The San Francisco call., 1906-06-15

eZ much eZ lukked at booze. But de
disastah didn't spah de cullud folks
churches. en- All wuz left wifout a place
teh spen' nah evenings. Dat wuz how
All kim teh staht beozin'. 1t wuz lone
someness druv me teh it. Jedge, dat
wat it wuz."
The calamity was indeed far-reach-
ing and deep probing" Quoth his Hon.
or. and then he sentenced Mr.. Scott to
twenty-four hours Imprisonment. one
half of the period to be spent on the
municipal brick pile.
Ere he was led away Mr.. Scott COM
municated to Bailiff Mahoney his re-
gret that he had not sooner attached
proper significance to the fact that he
was employed in the capacity of boot
black in barber shop at 1913 Buchan-
an street.
How cu6 anybody 'speck teh hev
luck he said. 'wif seeh a double hoo
doc as dat alluz stickin' teh hem? One
thfteeH ez enuh teh jonah de smahtest
pusson dar ebbah libbed, but two OBJ
dem am cinch der am no gittin' ehway
frum."
Even a rabbits foot wouldn't queer
it," acquiesced the bailiff in sympathy
No, sab; a whole set OBJ rabbits feet
wudn't be no use in sech a sucgum-
stance Mr.. Smott rejoined
And so detected did he appear that
the bailiff CONSIDERABLY refrained from
reminding him that his arrest occurred
on the thirteenth day of the month.
Mrs. Jeremiah Murphy complained
that her spouse battered her because
the stew which she offered him for din
ner was cold. although the low tenn
perature of the mess was as much ow-
ing to his tardy arrival to partake of
it as to any carelessness on her part
They were dwelling under canvas at
Camp Lake No. 2, Market and Laguna
streets, she averred. and the culinary
facilities at her command were made
quate to enable her to keep food hot
unless at great expense of fuel. which
the stewpan at my head" she told
Judge Cabaniss, 'and it's a mercy he
didn't knock my brains out"
Then came Patrolman Flynn with
averment that he had known the ..iur-
phys for quite while and that great
er -virago than Mrs. Murphy he had
seldom encountered. Before the quake
she was neighborhood nuisance. he
added, and since that event her gem
eral behavior has been worse than ever
Indeed, he had decided to apply to Su-
perior Judge Murasky to issue an order
authorizing him to place her boy, aged
five years, in an Institution where he
would be properly trained and cared
for. as she had cruelty neglected him.
So the case against Mr. Murphy was
dismissed and Patrolman Flynn's con-
duct warmly commended by the court
Judge ShortalI had before him Mrs
Eliza Crocombe, Alfred Talbot and AL
bert Oleson, accused of having jointly
disturbed the peace of the refugee camp
at Garfield Park by their disorderly
behavior while intoxicated, and when
he fined each of them IS the woman de-
manded that her 12-year- daughter
be transferred from the custody of the
Red Cross Society to that of her sister
Mrs. r. Smith.
My sister" she declared, can take
better care of the young one than them
Red Crossers can, and l want her to
have it."
Your maternal solicitude now does
not consist with your neglect of the
child while you. caroused" said the
Judge.
Mrs Smith expressed her Willingness
to care for the girl, and the Red Cross
people offered to send her to relatives
in Humboldt County. Fhe court is
weighing the proposals