The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-15


six, the others being equally clean and
healthy. Then, encouraged by his
Honor's approving smile, she proceeded
to proclaim her opinion that a greater
outrage than her arrest for disturbing
the peace of Mrs. Lizzie German had
seldom or never been perpetrated, as
she could prove If the court would give
her the opportunity to do so.
Mid dis kid und finf odders ter wash
und dress und mend for und shpank,"
Mrs. Davis said, Il hefn't der dime ter
fighd mid mine neighbors. Ain'd dot
so?"
His Honor automatically sidestepped
the query by instructing Mrs. German
to state her complaint
With commendable directness Mrs.
German complied. 1t was her misfor-
tune, she averred, to live in the same
apartment-house, 1927 Sixth street.
with Mrs. Davis and several other
ladies' If it were not for the conduct
of Mrs. Davis a more desirable dwell
ing place could not exist, for all the
other ladies were remarkably anna BILE.
Mrs. Davis, however, had exerted her
self to make their home life as un-
pleasant as she could. 1t was true that
since she was arrested on the charge
of killing lady by striking her on the
head with heavy lamp Mrs. Davis
had not been so highly esteemed as
she was previous to that occurrence
and 1t was also true that her removal
from the house would be hailed as
blessed relief by those left behind her.
Perhaps the fact that Mrs. Davis was
promptly acquitted of the aforemen-
toned charge might have impelled her
neighbors to treat her less frigidly and
probably they would do so if she were
not so snobbish. However, no treat
ment that Mrs. Davis could receive
from her neighbors would justify the
retaliation in which she had INDUCED
All that Mrs. German had done to in
cur Mrs. Davis enmity was to simply
ignore her, yet Mrs. Davis deliberately
sprinkled with dirty water the clean
linen that Mrs German had hung out
to dry. No, the term "murderess" had
never been applied to Mrs. Davis,
either directly or indirectly, by Mrs
German. Other ladies in the house
might have so addressed her, but Mrs.
Gorman-neveri
In reply to a judicial inquiry Mrs
present place of residence and would
have changed it long ago if she had
not imagined that such a step would
have conveyed qualification to the fem
mime combine that was Systematically
endeavoring to compel her removal If
the court desired, however, she would
leave the house as soon as she could
find another one equally suited to her
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not propose to have her offspring sub
jected to any physical discomforts by
such a change.
The Judge thought it would really
be better for the youngsters If they
were transferred to a more congenial
environment and then he gave Mrs.
Davis a week in which to find a new
home
Frank Snowden and William Schemil-
f1nic, 16-year-old boys whom the police
classified as wharf rats were caught
in the act of plundering a drunken
man who had fallen asleep in a water
front hallway, and on account of their
youth Judge Cabaniss advised them to
plead guilty of petty larceny and thus
escape conviction of the more serious
offense Of robbery from the person.
Master Schemilfinic thereupon said that
he hated to tell a lie, but to please the
Judge he would plead as advised. His
Honor fastened to assure the lad that
the court was not consulting its own
pleasure when it offered the suggestion,
and would not have him commit per-
jury for the world. Master S. then hur-
riedly confessed himself a petty lar
cenist, apparently realizing that his
show of conscientious scruple had been
rated at its true value. He and his fell
low defendant will be sentenced to-day
Emile Ravezzini and Otto Musatti,
12-year- olds, were arrested at $50
o'clock Thursday evening as they lay
upon the roof of 524 Green street and
with an air gun popped bullets through
the windows of 533 Green street. The
occupant of No. $685. an Italian gentle
man, had squirted settler water on the
boys while they were playing at his
doorway, and 1t was to get even" that
they perforated his windows. Judge
Mogan will sentence them for disturb
ing the peace.
JOnn Johnson aDle seaman, mas Deen
two months without a ship, and dur
ing that period his sober hours have
been a minority. One Of his drunken
pranks was to ring the doorbell Of the
Sailors Home and then run away, and
it was for this offense that he was ar
rested last Thursday night by Patrol
man Sandman and charged with va
grancy. Sentence postponed.
Bradford D. Schell, furniture deal
er, was intoxicated when he appeared
for trial before Judge Mogan on the
charge Of having disturbed the peace of
his wife and her sister, Mrs. Charles
White, and his Honor instructed the
bailiff to take him into custody for
drunkenness in a public place. The de-
PENDANTS wife testified he made her
life so miserable that she left him and
instituted proceedings for divorce, and
that since then he had occasionally Wis
tied the home of her brother-in-law,
1916 Mission street, and bullied and