The San Francisco call., 1905-06-09

Clam, who is billed as Melancholy
Nose" with a cheap amusement enter
prise in Oakland, dropped in and ex-
pressed desire to gamble for drinks by
means of "chuckin' de bones" in other
words shaking dice. AS the regular
bartender was busily engaged filing
orders from the Terpsichorean depart
ment, Mr.. Perkins volunteered to ac-
commodate Mr.. McClain. and a moment
later the celluloid cubes were merrily
trundling upon the counter. Several
rounds Of drinks were won and lost
before the cutting occurred. To the
policeman who arrested Mr.. Perkins II
was positively stated by Mr.. McClain
that the carving was committed in
anger, but during the night Mr.. Nc
Claim arrived at the conclusion that he
had been mistaken as to the knife
wielder's temper.
'Dah wuz eh slight dispute ehbout
de result oh eh shake" he told the
Judge. EFT wuz muffin seeyus, yo'
know, en- Mistah Perkins, heppenin'
teh hev de knife en- his han at de time,
poked it at me in fun, en- wen All
lodged All exedently run nah neck
eggenst de blade. Funniest affaih yo'
ebah saw"
accidentally ran your neck against
the blade twice, hey?" said the Prose
cutting Attorney.
"Yissah; dat's wat med de affaih so
funny. All KANT hep laughin' wen All
thinks ehbout ct" And Mr.. McClair's 8
head and shoulders shook with mirth
until the white plaster patches on his
ebon throat were crinkled. t
So the charge of assault with a
deadly weapon against Mr.. Perkins was
dismissed on motion of the disgusted
prosecution, and Mr.. McClain thanked
the court for seeing the joke
Mrs. Minnie Foerst of Scandinavian
nativity told Judge Cabaniss that she
made the great mistake of her life
when she permitted children to become
occupants Of the lower fiat numbered
1851 Eighth avenue South. owned by
her. In a misguided moment she be-
lieved the joint statement of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank z. Lively that their two
little ones were lively in name only.
and ere the family was fairly installed
on the floor below the one occupied
by herself she had reason to regret her
credulity. The shouting of juvenile
voices was incessant and tiny feet pat
tered over the bare floors and chubby
fingers scratched the immaculate walls.
When the faucet was extracted from
the water-heater and scalding aqua
saturated and ruined the contiguous
wallpaper she considered it her duty to
have Mr.. Lively arrested and charged
with malicious mischief.
Bot. Shodge," she declared, "ay ban
serve right toe let shiIdrens com in my
house Shildrens ban sooch noosances."
His Honor, who is a paterfamilias,
rebuked Mrs. Foerst's implied indorse-
ment of race suicide by promptly dis
missing her complaint.
For brutally beating his 71-year-old
father James E. Kelley, a six-foot hood
lum, was given nine months imprison-
ment by Judge Mogan. The venerable
victim was reluctant to prosecute, but
the court took the matter In its own
hands.
Mrs. G. Hughes promised that never
again would she engage in osculatory
demonstration with James e. Hopkins,
accused of failing to provide for his wife
and four children, so Judge Mogan COM
mended her resolution and allowed her
to depart Mr. Hopkins, too, asseverated
that any kissing he may hereafter indulge
in shall have a party Of the second part
in mis- own household, and he also was
permitted to go free. Patrolman Luke
Livingstone reiterated his belief that the
kissing OF Mr. Hopkins by Mrs. Hughes
had no other prompting than her own
affectionate impulse, occasioned by reali-
zation that she might not see MIN again
until he had served a long term of Inn
prisonment. Then the Judge muttered
something about all being well that ends
well.
Edward G. Hunt, whose avoirdupois
would not exceed the regulation light
weight minimum, presented for Judge Mo-
gans inspection a face and head badly
damaged. Both eyes were swollen, bruised
and 5lackened. and a dab of courtplaster
on the forehead Indicated abrasion. He
said the injuries were inflicted with
club in the hands of Special Policeman
Alfred Castro. who confessed to tipping
the beam at 30 pounds, and that they
were unorovoked. The officer. on the
other hand, declared that when he ar
rested Mr.. Hunt at Sixth and Howard
streets for peace disturbance the prisoner
put UP a strong fight and that the
clubbing was necessary TO subjugate ilim.
The Judge, after opining that the de-
fendant had received physical punishment
ample to ft his alleged offense, dismissed
the case, whereupon the policeman con-
planned that Mr. Hunt had threatened to
iii him full Of lead" as soon as he found
available opportunity to do so. This al
legation Mr.. Hunt stoutly denied, and