The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

Shut UP the house?" his Honor que
ried-
/ NO. her mouth" Mrs Gish replied.
so far as that goes chimed in Mrs.
Emerson, the names L called her were
no worse than the names she called
me- And so far as husbands are con-
cerned, L never said her husband was
not. the father of any of her children
and that's what she said about my nus
band and my daughter. Then she got
her gentleman friend TO come and say
he was a soldier and would shoot my
husband"
L am the man referred to as SOL
dfer, exclaimed a sturdy young fell
low advancing 10 the bench My char
aeter was assailed by. these Emersons,-
and told Mr.. Emerson. who was paint
ing the roof of his house that they
would have TO let up Ny name is J.
". Allen. Lifelong to the National
Guard and am now a civilian without
firearms.
|: Many ladies>were in court and .resdv
20 testify as to the character of Mrs
Emerson. but only Miss Gish' and Miss
. Emerson were accorded that privilege.
TO the. undisguised chagrin of the other
ladies, one of whom audibly remarked
that she would like to know if people
had nothing better to do than dra
her away from her household duties to
sit there and not be permitted to saw
what she both desired and had ex-
,pected to say !
Mrs. Emerson was. dismissed on CON
dltion that she report at the end of
thirty days how she. and Mrs. .Gish
have. treated each other ad interim.
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within a ane-block radius of the
wrecked premises numbered, 3s and 40
Clay street was. seen to-abruptly clutch
his nestrils and heard to opine: that ali
the corpses had not been removed from
the ruins, but investigation always led
to the discovery: that the 'unpIea san
odor emanated from the basenYnt of
the premises aforementioned, where a
number Of. rawhtdes-. were reclining in
several. feet of water. And that was
how John Doe Bissinger and B: P. Oli-
yer came :to;be accused Of maintaining a
nuisance. =:
Judge .Mogan heard. the testimony
and also inspected complaint signed
By. numerous business fiFms+in the vi
cinity. of the alleged. nuisance; and he
ordered the defendants to have both
the hides and. the water removed from |
the basement before ilightfalf or be pre-
pared. ito pay, a heavy fine.
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Judge Mogan has given himself until |
tomorrow to sift the testimony adj
duced Before him: in the case of James |
and William Sweeney Cbrothers) and /
their sisters husband, Charles K. john |
son, Jointly accused of having disturbed |
the peace of Mrs. Nora Finn, her 1
spouse, William, and her. mother, Mrs. /
Mary Ryan, by invading the tent occu-
pied by them In the refugee camp at |
Twenty first and Harrison streets and |
beating them in a brutal and shocking |
manner. So absolutely contradictory in |
every detail were the sworn statements |
of the opposing sides that his Honor |
VIII have ne mean task in. deciding |
which side is entitled to most credence: /
10 substance. the complaint was that /
the mother: of the Sweeney boys and the /
maternal relative, Of Mrs. Finn. were
friends of twenty-five years standing
when the Sweeney boys dragged their
mother from the tent OF the Firms and |
told her for heavens sake to keep
decent company" and that a few days |
later the Sweeney boys, reinforced by |
Mr. johnson, forcibly entered the Finn
tent and battered the two women and /
Mr. Finn most numerically.
But the Sweeneys denied the aliega-
tion': Of battery and averred that they
were doused with water thrown by Mrs.
Ryan, pelted with empty beer bottles
hurled by Mrs. Finn and ,assailed1 in
various ways by Mr.. Finn.
mother associating with Mrs: Ryan; the
Sweeney boys replied that it was be-
cause Mrs. Ryan, and her daughter were
drinking beer. To which Mrs. Ryan
and Mrs. Finn .retorted with a declara-
tion that the: beverage mentioned had
never entered their tent, as Mrs. Steel,
who had known them. for. years. would.
testify. IL afforded opportunity TO, do so.
Mrs Steel was accordingly called TO the
witness stand, and instantly announced
that she had been insulted
- ~FIoW?e inquired his Honor.
s4By the installation. that l would be
on friendly terms with any one who
drinks beer" Mrs. Steel replied, glar-
ing at the Sweeneys.
TITS not an insinuatfen, but a posi-
tive declaration" said the Judge.
(: eWeIl, + consider that almost as
bad" rejeined Mrs. Steel
. Mrs. Ryan insisted .on showing to the
court certain dark spots on her. ample
hosS5n. which. she averred, were in
1jcted .fy the fist of one Of: the Swee-
neys.. And the exhibit was made, de-
srite the protest of the bench and the
entire attorneys table that 1t was not
necessary
James Sweeney pronounced Mrs.
Finn "a dandy .scrapper" and spoke
contemptfohSly of Mr.. Firms. fstic
ability: u took my mother away from
the Fqnns,s said Mr.. Sweeney. because
she: was. nosing there. The tent was
full of bottles. and the. bottles were
full of beer: AS / was leaving the old
woman MRS. Ryan, handed me a Il
bucket of water, and then 1 was hand
ed a. brick, and then the beer bottles
came so. thick that i couldn't tell how
many was handed"
Patrolman =. Harrison discreetly
axerred that he knew nothing more
about the. case than that he arrested
the defendants on the warrant sworn
TO by the Firms and Mrs Ryan.
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