The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

/ lice Judge Mogan's two bailifrs, who
were temporarily entrusted with his
/ custody. He was standing In close
propinquity to Bailif Hickey when
! the vanishing act occurred. The Of
hcer diverted his gaze from the pris-
oner just long enough to address an
admonitory 'H-i-s-h" to a babbling
opium slave in the cage, but during
that moment All Chung apparently
melted into nothingness. Where he
had stood there was atmosphere only.
The bailif stretched forth his hand
and then rubbed his eyes to make sure
he was not laboring under an optical
delusion and then he glanced upward,
as If expecting to see a Chinaman
floating in the ether. Behind him was
the rail, in front of him the bench, at
his right the clerks desk, at his left
the irOn-barred dock. 1t was impos-
sible for All Chung to have fed to-
ward any point Of the compass and II
also was evident that he had neither
scared aloft nor dropped through the
lineoleum covered floor. Where, then,
could he have gone to? Hickey was
mutely wrestling with the conundrum
when the Judge spoke and broke the
spell.
What does the defendant say for
him-but where is the defendant?"
Bailiff Mahoney vaulted the rail in
his eagerness to succor bewiidered
comrade. Clerk Gray leaped from his
chair and with eagle eye swept the
auditory. The attorneys table arose
as one man and craned its neck to-
ward the astounded Judge.
Where is the defendant?" came in
stern reiteration from the bench.
In the ensuing seurry the bailiffs
were most active, Mahoney running
hither and yon and Hickey shaking
his clothes with desperate hope that
the missing one would drop from
them. Then, above the commingled
sounds of scraping feet and muttered
whispers there suddenly arose a rau-
cous soughing, such as Is heard when
the last of the water IN bathtub is
drawn into the drain pipe. The CUR
gle was quickly traced to its source
and from beneath the clerks desk
was drawn the huddled form of All
Chung. He was wrapped IN siumber
and did not regain complete wakeful-
ness until his trial was concluded.
Patrolman Kennedy testified that
he arrested All Chung on complaint of
several housewives, who had been
much frightened by his nocturnal Wis
its to their respective abodes In the
Richmond District When they re-
sponded to his knock on the door, the
ladies said, he grimaced and chartered
in such & hideous way that they ex-
perienced difficulty in abstaining from
falling IN a swoon.
When the Judge asked the defend
ant If he had any excuse to offer for
his soaring Of the complainants he
drowsily muttered. "Alle dam foolee,"
thereby strengthening the courts sus-
pioion that he was Of unsound mind.
and to the Lunacy Commissioners he
was consigned for examination.
Mike Sweeney, accused Of begging
in the Western Addition. informed
Judge Fritz that the complaining po-
hceman had committed an annoying
blunder, inasmuch as he (defendant)
was gardener and had SO s5 in one
of his pockets when he was "pinched."
his possession of the money being
sufficient of itself TO relieve him OF
suspicion OF being a vagrant. He
would not deny that he had solicited
food from a householder. but he had
done so because there were no res
taurants within a reasonable distance
Of where he Was employed In renovat-
ing a garden, the exact location of
which he failed to remember. As the
record credited him with several prior
convictions on the charge Of begging
he got thirty days.
Judge Cabaniss instructed Bailiff
Nell Carmichael to hasten to the COR
ridor and proclaim with loud voice
that Giovanni Cirrogliagolosis was
wanted to testify in the battery case
then under hearing. but the bailiff,
after attempting to pronounce softly
the name OF the desired witness. con-
fessed his inability to get his tongue
around it in such a way as to make its
utteranee ineligible.
I'm no able TO ca II. on thet's a.
there's tae it, he explained.
'"rhe prosecution insists that this
witness be called" said Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Hanley.
Then ca him yersel." rejoined the
bailin.
why, it's aisy,' said Clerk Barney
Conlan, when ye take yer time at it.
Here, I'll write IL down for we, and we
can call it in chunks"
Further contention was happily
averted and the wheels of justice were
enabled to resume revolution by the
needed gentleman walking into court
and announcing his readiness to take
the witness stand.
After months Of indoor rehearsal
the brass band organized by Twin
Peaks Parlor. n. S. G. W., believed It
had attained sufficient proficiency in
the production of concordant sounds
to justify it in unloading them upon
the outer air. Besides, 1t was consid-
cred needful to practice marching and
playing simultaneously, which could
not be done conveniently within the
limited area of hall. Aware. how
ever, that popular taste in the matter
of music Is somewhat diversified. the
instrumentalists. although perfectly
satisfied with their execution. deemed
it prudent to make their first collec-