The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10

them knew-or professed to know-about
the fight was that one man was standing
in barroom when another man entered
and promptly knocked him down, vouch-
saf1ng no reason for the attack. Nor did
/ the felled one solicit explanation, for he
regained his feet as speedily as he could
and drew a knife, with which he lunged
at his assailant who brandished SINH
lar weapon and lunged in return Then
the bartender prudently suggested that
for the sake of his good name and fair
fame the warning gentlemen retire to the
street and there settle their differences,
and the suggestion was in course of adop-
ton when the policeman spoiled the fes-
tivfty. Considerable cloth was cut and
| blood drawn ere the combat ceased, the
defendants averred, but for the life OF
them they could not tell who the lighting
men were or what became of them after
some vfgilant spectator said, Cheese it,
boys; cops"
So the trio were discharged from Gus
tody and PatroIman Harrigan gazed at
them with the expression of one who dis
believes.
Seventeen year old Hazel Adams was
so infatuated with the night life OF the
Barbary Coast that after being twice
sent back to her parents in Oakland
she was found in an apartment of
Harry Farleys dance hail. 631 Pacific
street, by the policeman who had been
in instructed to keep her out of circuia-
tion on this side of the bay. 1t was
suspected that she was the girl alluded
to in an anonymous threatening let
ter recently received by Judge Mogan,
and that suspicion was sirens gthened
when she said TO his Honor, ere the
missive was mentioned:
I'm sure 1t amt my fault IL my
friends write letters to you about me.
She was given five days and Informed
that if she docs not return to Oakland
at the expiration of that period she
will be rearrested and given six
months.
Loretta Jackson, 16 years of age and
pretty, was given six months for in
corrigfble waywardness, and Emma
Braig, similarly accused and also young
and good looking. was placed in GUS
tody OF her mother, a respectable ma
tron from Oakland with admonition
that If the girl is ever caught again in
San Frnacisco she will also be I'M
prisoned for half year.
William O'Connor, cripple, was ac
cused of Keeping disorderly house in
rear room of his cigar store on Mis-
sion street, near Sixteenth, and ten
young fellows were charged with hav-
ing aided and abetted him in the Of
Tense. Patrolman Rier, who made the
arrests, suspected poker playing, but
had no evidence to prove it. and the
defendants alleged that the reason for
their congregating was social inter-
course. they having, organized a club
for that very purpose.
It's funny thing" one of the
juveniles remarked, that we hard
woikin' gents get pinched for running
a club and the swell mugs downtown
are never touched"
Argument accepted as clincher and
case dismissed by Judge Cabaniss.
Housewives in the Latin quarter COM
planned 10 Patrolman James O'Connor
that a one-armed vagabond had pen
chant for prowling in back yards at ma
tutfnal hours and frightening all tin1id
persons who beheld him by his eerie tout
ensemble and eccentric behavior. So the
officer lay low and at ) o'clock yesterday
morning found the person complained of
doing the very things alleged. He said
his name was Narino Carrera, that his
crippled condition prevented him obtain
ing employment and that he visited the
back yards in quest of food. It was in
pity that Judge Cabaniss sentenced him
to thirty days imprisonment