The San Francisco call., 1905-05-06
fair" he argued, because I was drunk
only once"


only once"
When it was explained to him that
under the law an unlimited number of
arrests can be made for the same
drunk he hinted that the law stood in
need OF repair.
However" said the court, Il am in
clined to accede to your proposal, de-
spite the crookedness of your logic.
The police say you were not a trouble
some prisoner and that fact anchor
ates to some extent your impudent
bringing of a jag across the bay"
Il didn't" was the prompt response.
Every drink l took was bought and
paid for in this city,
Then he told how it came, to pass.
For half a year he had warked stead
lily and Stunned the cup that intoxi-
Gates, and when the combination of in
dustry and total abstinence began TO
pail he had saved enough money to
relieve his ennui. But he was pinched
for time. Realizing that a protracted
spree would mean loss of his employ
ment, he decided to squeeze the maxi
mum of inebriety into the minimum of
duration. Experience had taught him
that the fastest run for his money was
TO be obtained on the Barbary Coast of
this city, and he decided to take ferry
boat as soon as his days toll was
ended. acquire as heavy load of
whisky as he could get aboard during
the night and report for work as usual
in the morning. The programme was
fairly under way when he was ar
rested by Patrolman Charlie Brown,
who found him in hilarious mood on
Kearny street. Arrest No. was made
about an hour later by another officer
on Pacific street and his third cap
nffprfa6 hU thu col vic o1,f
Mr.. Brown, who found him reclining
against the Stevenson Monument in
Portsmouth Square. After his final re-
lease he went to bed in lodging
house.
We'll. you didn't have such a slow
run for your money after ALL was the
Judges comment.
''oh. it might have been worse" said
Mr.. Calvin.
Then he was allowed to paw s5
fine and return to Oakland.
Abe Warrick, youthful and ebon-
skinned, viii be given opportunity to-
day to explain why he stole a watch
from the shop of Jeweler Strauss, AL
Bush street, and ran until pursuers
cornered him and found the timepiece
in one of his socks.
James Munroe, printer, residing at ABS
Jessie street, accidentally collided with
w. ]. Rumbeck. recently from Russia,
on Kearny. street, and in the course of
conversation Mr.. Rumbeck opined
that Mr.. Munroe was a member of the
Salvation Army, an allusion which Mr.
Munroe evidently accepted as offensive,
because he struck Mr.. Rumbeck's left
jaw with great violence. Mr.. Rumbeck
was endeavoring to land a fist upon the
fc0n Of NJ
men were arrested and booked for
fighting.
1T was no fight" said Mr.. Munroe
to Judge Fritz, because that fellow
put up his hands as If he were an old
woman
Mr.. Rumbeck declared that he did
not call Mr. Munroe a Salvationist un-
language that would not bear repeti-
ton in respectable society
Mr.. Munroe was dismissed and Mr..
Rumbeck told to reappear this morn
ing.
1t was purely In spirit of humor.
Louis Cavino averred, that he held
large knife in each hand and slashed
at persons who happened to come his
way at the intersection of Sansome and
Pacific streets. 1t amused him, he
added, to note the mingled surprise and
terror he thus abruptly conveyed to
individuals who approached him in ig-
norance of what he had in store for
them, and he thought he would die of
laughter when one corpulent gentleman
stumbled and rolled helplessly in the
gutter. To say. that he in turn was
astonished when a policeman disarmed
and arrested him would be to give fee
bic description of his feelings. Too bad
that the Americana mind cannot as7
simulate the Italiano spirit of fun.
Judge Mogan has not yet decided
what he will do with Signor Cavino,
who is resident Of Vallejo and cook
by profession
When the secretary of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
summoned Fred Berthold to bring his
10-year-old daughter to the office of
that organization and explain why he
should not be arrested and punished for
having failed to properly provide for
her he obeyed the request. When he ar
rived at the Office the secretary was
absent, however, so he sat down to
await his return, and to relieve the
monotony he made sleeps eyes at the
young lady stenographer. soaring her
so that she ran screaming from HIS
presence Several matrons who were