Mr.. Mcdonald to the softest
spot on the defendants bench.
w. B. Horn and Edward Saita were
fined IS apiece for playing craps Satur-
day night in the Mechanics Pavilion
while a social event, which had been
extensively advertised as "the actors
ball" was in progress. According to
the statement of the defendants Terp-
sichore was shamefully neglected by
the participants in the revel, who
seemed to prefer gaming or fighting to
tripping the light fantastic. No less
than fifteen crap games were simulta-
neously in full swing in as many differ
ent parts of the big building, Mr.. Horn
said, and Mr.. Saita estimated the num-
Der Of pugilistic encounters during the
evening at twenty. Policeman Kracke,
who made the arrests, also said the
amusements were varied.
More craps and scraps than hops,
eh?" facetiously remarked Judge Mo-
gan.
And more tin-horn sports than act
ors," added the officer.
Police Officer Ogden was in plain at
tire when he induced Ruby Arlington
III a.