The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14

Brixton, Lunnon. A hunscrup'lous an
hextravagant press hindooced me to
emigrate to Canada by siyin' that
bloke wot knoo nothin' wotsumever
abeout farmin' could mike thirty or
forty dollars a month. Wen / goes to
the commissioner in Quebec, sir. e
siys e can get me a job at $5 a month,
an, of course, siys, 'Nawnsense,' cos
/ can do better than that at 'ome. But
twas the best e would do for me, sir,
an after many hups an downs I finds
meself ere. But / 'avent hembezzled
nobuddy's money. sir; plaise blieve
me-"
1t was pretty clearly proven, how
ever, that since his arrival here last
on the charity of sympathetic COM
patriots. The British consulate has
given him many meal tickets, and Mr..
Kellogg took him to q brass foundry
and obtained for him a situation. He
was told to begin work the following
morning, and on the evening of that
day he visited Mr.. Kellogg and by rep
obtained 81 so from that gentleman,
whereas the truth was that he had not
appeared at the foundry at all.
81 mide the fatal mistake of waitin'
till could join the union before I went
to work" he informed the Judge.
But why haven't you tried to get
away from this country and vagabond-
age?'' his Honor asked.
1--WE tried to get hopportoonity to
work me passage to Haustralia,' was
! the answer, but every captain
hawsked to ship me said 'Prepawstrus.
1 amt a sailor, sir, an the shippers
sled I'd be more in the WHY than 'elp
to them"
He is held until the British Vice Con-
sui can be consulted as to character.
In an AFFIDAVIT fled in Judge Fritz's
court by Mrs. Augusta M. Rogers she
cheerfully acknowledges that she had
her husband, James, arrested for bat
terry more to deter him and frighten
him than for the purpose of Furnishing
him" The document ayers further that
on the evening Of February 4 the af-
| fiant and her husband had words in
! slight difficulty over family matters" :"
and that her testimony when she ap-
| peared as prosecutrix was in substance
as follows:
He said to me. You drive me to drink"
and l said, Nothing of the kind" and we
had an argument over another woman 1t is
not necessary to repeat every word OF the
said. You can't. deny about that woman
| he grabbed me by the hands and hit me I
{ raised the front window and called for the
]
I slipped out the back porch and then I
called, and he locked the door and went
away.
The affiant continues that she would
like to change her testimony with rela-
tion to her husband striking her. She
adds:
do not think he would have touched me
had it not been that I struck him first and
| then he grabbed me and in the difficulty 1 was
| either struck with his open hand or pushed
| IT caused little swelling, but marks at ALL
| IT is true that my face dscolored for
| my skin does not discolor at all when 1 am
! struck bruised in any way. 1t might
cause swelling, but never discolors.
/ [ want also to state that was the start OF
| 1t ALL for IL had not said anything or opened
argument when he came in nothing whatever
! would have happened
My husband never struck me before or raised
his hand to me and L would request the court
in this matter to be lenent as possible
and withdraw the charge, as 1 think he has
been sufficiently punished, because 1 feel that
/ 1 to blame than he is
Is it necessary to say that Mr.. Rog-
ers is assured of acquittal?
George A. Smith, who stole a. watch
from an auditor of a political spellbind-
er on Grant avenue, got six months
| from Judge Conlan.