The San Francisco call., 1905-03-30

lndn IL promised TO De Wnen tHey dp-
preached the altar, that conjugal
''tiffs" became of frequent occurrence,
that Giuseppina finally threatened to
return to single harness via the di-
vorce route, and that Carlo declared
the marital tie could not be severed
too speedily to suit him.
Such was the domestic situation
when Carlo and Guiseppina and their
respective offspring sat down to sup
per last Tuesday evening in their
abode at 4s7 Filbert street. To dis
pina's housewifely prerogatiyes, and it
was her discriminative buttering of the
bread that provoked Carlo. to violence.
He chided her for spreading the olea-
ginous substance more thickly upon the
staff of life intended for her children s
consumption than upon the slice pre-
pared for his son to eat, to which she
retorted with the words so vitriolic that
Carlo, stung to anger, sought to stay
the torrential abuse by laying on. of
hands. She AYERS that he plucked the
bread knife from her grasp and slashed
her neck, with evident intent to decap-
itate, while he maintains that she .ac-
cidentally cut herself while lunging at
him with the keen blade. The lacera-
tion of her throat did not end the
duel, however, for two female neigh
bors, whose attention had been at
tracted by the sounds of the strife, in
formed Police Judge Mogan that when
they hastened to investigate they saw
Carlo and Giuseppina wrestling on the
front porch of their domicile until he
secured half-Nelson hold and threw
her down, after which he sat
upon her PROSTATE form and
briskly applied his fist to her face. 1t
was this disinterested testimony that
induced his Honor to pronounce Carlo
guilty of battery and order him to ap
pear for sentence to-day.
Mrs. Bridget Johnson of 36 Langton
street, accused of peace disturbance by
Mrs. Mary .Moriarty, denied the charge
in toto, and her cause was warmly
espoused by Miss Frances Rafferty,.
who declared that never in all her
born days had she known person of
more amiable temperament under any
and all conditions than was possessed
by the defendant 1t was true, Miss
Rafferty, added, that Mrs Johnson was
a native of Ireland, and had married
a German but surely that was no dis
grace, particularly as Mr.. Johnson was
both kind and Industrious. earning his
S22 so a week, year in and year out.
and turning every penny of the money
into his wife's custody. If she (Miss
were IuCllHGQ
she would seek a counterpart of Mr..
Johnson, If such were possible Of ac-
quirement. Indeed, to make a long
story short, the Johnsons were model
couple.
A. B. Treadwell, specially employed
for the prosecution, asked Mrs. Johnson
If she did not provoke arrest and pun
ishment by calling Mrs. Moriarty a
"chippie," and Mrs. Johnson replied
IL - i
did not know the meaning of the ap-
pellation. THE truth is" said Mrs.
Johnson, that this Moriarty woman
got a warrant for me because she knew
/ was going to get one for her And
you'd better keep your nose out of this
affair." Mr.. Treadwell I'm talking to
Judge Cabaniss here, and have no use
for you, anyway. I'd have you under
stand that / could come to this court
every day for month and have on
new silk dress every time. Don't you
start a-knockin' me, Mr.. Treadwell, for
even IL my husband is squarehead,
he's worth a dozen of you. So don't
you talk to me. Frances Rafferty, amt
the only one that can tell you who
am. Poor Frances! Why Judge, every
time she walks down the street this
Moriarty woman and her friends shout,
There goes the rebel from Cork that IS
fcnd of the Johnsons and has Panama
teeth How would you like, Mr. Tread
we'll, If people were to shout after you,
There goes the big Indian? Don't
you talk to me, or you may start me
a-talkin, and If / start
Case continued for thirty days"
shouted his Honor
Miss Anna Hill, arrested while stroll
ing by the sad sea waves with a mar
ried yagrant and charged with havinp O
stolen a fur boa from Mrs. Anixter of
1922 Devisadero street, denied the ac-
cusation and declared she had been
presented with the boa by an Oakland
housewife. Mrs. Anixter, however, told
Judge Mogan that she could prove
the property by summoning the furrier
from whom she had purchased the ar
ticle. and the case was continued to af-
ford her opportunity to do so.
John Joseph Sullivan. salesman, had
a habit of staying out late o. nights,