The San Francisco call., 1904-03-11
DUSKY FEMININE ADMIRERS TRY
TO LIBERATE A WOMAN BEATER
After Contributing Testimony Sufficient to Have
Him Arrested, They Swear in Court That They
Do Not Know Anything of Charge Against Him

In the most exclusive cipcle of North
End colored society it is whispered
that Thomas Jackson was in the
minds eye OF Poet Irving Jones when
he sang,
/ know a coon named George Goodhealth.
A coon so bad that he's scared Of hisself
and as Mr.. Jackson sat in the court of
Fritz yesterday morning he certainly
looked as if the couplet fitted him.
He was very black of face and very
burly of figure, and his attire was
he watched a dark cloud of feminine
witnesses swear that to the best of
their knowledge and belief he had al
ways dwelt in amity with his gal"
Blanche Lamore, and that he did not
smash a heavy glass vase by shifting
her on the head with It. Miss La
more herself. after shrinking glance
at Thomas, falteringly stated that she
'membered nuthin' whatsoever bout
it, kase both she an Mistah Jackson
had bin a-drinkin' togither."
All this was adduced in the face of
Policeman F. H. Flynn's statement
that he had been told by Miss Lamore
of the assault and the other witnesses
had assured him that Jackson had
smashed the vase-fragments pro-
duced in evidence-upon her Uranium.
Prosecuting Attorney Harris despair
ingly told the bench that there had
evidently been a settlement of the
case out of court, but Judge Fritz
abruptly dispelled the grin of hope
that was supplanting Mr.. Jackson's
scowl by ordering a continuance until
tomorrow.
I'VE cannot have this court trified
with by these people" said the Judge,
sternly surveying the bevy of
negresses 'and we cannot have police
effort discouraged by dismissing the
complaint against this defendant. of
whose guilt, as charged, there is no
question. We will see if way can
not be found to give justice her due
( in this case, despite the failure of the
/ complaining witness to prosecute"
AS the disappointed Mr.. Jackson
was returned to durance, Miss La
more wept and the other ladies shot
sympathetic glances at him.
Jane Dillon and William A Gran
/ field yesterday had their second in
ming within month before Judge Ca
baniss. on their first appearance,
abount a month ago, the man was de-
+ fendant and the woman complainant,
! but yesterday the conditions were re-
versed and she stood charged with dis
! turbing the peace.
! The parties live in the 100 block of
/ Fremont street, and when Mr.. Gran
/ field was arrested for assaulting Mrs.
/ Dillon, she alleged that he had slapped
| her face after he had subjected her
I to oral abuse. In his defense, Mr..
Granheld stated that Mrs. Dillon had
publicly said unkind things about his
treatment of Mrs. Granheld; that
when he went to ask for an explana-
/ ton he met her carrying home the
family "growler," and that instead of
expressing contrition for what she had
said about him, she repeated the in
dictment and added a few counts TO
it. AS there appeared TO have been
kprovocation for the assault, and as
Mrs. Dillon had not been seriously in
jured, the court dismissed the COM
plant and advised the parties TO inter
the hatchet
Granfield yesterday, in substantiation
of his charge, it would seem that in
stead of obeying the judicial injunc-
tion, Mrs. Dillon inaugurated a cru
sade of persecution against him that
made his life a burden. She had gone
to his employers, he stated, and in
formed them that he was, to put it
mildly, a domestic tyrant, and in other
-.
deavored to knock" his reputation.
AS the defendant was not entirely
prepared to refute these accusations,
the case was continued at her request.
Several witnesses informed Judge
Cabaniss that John Tracy drunk is
hardly to be identified as John Tracy
sober, so grievously does alcoholic slim
ulation metamorphose the mans nat
urally 1ovable character. This testi-
mony was adduced in extenuation of
the ferocity with which John Tracy had
attacked Policemen Ryan and Tate
when they attempted to arrest him for
driving at illegal speed horse and
wagon which belonged to him. So vic
iously did the inebriated teamster as
Sdli Ills CdplOIS lIdl OiiC VI tHcIu WAS
obliged to smash his wrist with club
ere he could be subdued In view Of
the good character given John Tracy
sober the court continued the case
thirty days to see if he can abstain
during that period from imbibing the
| liquor that maddens.
Jennie Rosky, who was caught in the
act of preparing to jump into the bay.
informed Judge Mogan that she could
rot remember exactly the number Of
previous offenses for which she had
been sentenced by him. She could
swear 1t was not less than twenty-five
but would not make oath il was less
than fifty. OF one thing she had no
doubt, however, and that was her
mental condition when she sought a
watery grave. She had been drinking
beer.
"It seems to me. Jennie said the
court, that in your case the small in