The San Francisco call., 1905-08-15

And when Sergeant Shaw requested him
to consider himself in custody he Ques-
toned that officers ability to take him
to prison, and subsequently resisted him
with so much vigor that the delivery OF
the right swing was essential to his sub
jugation.
He was held for sentence on the peace
disturbance charge, and the battery ac-
cusation was pronounced null and void
When the driver of Undertaken Carew's
mortuary wagon descended from his
perch and entered a restaurant at Ninth
and Market streets the somber vehicle at
tracted the attention of Denis Lagan
who was unsteadily vending homeward
why" soliloquized Mr.. Lagan, should
1 (hic) walk while a (hic) carriage is
(hic) standin' here doin (hic) nothin'?"
He answered the self-addressed query
by clambering to the wagon seat, picking
up the reins and shouting "Giddap" at
the horses. The animals promptly re
sponded, and when their proper custo-
dian, refreshed by coffee, emerged from
the restaurant Mr.. Lagan was being
hauled at a rate of speed unbecoming
the character of the medium of convey
ance to his home in the Mission.
When placed before Judge Conlan and
requested to plead to the charge Of hav-
owners permission Mr.. Lagan declared
he was intoxicated when he committed
the offense, else he certainly would have
chosen a less funereal means Of home
going. He will be sentenced this morn
ing.
ITO prove that the liquid contained in
the vial found in my clients possession is
not knockout drops but absolutely in
1,
cate. "he will drink it in your Honor S
presence
But the client, a soldier from the Pre-
sidio, did not respond to the suggestion
with anything like alacrity. And when
Judge Fritz proposed that the attorney
himself gulp the contents of the vial the
proposal was ignored. So the case was
continued until to-day in order to have
the liquid subjected to chemical analysis.
Charles Golf was the soldiers name,
and when arrested for disturbing the
peace of his comrades in a Pacific-street
saloon the policeman found in his pockets
not only the suspected vial, but also a
brass "knuckle-duster."
Thomas Wren, a small boy was accused
of having stolen from Peter Vidovich of
GOO Brannan street a package of meat
valued at twenty-five cents, but the for
NAL complaint placed the value at ''twen-
ty-five hundred dollars" and when the
document was read to Thomas Wren in
Judge Conlans court he almost swooned
with mingled establishment and fright
"Gee!' he gasped, clutching an arm of
his counsel twenty-five hundred dol
larsi Say. it wasn't a bunch of cows 1
tookr'
When the tautology was explained to
the youth, his mind was so greatly re-
lieved that he scarcely noticed the Judges 8
continuance of the case.
When the wife of Edwin P Sweeney
decided that her pursuit of happiness
would be promoted by leaving her hus-
bands companionship and keeping board
ers, she probably imagined he would SUI
pinely submit to the separation and for
ever permit her to go as she pleased, but
ere she was fairly installed in her new
domicile, at Twenty-second and Mission
streets, there came bitter realization that
she had deluded herself Edwin declined
to be absolutely removed from her life.
If he had practiced his 'hounding" and
"pestering" at reasonable hours of the
day or night the lady might have borne
his conduct in silent suffering, but he
selected the very small hours of morn
ing for his visits to her house. Said
house is a venerable structure, with an
oldfashioned door bell that is rung by