The San Francisco call., 1905-08-25

man arrested him at the Grand Hotels
main doorway and a search of his per-
son resulted in the finding of 81 80 in
small coins.
With all that money in your pos
session, why did you beg for more?"
the Judge inquired.
Because" replied William Willard,
toying with his beard, IT required 10
cents TO make UP my daily average
earning, which is SO. 1 have found that
sum no more than was necessary to
keep myself and family in respectable
ity."
He has no family" the complaining
policeman put in, and all the money
he begs he spends buying drinks for
buns like himself. That's the only way
he can get them to listen to his long
winded yarns about how rich he used
to be and his relatives are"
81 would like to inform the court, :"
William Willard rejoined, that I came
from one of the wealthiest and proud
est"
"oh. three months" wearily sighed
the Judge.
Harry Morey, a stalwart contractor
was charged with having battered
Erich Mord. sturdy little Scandi-
navian, and the testimony given before
y
was not unprovoked.
Erich was employed as q pick and
shovel man at Seventh and Bryant
streets when he asked for promotion
to the pushing of a wheelbarrow, and
when his request was refused he de-
manded the wages due him and threat
ened to lay Harry upon his back If the
demand were also declined. Harry
scoffed at the idea of being prostrated
hrr ~ f,,<
Erich tried to make good his threat
and in retaliation received blow from
Harry's fist and a command to go and
whistle for his unpaid salary. Harry
stated IN court that he would pay the
money, amounting TO SO, so the case
was dismissed.
Joseph Stevens, In $1,000 bond to an
swer In the Superior Court the charge
OF having robbed Julius Fietz of 81
one recent night on the Barbary Coast
Mr.. Fietz dwells at III Eddy street.
After hearing another appeal to is
sue a warrant for the arrest OF B.
P. Oliver on the charge of embezzling G
S31s so from Ollie Tobin, Judge Mo-
until this morning.
There goes McNamara
With his coat split up the back:
There goes Mcnamara
Won't some call q haokf
From the piping of small boy the
verse ascended to the chorusing of q
crowd, and as it's subject had a refrac-
tory prisoner in tow he could do moth
ing to stay the vocal flow until the
patrol wagon arrived, by which time
the concert had lapsed and the choris-
ters disappeared.
II was at Third and Mission streets
that Patrolman McNamara's regulation
coat was ripped from its original point
of bifurcation to the collar, the de-
spoiler of the garment being one Alex
snder Allen, marine engineer, who was
lying upon his back, kicking holes in
the atmosphere and Justify roaring
without apparent provocation or pur-
pose. when the officer overhauled him
Mr. Allen not only declined to stand
up when he was requested to do So
but fiercely resisted his custodian's en-
deavor TO enforce that request. When
he found the policeman's strength and
science gradually overpowering him he
clutched a tail of the blue coat in
either hand and then stretched his
arms to outward limit. The stout
cloth yielded as if it were tissue paper
and the never-absent small boy piped
up the paraphrased lament above
quoted.
Mr. Allen offered no defense when he