The San Francisco call., 1905-05-26
MR.. IGOES GARDEN HOSE.
ANNOYS A NEIGHBOR.
Mrs. O. GoymanSays
Her House Gets
DrenchIug.
Judge Suggests Thai
SpylnkIlng Gan
Be Adopted.


have uttered the foul language which
led to his arrest IN a cigar store at Third
and Mission streets by Patrolman P. A.
Mcnamara. He had ind1screetly tmbibed
three glasses of red wine during dinner,
and its effect was to Undue with acerbity
a temperament naturally placid. But even
at that. If he had known that women
and children homeward bound from
matinee were passing by in great num-
Der while he argued with the cigar deal
er his language would have been less Of
fensive to ears polite. Judge Fritz fined
him S..
Mrs. Emma Egan of 11s Grant avenue
was pronounced guilty of having sys-
tematically swindIed Mrs. Ella Shannon
or l6 Turk street out of possession of a
pair OF diamond ear screws by pawning
the same for $50 and either appropriating
the money to her own use or losing 1T by
betting on horse race at Emeryville
The testimony before Judge Mogan
showed that for dozen years Mrs. Egan
has been playing the ponies" and, that
prior to obtaining the earrings from Mrs.
Shannon, whom she had then known only
three weeks $40 of that ladys money
had been wagered and lost by her. The
defense was that after pawning the ear
rings Mrs. Egan offered the. $50 to Mrs.
Shannon, who told her to keep 1t and bet
1t with her own money. Thus testified
Mrs. Cook of the Hotel Wentworth, Mrs.
Flannery, daughter of Mrs. Egan, and
Mrs. Egan herself. Mrs. Shannon. how
ever, averred that Mrs Egan visited her
and borrowed the earrings by represent
Ing that she could obtain more money
from a certain pawnbroker than could
their owner. The Judge suspended SEN
tence to afford Mrs. Egan time in which
to return the earrings to Mrs. Shannon.
Eugene z. Trever keeper of a 1odg-
ing-house at 759 Howard street, smote
the head of Carl Barnett with a heavy
water pitcher because Carl refused to va
cate his apartment until the expiration
of the week of occupancy. for which he
had paid rental in advance, and Carl
displayed to Judge Mogan an artistic de-
sign in sticking plaster and declared it
covered a deep cut made. by Eugene,s
blow. Eugene tried to induce the court
to submit to verbose recountal of his
previous dealings with Carl but the court
pleaded paucity of time and pronounced
him guilty of battery. Sentence to-day.
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After his household refrigerator had
been nocturnally plundered several times,
Walter NJ Kelley of 1888 McAllister street
HOtlIleu H2COImdn. ii. j.. Mass that the
thing was becoming monotonous, so the
officer laid low and watched the prem
ises. His vigil was rewarded at O. clock
yesterday morning by the discovery that
Edward Bresnan, driver of milk wagon
for the Mill Valley Dairy, had stopped
his vehicle near to the Kelley dwelling
and. with companion, entered the KEEL
ley yard, ascended the back stairway
and taken two bottles of beer from the
icebox. When the officer sprang at the
thieves, Bresnan's companion fed, but
was subsequently found concealed in
barn with another youth, who had been
left in the wagon while the robbery was
being perpetrated. They were booked as
Fred Mckenzie and William O. Brien.
When arraigned before. Judge Mogan
the trio told. varying stories and they
were ordered to be detained in separate
cells until the truth can be ascertained
as to which of-=them was primarily re-
sponsible for the robbery. Bresnan
claimed that he was forced by his fellow
defendant to become thief
do you mean to tell me-" said Judge
Fritz to Charles Schwab, accused of vio-
lating park ordinance by airing a ca
nine in Portsmouth square. that you
were unaware the dog accompanied
you?"
"Yaw." replied Mr.. Schwab; Il didn't
see der tog till der boleeceman poinded