The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25

was booked as Cornelius r. Owenby,
and in addition TO the accusation herein.
before mentioned there was registered
against him a charge Of having eXhib-
lted his frearm in a rude and threaten
ing manner to one David Newman, en-
ploYod in q stable on Natoma street.
OF The latter naisdemeanOr a jury had
found him guilty and his sentence was
under Judicial consideration when his
u1ense in the dance hall came TO the
courts cOgnizance. So he will be pen
allied for both law fractures next Tues
day until which time he must remain
IN custody.
Patrolman Ward told Of the panic
conveyed 10 the temple Of terpsichore
by AIr. Owenby's gun play which ap
parcntiy had no prompting other than
It's authors asinine desire 10 impress
the beholoers with his disregard of the
social and legal conventions While he
swung the pistol and VOeiferated his
yearning TO deal death, the frightened
women did all kinds Of absurd things in
their endeayor to get beyond range Of
the menacing muzzle. Some of them
fell prone upon the floor and tried to
scratch holes therein, while others
climbed posts or made effort to scale
walls Nervous prostration was drug
on the market when the policeman in
lrepidly entered the scene Of dismay
and disarmed and arrested the cause of
II all
The Judge's comments on Mr.. Owen
by's conduct, which he opfned was pue
isle~as=VseH as dangerous, had no pals
pable eject ia changing that persons
conviction that he was deuce of a
desperate character. for he smiled the
fatuOus smile Of self-satisfaction.
SO dey've dumped ye in. eh?" said
the 1atuered vagabond TO whom the
putative desperate was handcuffed for
safe transfer to the jail.
Yap." was the reply. accompanied by.
a scowling glance at the Judge; dat
guy got fresh an queered me BALL.
Then the procession started.
Judge Mogan dismissed the thirty
Chinese who were taken in when Attor-
ney Hugh O'Neill led that famous raid
on S y Ross alley.
The prosecuting testimony failed TO
prove that gaming implements were
displayed behind closed doors, Mr..
seen no more convincing evidence Of
gambling than was shown by human
footprints on a table"
And stiu the authority under which
Mr.. O'Nefll acted when he accomplished
the raid is among the mysteries Of
Chinatown.
was being taken by Judge Conlan there
waited through the open windows Of
the courtroom loud yells of Oranges,
ten centa dozw mingled with screams
OF Rags. bottles an, sacks" and the
bailif VINO was hastily dispatched TO
bring in the vOcalists returned with
lsador WeintrOb and Jonas POlensk
peddlers.
What did you mean by it," angrily
inquired his Honor.
Each Of the men promptly declared
tnat the other had tried to howl him
down, and the Judge informed both OF
them that a repetition Of their offense
within a two-blocks radius of the Hall
Of Justice viii be followed by their
Imprisonment for six months. Then the
murder examination was resumed.
Dameness Of the statute relative to box
ing exhibitions caused the dismissal Of
Mrs. Rachel Tennebaums complaint that
Frank James Neil, John Robert Frayne.
Timothy McGrath, Spider Kelly, Billy
Roche, Thomas Burke and Mark Shaugh-
messy were guilty OF Staying without
malice her son, Harry" who died few
hours after he had been knocked out in a
glove contest with the frst-named de-