The San Francisco call., 1904-11-02

impeached yesterday by the testimony
of A. j. Canous, a steward at the City
Receiving Hospital, who had charge
OF the ambulance in which the wound
ed man was removed from % Tehama
street shortly after his wounds were
received one night about a month ago.
While en- route to the hospital, the
steward testified, Parker told him he
had been stabbed. and when May Par
ker was brought to the patient for
identification she exclaimed: For
Gods sake, don't send me to Jail for
stabbing YOU" Subsequently the
wounded man asked the steward what
he would do If he had been stabbed
by q woman.
Strenuous effort was made by the
woman's attorney to prevent the stew
ards statement being heard, but Po-
lice Judge Mogan overruled all OBJ
jections from that source and ordered
that the testimony go on record. Then
the hearing was continued till to-day,
when the surgeon who dressed Par
ker'S wounds will testify and Parker
himself may be recalled to the stand.
Sallowed and emaciated by his hos
pital experience, Parker looked very
unhappy as Steward Canous i'm
peached his story, told in court the
previous day, that he was stabbed by
accidentally falling upon a knife with
which he was cutting meat for a cat,
and that his paramour was not near
him at the time. The woman sat be-
side Parker during the stewards re-
cital and she, too, was visibly annoyed
by it.
Naughty little boys exasperated
Mrs. j. NJ. Frantz by congregating
upon the front steps of her house in
the 2400 block of Sacramento street,
and when she caught Johnny Hill and
cuffed him she was arrested on COM
plaint of Mrs. John Feeney, neigh
Dor, who alleged battery.
Mrs. Frantz told Judge Cabaniss
that so harassed was she by the juve-
nile conventions on her front steps
that she could not continue to reside
there if they were permitted to con-
trnue, and that she did not assail Mas
ter Hill until she had exhausted her
repertoire of cajolery. Mrs. Feeney
testified that Mrs. Frantz not only
slapped Johnny's head, but kicked an
other section of his anatomy. Mrs.
Frantz Indignantly denied the kick
ing.
The case was continued till Novem-
Der %, Mrs. Frantz being allowed to
go on her own recognizance and the
offspring from making a trysting place
Of the Frantz front steps.
Mrs. Hugh Roses bruised and dis
co1ored eye was introduced as evidence
for the defense in the case of her hus-
band, Hugh Rose, teamster, Of De-
catur street, who was charged with
having bruised and blackened an optic
the property of William H. Ballinger,
wool sorter, of IL Decstvr street. =
It was ia retaliation for the shifting
of his wife's eye by Mr.. Ballinger that
Mr.. Rose smote that gentleman's eye.
the defendants attorney explained,
and he would like TO have Judge Mo-
gan note Mrs. Roses eye ere time re-
duced its tumefaction and removed its
discoloration. Mrs. Rose had not
given any provocation to Mr.. Ballinger
for the assault committed by him, the
lawyer declared. But, so far as that
went, what could any member of the
gentler sex say or do that would JUS
tify the punishment visited upon Mrs.
Rose by Mr.. Ballinger? Would not
man-have instinctively submitted to
any indignity from woman ere. he
would have blackened her eye? And
as for Mr.. Roses alleged blackening
of the Ballinger eye, could any man
mark you, any man-whose wife had
been assaulted as Mrs. Rose was as
saulted, have abstained from doing
exactly what Mr.. Rose was alleged to
have done?
Hearing continued till Thursday.
after the court had taken mental
photograph of Mrs. Roses damaged
eye.
watchman Sullivan of the City and
County Hospital expressed profound
regret that Mrs. Margaret Farmer and
Mrs. Emma Burns had been subjected
to the humiliation of arrest and ar
raignment on the charge of having
stolen his purse. The two ladies were
among his most highly esteemed ac-
quaintances, he informed Judge Cab
aniss, else he would not have invited
them to partake of liquid refreshments
when he met them on. the street. His
purse mysteriously disappeared, he
confessed. but to even suspect either
Mrs. Farmer or Mrs. Burns of pilferipg
it would be little short CT an outrage.
IF you knew 'em as we'll as / know
'em, Judge, you'd cut off your right
arm before you'd believe that they
took my purse. It's all a mistake-a
terrible mistake"
Then the policeman who arrested the
defendants expressed regret that Mr..
Sullivan did not talk in that way be-
Sullivan reminded the policeman that
he (Mr. Sd had been drinking when he
opined that the, ladies might have
taken his purse.
Case dismissed and apparent satis-
faction of all concerned-except the
policeman.
Miss Jennie Smith was so scantily at
tired while ]. H. Smith was pursuing
her through the corridors of the Dewey
House on Fourth street at o'clock
yesterday morning that the policeman
who arrested both of them for disturb
ing the peace was considerably en-
barrassed until the lady consented to
visit her apartment and don her street
costume.
Miss Smith explained to Judge Mogan
that the fact of the other defendant
and herself being similarly surnamed
was simply a remarkable coincidence,
as their only relationship was that of
wooer and wooed 1t was not her fault
that Mr.. Smith sometimes visited her
at unconventional hours, nor did she
think she ought to be blamed for dis