The San Francisco call., 1905-06-30

Justice raS in grave danger OF mis-
carrying in his case William r. Mhoon.
barber informed Police Judge Cabaniss.
for instead of being in court accused
of wife beating he should be pressing
charge of misunderstanding against
his accuser. Would the court be so
good as to look at her unmarried face
and inspect his blackened eye and
scratched countenance and then decide
whether he or the woman displayed
most evidence of having been battered!
You certainly show more facial
damage than she does" the Judge said;
but is she the author OF your In
juries?'
portion of them, Mr. Mhoon replied.
She was responsible for the scratches,
while the eye discoloration' was the
handiwork of her gentleman friend,
name not revealed.
"Ah, the man in the case," said his
Honor.
Then the story came out. Mr.. Mhoon.
who is tall and slender, was employed
in the big tonsorial establishment In
the Winchester Hotel building on Third
street, and from there on June 26 he
went to his home, 1904 Harrison street,
his footsteps being lightened by his
eagerness to rejoin she whom he led
to the altar two months ago, after re-
siding with her out of wedlock for
four consecutive years. When he en-
tered the domicile he was pained to
perceive dangling from clothes rack
some masculine apparel which was not
his own, and when he requested his
wife, whose baptismal name is May, TO
explain the presence OF the strange
garb she rather tartly told him it was
the property of a gentleman friend or
hers, whom she was entertaining. BY
argument he tried to instruct her that
1T was not proper form for wife to
entertain masculine visitors, semi-de-
nuded of clothing, while her spouse was
absent, and thus the fight started.
Testimony conflicted as to who ad-
ministered the first blow. May swore
that William opened actual combat py
kicking one of her knees, and William
Just as positively swore that she sprang
at him like an enraged wildcat and
was engaged in the act of scratching
his face with all of her finger nails
when her gentleman friend emerged
from concealment, smote him heavily
on the left eye and then disappeared,
taking away =. ith him the tell-tales at
tire. Then the wife went and filed com
plant charging the husband with bat
terry.
After carefully weighing the clash
ing narratives the Judge decided that
justice would be best served by Mr..
Mhoofi's proba plary restoration to
freedom, so a >thirty-day 20. r. order
was issued.
George O'Brien repeated the oft-told
STORY of how he was shot by Samuel
Cohen aftdr he had refused to give that
person. $500 as solace for the alleged
alienation of his wifes affection by the
witness 1t was by advice of his law
yer who pronounced the demand an
attempt to blackmail, that Mr.. OBrien
rejected Mr.. Cohen's proposal. More
testimony will be heard to-day. Cohen
is accused of attempt to murder. He
fired four shots at O'Brien, two of
which hit the mark. His counsel is
trying to show that the shooting was
done in self defense.
James O'Brien and Frank Kitamura
were fighting on Folsom street, near
Third. when Patrolman John Young ar
rested them He said that to the best
of his knowledge and belief the COM
bat would have resulted in q draw. as
what the Jap lacked in fistic science
was fully made up for by superior
agility and wrestling prowess. Then
I'll call it a draw" said Judge Cabaniss,
which was equivalent to voicing an or
der of dismissal.