The San Francisco call., 1905-08-16

let me go I'll catch the $40 boat and go
prune picking in the Sonoma Valley.
After the prune crop is gathered there'll
be work in the vineyards for all who
want it, and after the grapes are under
cover there'll be a demand for men to
garner the winter apple crop. Then"
Then, 1 suppose, you'll return to the
hop fields of Chinatown" facetiously
ventured his Honor.
"Ha, hal" Mr.. Murphy chuckled,- pro-
pitiatingly. NO, sir; by the time the ap
pies are boxed I'll have recovered my
nerve and be ready to resume work at my
trade"
carry out your horticultural programme"
said the court And as Mr.. Murphy ex-
ultingly retired he bestowed an eye sig
nal Of encouragement upon Mr.. McQuil-
Ian.
When the latter gentleman faced the
Judge he also pleaded guilty and declared
intentions. "If you let me co. he said,
"Pn catch the $40 boat and go prune-
picking in the Sonoma Valley. After the
prune crop is gathered there'll be work
in the vineyards for all who want 1t, and
after the grapes are under cover therell
be a demand for men to garner the win
ter apple crop. Then"
Thirty days!" thundered his Honor.
Mr. McQuillan swept the courtroom
with reproachful glance, but Mr.. Murphy
had disappeared.
Mrs. Edna E. Park of 7S2 Franklin
street informed Judge Conlan that she
desired to withdraw the complaint she
had filed against John P. Schultz, retired
capitalist, in which she averred that on
July II last he had attempted to embrace
her when she entered the room he. occu-
pied in her house. Attorney Samuel M.
CT Mrc por 20
adviser AS there was no other course
open to the court the case was dismissed.
Mrs Park is fair to look upon and Mr.
Schultz is gray of hair. few days sub
sequent to his arrest the husband of his
accuser was convicted in the Superior
Court of having embezzled diamond
from a woman with whom he had been
consorting.
Mrs. Frank Gillin was accused by her
brother-in-law, Peter, of having behaved
in unbecoming manner when the obse-
quies of his brother, former Police Cap
tain James w. Gillin, were in progress.
The complainant told Judge Fritz that
the defendant stood at a corner adjacent
to the house Of mourning, 3151a Steiner
street, and sent annoying messages
thereto, and that while interment was
going on in Holy Cross Cemetery she
short distance from the grave.
In reply to the charges Mrs Gillin said
she fingered near the Steiner street house
because she desired to see her husband,
from whom she had been separated for
some time, and request him to relieve
her from the opportunities Of creditors
seeking payment for furniture and
dresses. AS for her alleged unseemly
conduct in the cemetery, she denied 1t in
toto.
The case was continued till next Satur-
day. and then the woman announced in
tention to prosecute her accuser for hav-
ing threatened to take her life. She lives
at Twenty-fourth and Alabama streets.
Mrs Bartlett whose husband was shot
and killed by her son, John A. Logan
Bell. in the yard of the family home at
Fulton and Cough streets, became hys-
terical as she recounted the details of
the tragedy to Judge Conlan, who con-
tinued the hearing until to-day in order
to give her time to recover equanimity.
The little womans testimony was de-
fensive of her boys deed. showing that
he did not shoot until he believed his life
was in danger, as his stepfather was in
very angry mood and armed with a
hatchet.
August Johnson was a messman
aboard the United States transport
Warren when he fired a pistol shot
which Alexander McDermott, the negro
cook of the same stanch ship, averred
was aimed at him.
was this the weapon the defendant
fred?" asked Public Prosecutor Ward,
in Judge Fritz's court, presenting for
McDermott's inspection a long-barreled
revolver of wide caliber.
KANT sweah fo' sho' dat it wuz,"
replied Mr. McDermott. DE fack am
sah All wuz too badly skeered teh tex
notiz OBJ wat de gun looked lax"
Mr. Johnson barred his brawny left
arm to show to the Judge a bruised ell
bow, which, he swore, had been bat
tered with kitchen poker welded by
Mr. McDermott. While he was in the
midst of his graphic recital of the en-
counter that eliminated in the shoot
ing, the prosecuting attorney asked
him:
What time was 1t then?"
Doh yo tank" Mr.. Johnson an
swered with some asperity "that ay
stope tay loak at may watch when ay
magyar ban after may with ay poaker?"