The San Francisco call., 1905-03-21
gated Ethiopian wriggled sinuously
through the low door, Strengthened up
again and beamingly said:

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through the low door, Strengthened up
again and beamingly said:
'Heah ah is, sah."
He was accused of petty larceny, al
legged to have been committed in a
Pinckney-place wine joint" 1t was
averred that he ordered sdago red
for every one in the saloon and then
requested the barkeeper to charge the
price to him. When informed that no
books were kept in the establishment
he facetiously suggested that his ac-
count be chalked on piece of ice, and
when the man behind the counter dis
played wrath and threatened to sum-
mon police aid the waggish debtor
stretched forth one of his tentacle-lilse
arms, openly distracted 81 from the
cashbox and was preparing to depart
when his arrest was effected.
In reply to the Judges inquiry Mr..
Hardison said he resided in Oakland
and was hodcarrier, his unusual stat
ure making him exceptionally desirable
as conveyor of bricklayers' supplies,
inaSmuch as it obviated necessity of his
climbing a ladder until after the sec
ond story was built. He must have
been intoxicated when he treated a
saloonful of strangers to wine and also
purloined the ST. because he was not
naturally Of generous or extravagant
habit and had never been afflicted with
tanned his full physical growth, and
hoped the Judge would take into con-
sideration the fact that if he were sent
to Jail he would be additionally pun
ished by his inability to stretch to COM
plete length in an ordinary bed. His
Honor promised to make due allow
ance for nocturnal warping when he
pronounces sentence to-day.
T.OI1is Hec1x1ar a parpanfer annIied
to Judge Mogan for three months inn
prisonment, explaining that he desired
to free himself from servitude to King
Alcohol.
I'm decent man, your Honor" he
said and have a little son to bring
up. Drink has obtained grip on me
that / cannot shake off so long as |
am at liberty, and l think my only sal
walton is a term in jail. The boy will
be we'll taken care of while am away
from him.
He was accommodated.
Edwin NJ. Reinaldo, heavily beard
ed machinist, prayed so yociferously
during the Sunday morning service in
the Church of the Advent, ON Eleventh
street, that The deacons became sus-
picious he was not entirely sober, and
investigation proved their doubts we'll
founded. So they induced him to re-
tire from the edifice, but he returned
and was attempting to renew his alco-
holic manifestations. of religious fervor
when Patrolman ]. Young arrested
him.
I'm hard working man and drank
little too much" was his simple plea
to Judge Fritz, and fine Of $40 was
promptly imposed.
Morris Green and o. w waterhouse
stationers. were before Judge Conlan
on the charge of exhibiting lewd pic
lures in their respective show windows
and each applied for and was granted
a continuance.
After the cigar store at 212 California
street had been burglariously entered
and looted seven times within three
months, James Jones, on parole from
the Whittier Reform School, was cap
tured with some of the stolen goods in
his possession. He had several boxes
of cigars under his arms when Sergeant
Christensen overhauled him at O'Clock
Sunday morning near the water front
and his arrest on suspicion resulted in
his arraignment before Judge Mogan,
who committed him to the Superior
Court for trial
Richard Matousok. who was brought
back from Montana to answer the
charge of having betrayed Marian
Stasa, formerly a telephone operator
at the Palace Hotel, under promise of
marriage, informed Judge Fritz that he
was willing to make the young woman
his wife, so he was taken TO her home
where she is sick abed, and two detec-
tives saw to It that he made good his
word. Then the charge was dismissed
Patrolman Goff, once noted as a
heavy weight boxer. told Judge Con-
Ian that in all his prizering experience
he never had 2 harder tussle than was
given him by Mrs. Mary Calvin and
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah Hurley when
he undertook to arrest them at their
residence, "a Natoma street, on COM
plant of Mrs. Sadie Robinson, occupy