The San Francisco call., 1906-05-26

Mrs. Lucy Gilmore's residence, 20S Post
street. hitched his horse opposite the domi-
cile of Mrs. May Sheehan, numbered 25S6
on the same thoroughfape, he was guilt
less of either malicious or mischievous in
tent, for he did not even imagine that the
animal would prance upon and menace the
| smoothness of the artificial stone side
walk and thus provoke Mrs. Sheehans ire.
But that very thing happened, and 1t led
to Mrs. Sheehan's arrest on the charge of
having assaulted Mrs. Gilmore with
deadly weapon, to wit. poker.
AS she sat in Police Judge Shortall's
courtroom Mrs. Gilmore's head bore evil
dence of the assault, for it was heavily
suathed in handages. Mrs. Sheehan, calm
and defiant, pleaded provocation more
than ample to justify her act.
From the testimony it was CLEANED that
prior TO striking Mrs. Gilmore's head with
the poker Mrs. Sheehap assailed the horse
with Cd a brick. % a saucepan. t3 a stove
litter, (D a frying-pan, (5) the poker. Also,
Mrs. Gilmore's suggestion, attempted to
remove his horse, he was beaten with the
saucepan by Mrs. Sheehan.
The Court Ito Mrs. Gilmore)-What
provocation. if any. did you give the de-
fendant ere she struck you with the
poker?
Mrs. Gilmore Ito the Court)-None. 3.
Mrs. Sheehan Cto the Court)-She did,
too. She told me that if + thought SO
much of my old sidewalk should take il
finto my house. And she called me a re-
peater. 49, Ex.
The Court Ito Mrs. Sheehan)-what did
she mean by that?
Mrs. Sheehan Ito the Court)-She meant
that l repeated in the bread line and got
more relief supplies than my fair share
Mrs. Gilmore Ito the Court)-That was
not provocation. but the truth. l saw her
and her daughter eight times in the line
during the day, and if you'd search her
house now you'd find enough grub there
to last her and her family till Christmas
And before she hit me with the poker she
bit my hand.
The Court do Mrs. Sheehan)-what
about the biting?
Mrs. Sheehan (to the Court)-I didn't
bite her. She put her hand in my mouth
and my teeth just closed down upon it.
Charge reduced TO battery and case con-
tinued until today.
Mrs. Sarah Waugh. resident of Hamilton
square, was sentenced to six hours inn
prisonment in the Park police station for
having disturbed the peace of her co-refu-
gees by making loud and discordant noises
while in a state of intoxication.
There's no use a-denyin' it, she said
to Judge Conlan. Il made fool O. my
sell an lndl ali lIleTe 10 IT, "A ITlenO OI
mine brought me bottle of whisky from
Oakland and l just sat in my little tent
and drank till 1 was silly
Were you alone?" inquired his Honor.
''All by my lonely was the answer. Il
mightn't a-bin sich hog if I'd a-known
any of the other campers, but you know
we're all strangers to each other. The fun
niest part of it my kickin' up row
an complainin' that my tent was too
small an ] wanted bigger one. Why, it's
as big as any of 'em there" And recol-
lection of the incident caused her to laugh
most heartily.
I'd suggest that you shun liquor until
the city is rebuilt" the Judge remarked.
Don't be afraid said Mrs. Waugh,
still smiling; mo more jags for me-
Miss Bertha Kauffmans testimony, de-
livered before Police Judge Mogan, tended
to cast discredit upon Harris Lindermann's
complaint that he was robbed of $3.50 and
fseverely beaten by Charles Netzel and
wife, Freda, while he was removing his
personal belongings from 9o1 Post street
on that never-to- -be-forgotten Wednesday
morning of last month. After showing
that Mr.. Lindermann was profoundly in
love with her, Miss Kaufman opined that
his story of the robbery and battery was
absolutely false and prompted by desire
to injure Mr. Netzel. who also was pay
ing tender attentions to her, despite the
fact that his wife was constantly in evil
dence to both of them.
Mr.. Lindermann had, in frightfully shat
tered English, recounted to the court how
all the parties concerned were residents
of the Post-street tenement until two days
prior to the class A seismic upheaval, when
Miss Kaufman was forced to leave TO
avoid hearing certain unprintable illusions
to her character which Mrs. Netzel was
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in the hallway. After her departure Mr.
Lindermann, who had abandoned his wife
and four children in the fair land of Poland
to accompany her TO this country. chided
Mrs. Netzel for what she had done, and so
sharp was Mrs. Netzers resentment of
his rebuke that he determined to follow
his inamorata. So on the memorable
morning of April Is he was conveying some
of his clothing through the hallway to
wagon that awaited it at the door when
Mrs. NetzeI cast cape over his head and
smothered his cries while Mr.. NetzeI ire
lieved him of $3.50 which he had pinned in
an inside vest pocket, and also battered his
head with some blunt instrument and
broke one of his ribs by kicking it. He
did not see the Netzels do these things,
nor did he know any person who had wit
messed the outrage described by him, but
he was sure that nobody other than the
Netzels would have treated him So When
he recovered consciousness a strange wom-
an, whom he had not seen since, was
bathing his battered head, and he was es-
corted TO the Presidio hospital by strange
young man whom he never met after
ward.
Miss Kauffman's story was more en-
barrassing than helpful TO the prosecution.
After coyly acknowledging that she had
eloped with Mr.. Lindermann from Poland,
she stated that he appropriated all the
money she earned here as a tailoress and
became jealous of Mr.. Netzel because that
gentleman pitied her lot and toiu her he
would marry her just as soon as he could
qualify himself to do so by divorcing his
current spouse. After leaving the Post
street house she went to Suisun, where
she received these missiyes from Mr. Lin
dermann:
SACRAMENTO April 26 Dear Bertha am
i've especk go 20 Siusun next weak to see
you hope you viii don't firget right to me yours
A Davis same address
SACRAMENTO May 10 06 Dear Bertha please
answer me to night you in Siusm or not or
macy you asin change your mind please to
nlght night ! hat no ansfers for my latte-s 1 am ol
right only max me sick waiting so long for ycu
latters with million kisses yours Charles G Ioubet
room os Hotel st George Sacramento
Miss Kaufman did not respond to either
or the foregoing epistles because she had