The San Francisco call., 1906-06-30

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heard the knife wielder's narrative.
unfolded in gnarled English, he placed
the little man under arrest and booked
him as Oscar Olson for peace disturb
ance and battery.
.,He tried to kiss the young girl.
said the patrolman to Police Judge
Cabaniss, and did kiss the old one.
That was why the men chased him.
And that statement was corroborated
by both the ladies to whom it alluded.
The younger of them, Signorina Mary
Pastallo, averred that the defendant
had often solicited from her the favor
of an osculatory greeting. and was as
often refused. Finally he endeavored
to obtain the desired kiss by force.
sE maka da rosh an 1 ron away
she declared Dan e roma after, bot
1 da tooa queek an ron behind de
Signora Riglo. She vera mad an say,
Go away. Dan e grabba her an
keesa da one (single finger uplifted),
da two additional finger elevated), da
tree (trio of fingers straightened), da
dvare so mama (ten fingers flung in
air) time. Her maka da holla. Her
husband e come. Da crazee keeser e
ron away"
"Ah, he was da graf veelun,' the Sig
nora Riglo exclaimed. glaring bale
perturoed
why did you do it?'' he was asked
by the court
"Ay daident want toe kaas thay old
woeman," he answered. "Ay yoost ban
wantan toe kaas thay yong one, an
thay old one sha ban make may kaas
her"
Show of mingled horror and indigna-
tion by entire Latin contingent The
Signora Riglo especially wroth.
Mr.. Olson was promptly sentenced to
serve five months Imprisonment.
1t is likely that the charge of petty
larceny against George H. Smoot will
be changed to that of battery, because
1t is difficult to prove that he stole
Miss Isabella Felix's "stickpin,' valued
at 81, while it is pretty certain that
he Influenced the physical injury-a
compound fracture of the left neither
limb-which has kept the woman con-
fined to the City and County Hospital
since February II last.
Miss Felix swore that Smoot. whom
she had Tilted, waylaid her on Mont
gomery avenue, wrested the stickpin
from her corsage, knocked her. pros
trate and fed with the plunder. Smoot.
on the other hand, declares that she
gave him the stickpin as love token
and that she trumped up the rest of
the story to compass his disgrace be-
cause he had given her the mitten.
Patrolman Nick" Bakulich. who pur-
sued and captured Smoot Immediately
after the downfall of Miss Felix.
swears that the stickpin was fastened
in Shoots necktie at that time and
that it could hardly have been placed
there as he ran.
Smoot who has been in jail as long
as Miss Felix has been in the hospital,
says he was last employed with one
of the numerous greatest circuses on
earth, his vocation being that of rear
seat man." whatever that may be-
Miss Felix. who has been described as
dance hall siren. protests that she is
| a dressmaker.
The case will be disposed of ere this
calendar year expires.
Arrested for drunkenness, John Mar
rem pleaded as anNextenuating circum-
stance his deprivement of vocation by
the burning of church which for
years he had served sexton Thrust
| into idleness, he drifted into inebriety.
But" queried Judge Mogan, why
didn't you enter new field of labor
and remain there pending restoration
of your former job?"
For the same reason. / suppose,
replied Marren. "thas when a man is
retired from the police force he hates
to take up ordinary toll. Once a po
liceman always a kicker. you know.
and once a sexton
Always a loafer, eh? Well. there
is no good reason why a burned-out
church sexton should become either
fsot or an idler. I'll see you later"
While he was employed street
car conductor Thomas E. Daley heard
many of his regular passengers de-
plore the closing of the saloons and
the yearning for alcoholic stimulation
that impelled them to visit Oakland.
and being both of thrifty and q phi
ianthropic turn he devised and put into
execution a plan by which he hoped
to fill at least portion of their long
felt want. But no sooner did he get
by Patrolman Coulter. specially de
tailed to detect violation of the liquor
ordinance, arresting him for selling
whisky without a license in base
ment on Bush street. near Fillmore.
Judge Conlan has the case in hand.
and in his court it will thoroughly
ventilated next Wednesday morning.
George Wilson was asseverating that
he did not remember why or how he
was arrested and booked for drunken
ness when George Perry, taken in for
similar offense and at the same time.
/ interrupted him by saying reproach-
fully:
law, what's tn use O. trying t. fool
tn Judge? Ye know ye were soaked,