The San Francisco call., 1906-04-04

bel dabbed her eyes with d fluffy little
handkerchief and asked permission to
"splain." Then she spake somewhat as
follows:
Me an nah sistah am vowdeville
Artists en- wuks fo our libbin, wha-fo we
KANT be no vags.''
"Ah. you're old performers, l presume?''
his Honor ventured
"Yissah, en- sich we've bin fo' many
yeahs,' sobbed Miss Mabel.
.Fo' twelb yeahs, t be izzack," whim-
pered Miss Emma
But you were arrested at o'clock a..
m. on Glasgow street" said the Judge,
and l doubt that your professional du-
ties necessitated your appearance at that
time al that place.
1--WE Ibis on Glasgow street. responded
Miss Mabel, Zen a cupple OBJ ouah gem
man friends wuz a-seein uz home Wen
de p'leecem'n rested uz Yissah, de gem
men wuz wife. en- dey he'd spent de eben-
in at de music hall whah me en- sis sing
dooets.'
"oh, you are employed professionally.
them"
We'll not wot ye'd call reglahly. Wese
gwine on de Umpiah sucuit wen de man
gah gets well, en- pendin' den wese jist
a-jobbin' roun'"
After they were dismissed from custody
bONh 4iico dllu &hioo ~hooci
nounced in the corridor that they were
victims of conspiracy, in which the
prime mover was a saloonist> whom they
once had arrested for ejecting them from
his place of business.
Joe Morton and Tom Murphy, stalwart
linemen, were arrested while fiercely bat
tering each other at 10 o'clock last Mon
day night in the center of Portsmouth
square, and to Judge Conlan it was stated
that the cause of combat was a dispute
as TO the style of the bronze boat sur
mounting the Robert Louis Stevenson
monument, Mr.. Morton contending that it
was a Chinese junk, while Mr.. Murphy
maintained, and rightly, that it was illus
trative of the treasure-laden galleons that
once upon time made piracy a profitable
vocation on the Pacific Ocean. Having en-
lightened the defendants on that point his
Honor pronounced them guilty of peace
disturbance.
Il have been serving in this court
ever since January 81" said Assistant
District Attorney Duke to Judge Mo-
gan. and L have yet TO encounter an
unqualified confession of guilt"
and 1 have been here several years"
responded his Honor, without having
heard a plea such as you mention"
Mr.. Dukes remark was provoked by
the reply of a female defendant TO his
question as to whether she was guilty
of having disturbed the peace.
Well she said. very deliberately, Il
am and l amt
But the Judge decided that she was.
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Miss Gertrude Sparrow of sos York
street was visiting Mrs. A w. Martin
at 81 O'Farrell street, and while Miss
Sparrow was starting on an errand for
Mrs. Martin she was seized by Thomas
Lewis, a restaurant waiter, who ad
dressed to her an insulting remark.
Mrs. Martins husband. whose under
taking establishment is underneath his
family residence, overheard the often
sive words uttered by Mr.. Lewis and
demanded explanation and apology. but
instead of receiving either he was oral
ly abused by Mr.. Lewis. whose arrest
Immediately followed. Judge Conlan
will sentence Mr.. Lewis for battery.
Four of them-David r. Mcdaniel,
Oscar r. Johnson. Richard Bellew and
George F. Quatman-were arrested by
Patrolman Parquet for having dis
turbed the peace by singing loudly and
discordantly in Young's saloon at Turk
and Larkin streets. but when Mr..
Young informed Judge Cabaniss that
never again would he permit the muse
to be ill-treated in his place of busi
ness the case was dismissed.