The San Francisco call., 1905-01-11

automobiling in a single dose and fall
ing to pay for the same that Vallejo
and Benicia were before his Honor
Cabaniss. The complaining chauffeur
testified in bitter tone that they Jointly
hired his machine and jointly occupied
it, except during brief visits to way
side cafes, while he whirled them to
San Jose and over two-thirds of Santa
Clara County's area and back to San
Francisco, the round journey consum-
ing almost two days. When he depos-
tied them at the place Of beginning,
Ellis and Powell streets, they gracious
ly thanked him for giving them one OF
the incest times they ever had and ex
pressed regret that they were unable
to prove their gratitude in pecuniary
way Horror stricken, he summoned
Patrolman Dave Murphy and gave
them into custody, apparently much to
their surprise and undoubtedly much to
their INDICATION.
Eye don't mean to say, kid, that ye're
gettin' us pinched?" exclaimed Vallejo.
who, by the way, is called Valley" for
short.
For Gawd's sake, officer, We amt
a-goin' to rush us to Jail in tn hurry
UP wagon?" was the expostulation ut
tered by Benicia, who is addressed as
"Bennie" by the bird-and-bottle buyers
hereinbefore alluded to.
Then they threatened to throw a fit"
right there and then If the indignity OF
being conveyed to prison In patrol
wagon was insisted on, and to avert
such an indelicate double turn. also to
get his prisoners away from the midst
of g. rapidly accommodating and unani-
mously sympathetic crowd, the police
man bundled them into the auto and
thus they were hurried to the Central
station.
IF our parents in Spokane knew we
were in such a Ak as this they'd die
right there, quoth Bennie to her custo-
dian.
Nav, they wouldn't do nothin' Of
the kind" put in Valley; they'd jist
| tap the ticker an send us $4,000 to
pay our f1ne-that's what they'd do.'
Folks rich, eh?" queried the officer.
They've nothin but dough-" was
Bennies affirmative. and Valley said:
'.Aw. nav; they amt rich They're only
wealthy, that's all. Say, kid, they have
money enough to buy a million mer-
chimes like thfs'n we're ridin' in
The desk sergeant discovered that
about six months ago the Daudette sis
ters were accused of vagrancy before
Judge Fritz, who dismissed them on
| condition that they return to Spokane
They did so, but came few weeks ago
under engagement as song-and-dance
artists.
While the Judge was wondering what
he would better do with the young
women the chauffeur was approached
by one Mr.. Beauregard. Sixth h-street
saloon-keeper,w who generously offered to
pay him the 500 demanded IL he would
decline to prosecute. The offer was
promptly accepted and the defendants
discharged.
Mr.. Beauregard insisted on having It
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prompted purely by desire to aid art In
distress.
It was his imprudent desire to be
free of social obligation >that led to
Louis Ponzey's arrest. He was i'm
pecunious when friend of his per-
suaded him to accept numerous drinks
of whisky, and being unable to recip-
rocate in kind he took his friend rid
Ing in a buggy which he found at
tached to horse in front of Mont
gomery- realty Office. The We
hfcle was taken without its owners
permission, but Louis pleaded that his
intention was not larcenous, but mere
ly to retain the rig long enough to en-
able him to utilize 1t in the payment
of the liquef1ed courtesfes received from
his friend. Judge Conlan gave Louis
three months for borrowing without
thelender's knowledge.
Horace Angel operated camera by
day and led the cotillons in Portuguese
Johns dance hail. on Pacific street, by
night until a policeman, being un-
aware of his daylight vocation, arrest
ed him for wearing fashionable raj
ment and having no visible means of
obtaining it honestly
Nervously toying with a budding
blond mustache, Mr.. Angel proved
himself fairly industrious profess
sional photographer to the satisfac-
tion of Judge Mogan, and his explana-
ton of why he made an apartment on
the second floor Of Portuguese Johns
temple Of Terpsichore his permanent
dwelling place was also accepted as
logical and earned his dismissal. So