The San Francisco call., 1904-11-11

know what they thought of her.
Mrs. Bridget Mccarthy was disor-
derly at Fourth and Howard streets
when Patrolman Skelly arrested her,
and before Judge Fritz she endeavored
10 convict that active peace guardian
| or exercising gross discrimination in
his treatment Of the sex
III L were young and pretty" she
bitterly complained, "it's love he would
have made to me instead of running
me in
| Skelly, who certainly is not an Ado
] mis-, hCtly resented the imputation, and
as the woman is an old offender the
Judge sentenced her to six months
Imprisonment.
Andrew Craig and Antonio Acuna,
shipmates, were charged with disturb
ing the peace of a saloon at Vallejo
and Dupont streets. The complaining
witness was the bartender of the es-
tablishment, whose testimony was that
the two mariners played pool, but did
not purchase drinks sufficient to offset
the wear and tear of the table and
cues. and when he endeavored to pre-
cipitate their consumption of liquids,
I they made rough house"
'Thot mon kens mair thon he's
cracked tae yae," quoth Mr. Craig TO
Judge Mogan. Antonio an mysel did
play wuth tn cues an ba's, an we
drankit beer cen time a game wur
feenished. But wac didna max human
tanks o oorsels, an thots tn reeson
this potmon felt sair. He emptied oot
oor classics an filed EN- fu' again
wioot oor authority an askit us tae
pay for leequor wac didna dreenk."
Every word of which was cor
roborated by Seaman Acuna, with the
addendum that besides trying to force
the sale of beer. the bartender obtrud-
ed advice as to how certain shots
should be made.
Wen OF punched a ball ia stab
board" Mr.. Acuna averred, this
bloomin barman, chips in an sails Oi
oughter punched it ard a port An
once Oi caught i'm in tn hact o. roll
lin ball inter a pocket so as ter
'urry up tn game an sell more beer.
Blimme if Oi never saw a bloke push
trade as e did,
But the disorderly conduct of the de-
PENDANTS could not be gainsaid and
they were fined IS apiece
j.. B. Keesler. who was en- route from
village in Georgia to Gait. Cal, when
his watch was stolen, produced dOcu-
mentary evidence to support his allie
cation that Patrick J. Silk, teamster,
was the thief. His pockets were tight
ly packed with papers. Asked to state
his name, he fished out a book with
his cognomen stamped in gilt letters
on its cover, and also submitted visit
ing card similarly inscribed. When his
proprietorship of the watch was ques-
toned he silently thrust forward a
bill of sale to show that he paid the
sum of 81 so for the timepiece just be
fore he departed from sunny Georgia
When the attorney for the defense in
quired as to the complainant's present
residence, the desired enlightenment
was rendered in the form of a receipt
for one weeks rent of a room at 127
Natoma street. Then the lawyer asked
the complainant's age, and ere the an
swer could be furnished in the shape
of a birth certificate bound with red
tape Judge Cabaniss dismissed the
charge as not proven. Clerk Barney"
Conlan, although immersed to his ears
in work, could not resist Mr. Keesler's
request that he be furnished with a
properly indorsed certificate of the
judges order of dismissal.
Mrs. Gertrude Grassel accused her
husband, George, of neglecting to pro-
vide for their eight -months-old babe.
and incidentally alleged that he de-
voted less attention to her than he di-
vided between two former helpmeets
who had divorced him.
George is a sign painter and could
earn good wages if he would work"
she informed Judge Mogan, but when
he's not loafing in a poker room at 316
Grant avenue he's spending his time
with his first or second wife, and the
baby and 1 may starve If we must de-
pend upon him."
"Gertie. you know that amt So" the
defendant protested, in sorrowful tone.
You are trying to knock me. Cert;
you know you are
Knock nothin'," was the rejoinder.
IF / wanted to knock you I could tell
the Judge about the way you coaxed
me to be a bad woman and support
you when we were in Sacramento But
1 amt knockin'.''
Cert, If that amt knockin', what
Is it?'' said the man. in a tone that was
a wall.
II amt knockin,' 1 tell you. All
want the Judge to do is TO make you
take care of this baby. It's as much
yours as mine, amt it,"
The Judge limited that he might COM
pei Mr.. Grassel to do something even
more disagreeable than contributing to
the maintenance of his offspring Sen
tence reserved till to-day.
William Dorsey, who was charged
with having forgotten to restore to
Gildea Bros, clothiers, a -ack contain
ing $500, which he found in their store
on Market street when he was assist
ing them to remove their stock and
fixtures, informed Judge Cabaniss that
he never had the remotest intention of
adhering to the treasure. After finding
it he had deposited II in saloon, his
purpose being to inform it's owners of
its whereabouts, but he took a few
drinks and then lost all remembrance
of the incident. Having recovered their
money the complainants were reluctant
to prosecute and Judge Cabaniss dis
missed the man of defective memory
Harry Hughes. who responded to a
judicial Interrogation by proclaiming
himself "hotel bellhop from Spring
field, Illinois, had a skeleton key in
his possession when he was caught in
the act of exploring Mr.. Monaghan's
apartment at 6S1 Howard street To
the policeman who arrested him Master
Hughes explained that he had entered
the room by mistake while he was