The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08

COmlcile With fragments OF rock, sew
eral Of which broke window panes. The
father OF the Pepper boy intrepidly
emerged and charged the enemy, which,
scattered in disorderly retreat, and
when Mounted Patrolman Mitchell
dashed up on his steed and Joined in
the pursuit he only succeeded in bag
ging Master Magendre and Master Jen-
sen, their late commander and two of
his brothers being among those who
ran fastest and eluded arrest. The pris-
oners and a sackful Of rocks, produced
as material evidence Of their guilt, were
placed before Police Judge Fritz. The
charge was that Of disturbance of the
peace, and Mr.. Pepper and the police
man pressed 1t most vigorously.
In addition TO hurting the rocks, Mr..
Pepper averred, the defendants and
their companions fired offensive cpl
b thets at the beleaguered household.
With the courts permission he would
quote "Mommer" as being the most
J exasperatipg Of the appellations thus
bestowed teeause it was intended as
an antOnym Of Pepper" which in
turn. was a stupid paraphrase Of
papa" Yes, he had heard the axiom
anent sticks and stones being danger
capable Of inficting physical injury,
but for his part he would just as lief
be struck with either a club or rock
as to have his name absurdly and ma
nciousiy distorted. SO far as that went,
there was no euphony in the name Of
''Snarler" to boast of, but it had never
occurred TO him to twit the Snarler
family on that fact Without consider
- 5,a
that derisive application of the term
.Mommer'' conveyed more chagrin to
his family than did the smashing of
the windows. although he would like
10 have the defendants or their parents
compelled TO pay for the material loss
sustained by him.
Mr.. Snarler, who is the skipper of a
scow schooner, yclept the oscar and
Lena, announced his readiness to de-
fray the cost of any damage inflicted
on the complainant's property by Snarl-
er Junior and his comrades, and the
Judge gave him a week in which to
make good his word and thus obtain
dismissal Of the case.
When her husband died Mrs. Ange-
lima Cochran (colored) took unto her
self the position Of janitor which he
had filed at 321 Pine street, but being
physically incapable of performing all
the functions pertaining 70 the job she
enlisted st. Clair Moore, young. able
bodied and chocolate -hued, to perform
them for her. For several months Mr.
Moore was her faithful employe, trans
ferring TO her all the moneys received
by him for his services and seemingly
being satisfied with the percentage
thereof which she returned to him as
COMPENSATION. But last months coIlec-
tions he pocketed and then astonished
the widow by informing her that he no
longer regarded her as entitled to pos
session Of his earnings and that in fu-
ture he would keep TO himself all the
money. paid for his labor. So she had
him arrested on the charge Of embez-
zling S27 80, and Judge Mogsn contin-
ued the case until next Thursday, when
Marion Levintrett, owner of the build
fng. may decide whether Mrs. Cochran
OF Mr. Moore is its janitor.
Mrs. Helen Curtin, middle-aged. and
William Sweeney. about % years. de-
med that they disturbed the peace by
carousing in the woman's home in a
tenement on Tehama street, between
First and Second, and known to neigh
borhood fame as The Ranch" The
complainant was Andrew Downey, an
Oakland capitalist. who recently pur-
chased the property alluded to and is
eager 10 purify its moral atmosphere
Patrolman Cogill testified that THE
Ranch" is rendezvous for idle and
dissolute youth. Judge Cabaniss held
that the charge against the male de-
fendant was not clearly proved and