The San Francisco call., 1905-04-13

a lOIceIul stream caucasian. witnesses
of the deluging informed Police Judge
Mogan. and If it had consisted of Wit
riol instead of aqua pura the effect
could not have been more electrifying
upon those against whom it swiShed.
In an instant the atmosphere was
laden with profane expletives and the
sward dotted with indignant men Wig
orously shaking from their garments
the strange liquid. Park Custodian
Gardener shut off the water and ar
rested the hose bearers.
What did you do it for?" the Judge
asked the defendants.
Me lkee see sleepee go way" was
the answer of little Wong Suey.
me thinkee washee glood fo' bum
mee." replied little Louie Him.
Yep" rejoined Wong Suey; bum
NEE needee washee."
Officer Gardener testified that the ef-
feet of the unlocked for douche on
some of its recipieDts was startling,
not to say alarming. One man sat
and contributed lachrymal moisture to
the general dampness. and another man
shouted "Firei'' as he ran and wrung
his saturated beard. The commotion
was suggestive of that created by the
appearance Of a hawk in a fowlyard
or a bears invasion of a sheepfold.
Mr.. Gardener opined that some of the
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they were as dry externally as they
were chronically parched within.
After eXhaustively pointing out to
Wong Suey and Louie Him the serious
ness of their offense and their unde-
sirable fate if they persist in such un-
lawful behavior, his Honor permitted
them to retire with their respective
parents.
After sitting through the last Par
sifai" performance and perforce iphal-
ing it's ''reverential atmosphere" Ru-
dolph Hagedorn, whose fame as an
adept ,slaughterer Of beef cattle is not
confined to the Potrero district, drank
copiously of steam beer with intent to
cleanse his senses of the Wagnerian
thralldom and resume psychological
fitness for his labors in the abattoir.
The endeavor had not entirely sue
ceeded when he was arrested by Pa
trolman- Skelly and booked for dis
turbing the peace at Third and Harri-
son streets by shouting German words
in execrabIe tones.
Was he trying to sing?" Judge
Mogan asked the policeman
i didn't regard it as singing" was
the answer, but he said it was. He
told me the tune was some kind of a
motive-the wrong motive / think he
CdllcQ 1t--lLdl IellOW named BunR-
starter had sung at the OPERA
''Nein," exclaimed the defendant,
palpably shocked; I'D vas nod Boong-
shtarder vod / sait-it was Boorg-
shtaller. Und it vas not wrong mo-
diff vat I salt, but 'Schwan modif.
Ach, Id vas lofely moosic.v
Don't try it again until you're in
the slaughter house." was his Honor's
method of dismissing the case.
Edward Jackson, accused OF stealing
a watch from man in a saloon on
Jackson street, was defended by At
torney Jackson and Judge Fritz con-
tinued the hearing.
John Laumeister, hirsutely ouali-
fed to pose for a portrait of the late
Dom Paul Kruger, was given until
next Saturday to show Judge Caban-
iss why he should not be severely
punished for cruelty to his wife and
August Arnold, his stepson. The FAM
lily dwells in discord at 52e Hanover
avenue.
William Little, arrested for begging
from householders in the neighbor-
hood Of Oak and Octavia streets, s,avc
said he was driven to mendicancy by
inability to obtain employment and
earn food for his family. The COM
planning policeman testified that Mr..
Little clung TO cash offerings and
threw away such food as was given
to him, and Mr. Little declared that
the only edible he thus disposed Of
consisted of scrambled eggs, which
were effectively cooked and unpala.-
able while cold Then 1t was proved
that on two distinct occasions he had
been arrested for i'll treatment of his
family and Judge Mogan promptly
gave him three months imprison-
ment.
Frank Skiffington attributed his dis
orderly behavior to unwonted absti-
nence from intoxicants, and not to
overindulgence. as Judge Fritz might
suppose. He was arrested for disturb
ing Lenten services in a Roman Cath
olic church at Ocean View by acting in
a most. erratic manner, and he informed
the court that not since last Jnuary.
when he took pledge to abstain from
drinking ardent spirits for one year.
had he touched, tasted or handled an
intoxicating beverage.
That's what's the matter with me-
he declared Fighting the craving for
whisky has turned my BRAIN
he was given twenty days in prison