The San Francisco call., 1904-10-04

terchanged crimination and recrimina-
ton. He had given up as hopeless an
endeavor to Quell the tumult, and was
displaying signals of mental distress
when Clerk Barney" Conlan intrepidly
went to his rescue and succeeded, not
without difficulty, in disintegrating the
discordant quartet. And thereafter, un-
til the case was disposed of and the
ladies had left the courtroom, the
trustworthy clerk protected his Honor
from a recurrence of the unseemIy
clamor. With admonitory forefinger he
wagged to silence any LADY who
started to speak while another lady"
was testifying.
Mrs. Annie Duffie was formally ac-
cused of disturbing the peace of Mrs.
Lille Terrier. Miss Mulhall and Miss
Spear were witnesses. Several other
women were present and ready to be
sworn, but they were not called to the
stand, because the Judge declared that
the more evidence he heard the more
perplexed he became as to who or what
was at the bottom of the dispute. The
parties are residents of Guy place
cul-de-sac shooting westward from
First street, between Folsom and Har-
rison. Some time ago Mrs. Duffie ap-
peared as complainant against her
mother-in-laW and had her bound over
to abstain from disturbing the peace
that, too, after Mrs. Terrier had given
the defendant an excellent character.
Som afterward Mrs. Duffie had Mrs.
Terrier arrested on the charge Of petty
larceny, and it was then successfully
pleaded that the charge was simply an
ebullition of the complainant'S spite
against the defendant. Then Mrs.
Terrier had Mrs. Duffie arrested for
disturbing the peace. Miss Mulhall, in
behalf of the defense, testified that Mrs.
Terrier went to Mrs. Duties residence
and deliberately. provoked her to dis
turb the peace by indulging in Ian
guage that no self-respecting person
could listen to without retaliating. Miss
Spear testified that Mrs. Terrier was
one Of the gentlest creatures alive, and
would no more think of indulging in
oral abuse of anybody than she would
think of flying. Then it was that the
four ladies' engaged in the cross
fire of accusations and contradiction
that dumfounded the Judge and
brought out the valor of Clerk Conlan.
II must dismiss this case" sighed
his Honor, because 1 am unable to
/ ascertain from the testimony whether
/ the complainant or the defendant is
most to blame for the alleged peace
| disturbance"
| S. T. Johnson of Oakland was robbed
of his gripsack in Vallejo and had
given it up as gone forever when he
saw it lying amid heap of baggage
/ on a steamboat bound for this city.
Instead of claiming it right there and
then, as a more impetuous person
would have done, Mr.. Johnson calmly
sat down and kept his eye on it. His
patience was not rewarded until the
boat arrived at its destination, when
James O'Rorke picked up the port
manteau and walked ashore with it.
Mr.. Johnson followed him and caused
his arrest.
II never saw the gripsack.' said Mr..
O'Rorke to Judge Mogan. "till man
OH the boat asked me if would carry
IL UP town for him for 25 cents"
! Plea ignored and Mr.. ORorke or
dered to appear for sentence to-day.
Joseph Waldron, whose fingers and
shirt bosom radiated brilliance from
precious stones, said he was a Dutch
comedian by profession and had no
intention of defying the law when he
armed himself with large revolver
ere starting forth from his home one
evening last week He was a stranger
| in San Francisco, he further explained,
and had heard such stories of the
! citys wickedness as to convince him
/ that it would be discreet to arm him
! self before going abroad. Judge Ca
/ baniss dismissed him with a caution.
IF there's one thing 1 pride my
| self on" said Mary Fitzgerald to
/ Judge Mogan, "it's my respectability.
/ L tell you. Judge, that respectability
( is a fine thing to possess. If 1T wasn't
for my respectability 1 wouldn't care
| to live"
She was found aimlessly wandering
! on Howard street at 2:30 o'clock Sun
! day morning, and the. records showed
that on August 26 she was released
| from serving a term in the County
Jail. She will nurture her respectable
| ity in that institution three months
! longer.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell, who keeps a
grocery on Decatur street, averred
that Simon Curran annoyed her to
such an extent by begging for beer
! that she was obliged to have him ar
rested.
II don't sell beer" said Mrs.
Mitchell to Judge Cabaniss, "and every
time he asked me to give him a drink
I told him he could buy it from Joe
i the Goose. Who is he? oh, he keeps
a saloon near my place"
Mr.. Curran was dismissed with a
warning.
JONI CdulpOcl QSCldISQ LndI his
breaking of window in the store of
| William Gruber, jeweler, 112 Eddy
street was entirely accidental.
II have a habit. of swinging my
hands as I walk said Mr. Campbell,
"and that's how my elbow happened
/ to smash Mr.. Gruber's window"
HE who breaks must pay" said
Judge Mogan, ''and If you do not pay
Mr.. Gruber SIS you must spend fifteen
days in Jail"
| Joseph Turner (colored) stoutly
maintained that he did not steal a par
eel of clothing from white man with
whom he was drinking and then pass
the plumber to a confederate.
de chawge am prepawsterous,"
said Mr.. Turner. II would like ter hev
dis yah count appreciate de fac dat
once thing gifts inter desc hans OBJ
mine IL stays right dar Dis gen tie
m'n's chawge am simply ridiculous"
| Referee Cabaniss dealt him a four
| months hand.