The San Francisco call., 1905-05-24

confessed that they were joint owners of
two pistols of antique pattern, which had
not been fired for ages and therefore
would be extremely unreliable in a case.
of emergency such as Mr.. Brady had
described. Then the Judge remarked
that as the complaint specifically charged
the Valentines with having displayed a.
deadly weapon and as the Valentines al
legged that the pistols owned by them
were too antiquated to be deadly, the
only thing the court could do was to per-
sonally examine the firearms in question
and thus determine whether they were
destructive or innocuous. So the case was
continued till next Saturday, when the
Valentines will submit their armament
for judicial inspection
Mrs. H. W. Butler, dressmaker and
Miss Grace Watson, millner Jointly oc-
cupy the store at 80 Mason street, each
lady having the exclusive right to one
half of the establishment, the dividing
line extending straight from the exact
center of the rear wall to the exact mid
die of the front window. 1t was an al
legged trespass by Mrs. Butler on Miss
Watson's half of the window floor that
led to the issuance of a warrant by
Judge Cabaniss for the arrest of Mrs
Butler on the charge of having battered
Miss Watson.
Accohrding to Miss Watson's statement
as unfolded to the Judge, Mrs Butler
was in the window and engaged in drap-
ing lay figure with her latest creation,
a perfect dream of a summer gown,
when Miss Watson observed that the
space which had been mutually allotted
for display of her spring CONNECTIONS was
being encroached upon. So she climbed
into, the window and amiably requested
Pyfl m her dtIy, bor
(Mrs. Butler's) side of the unmarked
line, and Mrs. Buffers response. equiva-
lent to decination TO do as desired, was
both uncalled for and insulting. Then one
word led to another, until Mrs. Butler
transferred her attention from dressing
the inanimate figure to beating the very
much-alive Miss Watson with her fists
The combat was witnessed by many per-
sons on the street, and when Mrs. Butler
finally delivered a short-arm jab that
knocked Miss Watson out of the window
and into the store the spectators loudly
cheered. The humiliation of benig made
a pubic show hurt Miss Watson's feel
ings more than her person was panied
by Mrs. Buffers blows. The other side
of the story will be heard in court to-
day.
Fred Loring, who keeps a saloon at
499 Fulton street, was dropping nickels
In the slot machine that graced the
counter of an Eighth street baifoom
when Charles Wood, surveyor. twit-
ted him on his i'll luck and also made
false announcement of the cards that
appeared In response to each invest
ment. Mr. Loring resented the con.iiict
of Mr.. Wood as unwarranted. inasriluch
Is he was a total stranger, whorcupon
Mr.. Wood playfully drew a pocket
knife and with it inflicted a wound on
Mr.. Loring's face that kept that gem
tleman confined to hospital frogI May
II until yesterday, when he appeared
to prosecute his asailant before Judge
Mogan. On motion of the defense.
however, a continuance of the hearing
was ordered till next Friday.
After hearing testimony in the case
of Mrs. Rupe against Frank Reynolds
and Edith, his wife, Judge Fritz or
dered a continuance and raised the bail
of the female defendant from $500 to
$4,000, which makes it equal to that of
her husband.
Mrs Rupe alleges that Mr. and Mrs.
Reynolds Systematically swindled her
out of $4,000. which was AWARDED to her
by the Woodmen of the World II 'ge of
which her husband was member at
the time of his death. Being ignorant
oT the mode of collecting the money
and knowing nothing of investment,
she allowed Mr.. Reynolds To collect and
invest it for her and, she alleges, he
betrayed her trust by appropriating it
to his own use, leaving her penniiess
and absolutely unprovided for. The
judges action in increasing the bail of
MIS- Reynolds indicated his belief That
she was equally culpable with her hus-
band in the alleged defraudins of the
widow.
After being ordered into custody last
Monday until he could obtain 500 cash
bail, Peter H. Lucero, a barber charged
with failure to provide for his minor
child, rallied his friends and before
nightfall obtained release, which he
celebrated by blackening his wife's
eyes with his fists when he met her on
the street While awaiting trial yes
terday morning on the failure to pro-
vide charge he was arrested for bat
terry on complaint of his better half,
whose face was frightfully bruised, and
Judge Fritz again ordered him into
custody but without bail. The bat
terry charge will be heard to-day. Lu-
cero lives at $50 Powell street and is
Spaniard.