The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

III pOSSeSSlOl Oh Two rOUBH-lOOhlilE IIicu
who were Fastening toward the boule-
ward with apparent intent to enter the
park and find concealment amid the
shrubbery. What could self-respecting
girls do In such a predicament? The
thieves were SO far away that to pur-
sue them would have been futile. even
If such pursuit could have been grace
fully conducted with bare feet. Nor
could the robbery be supinely submit
ted to, because there was no convenient
means Of obtaining new shoes and
stockings. and to return to the city
without such t-coverings-mercy! 1t
couldn't be thought of!
And what did you do that resulted
In the arrest of these defendants?" in
quired the Judge.
I'VE screamed" replied Miss Bow
man. II thought of it first. and we
screamed together"
Patrolmen Dow and Harrington heard
the screams of the ladies in the water
and fastened to their aid. imagining
they were either in the grasp of the
undertow or in the clutches Of vo-
racious crabs, and when the true
situation was disclosed there began a
chase that came to finish when Ben
son Laverty, stunted and dark. and
Gustav Reldies, tall and blonde were
captured as they plodded through the
park with the plunder in their hands.
The footgear and purses were restored
to their owners and the prisoners
booked for petty larceny.
I'VE were only joshin'.'' was the de-
fense uttered by Mr.. Laverty and in
dorSed. by Mr.. Reldies. The latter gem
tleman added that he considered the
alleged joke "a good one on the girls
You do, hey? said his Honor. We'll
as. you had your joke on the girls yes
terday It's but fair that the girls should
have their joke on you to-day. Turn
about is fair play, you know. You're
guilty as charged, and the girls are at
liberty to laugh If they so desire"
But the girls merely smiled.
Fred Dow and several companions
were more or less intoxicated when
they unprovokedly cast oral abuse at
Patrolman White as he was passing
them by at Turk and Hyde streets. and
Mr.. Dow, as the chief offender. was ar
rested and charged with peace dis
turbance.
What is your occupation?" Judge
Fritz asked the defendant
civil engineer, was the answer.
according to the officers statement
you were a very uncivil engineer
said the Judge. Continued till Mon
day."
Joseph r. Watson, grocer at 500 Capp
street, tried to gulp carbolic acid with
suicidal intent and his wife's arms
were severely burned while she was
wrestling the vial from his hand. The
man acted so queerly when interro-
gated by Judge Mogan that he was re-
manded till Monday without bail.
Tetrazzini, deliciously rowned
cloaked and hated and visibIy ouak-
ing with court-fright, leaned heavily
upon the arm Of .'Vic" Demartini,
Italian interpreter, as he escorted her
from Judge Conlan's chambers to the
thronged tribunal where with fright
ened eyes she watched the face of the
magistrate while he voiced instruction
that she reaDpear before him at II: 80
O'CLOCK Tomorrow morning to aid the
people Of the State of California in
their prosecution of her late financial
secretary, Julio Ziegner Uriburu, form
ally accused of embezzling $1,000 francs
which she had entrusted to his keen
ing.
'Ah, heaven" she tremblingly whis-
pered to Signor Demartini, II would
to the million populi more gladly sing
than to that handsome judice the one
time speak,
The court had been informed that
the songbird might POSSIBLY spread her
pinions and fly to Mexico ere her testi
mony could be taken, and 1t was to
impress her with the fact that such
flight would not be tolerated that his
Honor subjected her to the ordeal of
facing the bench. Signor Wanrell who
is arranging the diva's Mexican tour,
stated he was hourly expecting a dis
patch that would determine the exact
time of her departure, and he, too, was
notified that her return to court to-
morrow is imperative. Then the case
was continued in accordance with that
edict, and the Tetrazzini withdrew
through packed corridors and shrink
ingly ran the gauntlet of a double
battery Of cameras as she quilted the
Hall Of Justice.
Dement, Ivanoff, a Russian army
lieutenant who fought and starved in
beleaguered Port Arthur, invited two
of his parOled comrades to accompany
him on an automobile ride, and all
| over the city and various suburbs they
were whirled until the chauffeur be-
thought him of asking for hire, where
upon Lieutenant Ivanoff scoffed. Then
the "chauff" whirIed the trio to the
Central police station, where he gave
the lieutenant into custody on the
charge of defrauding the driver of a
public conveyance. With the aid OF
Judge Cabaniss the case was amicably
settled in court and the gallant officer
saved from another period of enforced
confinement
Charles Cerelli, accused of disturb
| ing the peace of North End vaude-
| vile theater by placing his feet upon
the orchestra rail and thus impairing