The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

too, while steering them clear Of the
breakers that abound on the Barabary
Coast and the landsharks that lurk in
other sections of the city to prey upon
unsophisticated mariners.
"Heave ahead, me hearty quoth Mr..
Simmons, AN when tn wage is con-
clooded yen git yer dinero.
HAy, dy, me lad" was Mr.. Pollmans
Endorsement Of his messmates accept
ance of the strangers offer. "We'en
We tow US back TO where ye got us
we'll pay ye off, an handsomely, too"
True to his promise, the cicerone
Stunned the district where the grog-
shops bear titles suggestive of the sea
and the ladies interlard their coquet-
ries with nautical phrases. He con-
fined the tour to the region colloquially
designated south of the SLOT and at
1880 o'clock Sunday morning conveyed
! his charges 18th of whom were In
hilarious mood and tacking unsteadily,
| into the saloon numbered 121 Sixth
street, where he was instantly hailed
with great cordiality by several gen
t1emen 1ounging against the bar.
Their invitation to purchase drinks he
approved, but passed along to his two
companions, both of whom instantly
rejected it as presumptuous. inasmuch
as they were entirely unacquainted
with the would-be consumers of the
rapidly waxed in heat until one of the
loungers struck one of the sailors,
whereupon there was general scrim-
mage until somebody shouted, "Copsw
when the man-o 'warsmen found them
| selves abruptly abandoned and mo-
ment later in the clutch of Patrolman
! P c. Blick, who booked them for peace
disturbance.
With great anxiety reflected in face
and tone the two seamen informed Po-
/ lice Judge Mogan that the Solace was
scheduled to depart for Asiatic waters
at noon of yesterday and their further
detention in custody, even for an hour,
might result in their being posted as
deserters. as their shore leave was
overstayed and they. had been unable
to communicate the cause thereof to
the ships officers. His Honor promptly
bade them begone, and like two blue
streaks they sped toward the water
front. where 1T was subsequently re-
ported, they arrived Just in time to
takc launch for the Solace whose
anchor was in process of being
weighed as they clambered aboard.
H. B. L. Phillips had obtained s125
worth of board and lodging at the Cali
fornia Hotel ere the management of the
hostelry caused his arrest en- the charge
ot defrauding an innkeeper. Asked by
extend so much credit 20 an unknown.
the hotel man replied that Mr. Phillips
represented himself to be the owner OF
vast gold mining interests in Mexico.
which representation he backed by dis
playing ore specimens that fairly gilt
tered with yellow metal. When it was
discovered that the seductive exhibits
had been borrowed from a saloon
keepers cabinet Of mineral samples the
arrest Of Mr.. Phillips was ordered. The
case was continued till to-day to allow
Mr.. Phillips to devise some more ac-
ceptable means of settlement than that
Of giving an unsecured promissory note.
George Chapman, whose wife and seven
children are supported by the labor of
his aged mother-in-law,s was again
discharged by Judge Fritz because
Of a report that his punishment might
have serious II not fatal effect upon
his unfortunate better hail. who is in deli
cate health. The Judge, however, said
things to Mr.. Chapman that would drive
to, either work or suicide any husband
and father who is not utterly destitute of
sense Of marital and paternal duty.
Chapman Is stalwart and sound Of mind
and limb, but is SO lazy that he prefers
living on charity and In squalor to pur-
suing his trade Of house-painter The
family residence Is a cellar at $40 Folsom
street.
Lee Chow, an Americanized Chinese
who awaits sentence for having insulted
Miss May Smith, a shopgirl, at Stockton
! street and Broadway, now alleges that
she had previously subjected him to oral
abuse in his clothing store, on Stockton
street, and that her charge against him
is purely spite work. His defense will be
heard in detail to-day by Judge Mogan.
as
Attorney George D. Collins, with care
worn countenance, appeared in Judge
Cabaniss' court and succeeded in obtain
ing a reduction of the bail of Jules Zieg-
ner Uriburu, OF Tetrazzini fame, to $500
cash. The case is set for hearing on
May %.
Louis Eugen, a bricklayer with con-
cave countenance. took his seventeen
year-oid son Earl a-slumming last Sat
urday night, and both of them were In