The San Francisco call., 1905-01-08

tie Gonzales. herself thrice convicted
vagrant. but she informed the court
that she did not know Jim at all, but
was rather intimately acquainted with
Tim, Her statement was confirmed by
both Jim and Tim, and there was moth
ing else the Judge could conscientiously
do than order Jim's dismissal and sug-
gest to the dumfounded policeman that
he might save his face by filing a va
grancy charge. against Tim and de-
pending on the same testimony to- OBJ
tain conviction. Ere the officer could
do that. however, both Tim and Jim
had disappeared.
1t was not the first time that Jim's
and Tins striking similarity of per-
sonal appearance gait, voice, manner
verything-developed comedy of err
rors. They enhance their physical re-
semblance by wearing garments, hats
and shoes that are as like as peas in
pods, and blunders of identity thus eff
fected have been numerous. 1t is po
lice gossip that the Rooneys were the
original subjects of the now-famous
appendicitis story. Jim was the strick-
en- one, the tale goes, but Tim was
removed to the hospital instead, where,
despite his protests, the surgeons ether
lied him and proceeded to operate.
When they found that his vermiform
appendix was in good condition. how
ever, they sewed up the incision. la
beled him Opened by Mistake" and
sent him home. In the meantime Jim
had so far recovered as to make the
extraction of his appendix no longer
necessary, and he retains the alleged
superf1uous organ to this day.
1t is also narrated that when Tim
took unto himself a bulldog of unique
scoioring. Jim stole the animal and in
carcerated 1t until he found its fac
simile. Trouble as to the identity of
the dogs is prevented by canine in
stfnct. The men may not be able to
distinguish one beast from the other.
but the beasts never err in their allegi-
,ance.
Many stories Of mistaken recognition
by the fairer sex are told by both Jim
ard Tim, but lack of space is not all
that prevents their recountal in this
column.
Mrs. Marie Wagstaff, Mrs Lizzie
Pierce and Olive Campbell pleaded.
guilty to shopliftinr In the Eastern
Quitting Company's store, Oakland.
and will be sentenced next Thursday
by Judge Cabaniss. 1t was for plying
their larcenous profession in this city
that the women were arrested, and
failure to convict them on the charges
preferred here induced the police to
accept their prOpOSdl TO pfea0 guilty of
the Oakland theft. Judge Cabaniss ex-
pressed disapproyal of the compromise
and probably will have more to say
about it when the defendants come be-
fore him for sentence.
louis Wonnier, an aged native of
france, whose larcenous speciality is
the plundering of poor boxes" in
churches, was sentenced to six months
imprisonment by Judge Cabaniss for
having pilfered the contents of a cash
receptacle in the Slavonian Chapel on
Fell street. 1t was his sixth conviction
for stealing charity funds.
Fred Pauley, a shabby genteel man
with siluffiing gait and weak eyes.
pleaded that he was pursuing detective
work when a policeman arrested him
for peddling lottery tickets in the Pal
ace Hotel.
IF you send me to JAIL" he warned
Judge Fritz, lone of the most sensa-
tional detective cases ever sprung In
San Francisco will be spoiled. I've been
working on 1t for years and am almost
ready to close IT. My ticket peddIing
was merely blind to enable me to
reach certain parties"
He was sent to the Insanity Commits
sion.
Judge Mogan sentenced May Watson.
convicted of vagrancy. to three months