The San Francisco call., 1906-05-30

/ him from removing her personal be-
lengings from the shattered house to
impromptu cover Immediately after
the earthquake. Indeed he might have
banished the dog incident from his
mind if she had not shocked him and
his family by her free and easy man
ner toward the military.
To ascertain just what Mr.. Fost had
told the police. and Captain Gleason
in particular. concerning Mrs. Girard' 5
character. the Judge continued the
hearing till tomorrow.
Although he added ''I am in
clined to believe that her conduct has
not been SO reprehensible as the de-
! fendant has intimated.
Prior to becoming a chauffeur Mr..
Fost was an electrician, and once he
held proprietary interest in the late
Maison Richie.
. 1t was the midday meal hour in
/ Lafayette square when Aubrey
\ Brown, youthful and impulsive, took
/ brief respite from his culinary task
to sprinkle water on two mischievous
/ maidens who had twitted him on his
/ amateurish mode of turning over d
/ 1apjack. The girls giggled and fed.
and as Aubrey started in pursuit he
i placed one of his heavily shod feet
upon the tail of Mrs. Margaret Muir
] aS . ciohiRCltiiS hOSs lilC
animal, awakened by the pressure,
seized the calf of Master Browns
right leg and gnawed it most vicious
/ ly. That was how Mrs. Murray came
! to be charged with having permitted
an unlicensed dog to run at large.
Where is the dog?" Judge Mogan
! inquired. as he scanned the typewrit-
i ten complaint sworn to by Master
Brown.
He's in San Mateo County and be-
yond the jurisdiction of this court,
/ replied Mrs. Murray's attorney, but
we have here documentary proof that
! he was not unlicensed when he re-
sented this complaipant's treading
upon his tall.
Mrs. Murray thereupon produced a
license showing that she was entitled
I 10 possess one Australian shepherd
dog, which shall be exempt from i'm
pounding until the end of the current
/ fiscal year.
But even licensed dog: said
! Prosecutor Duke. desperately, lis not
authorized to chew with in1punity and
needlelike teeth the calf of a citizen s
| leg. We demand that this dog be
brought here, so that the court may
I see for itself whether it is or is not
a naturally vicious animal"
Counsel for the defense argued
that there was no more reason why
the deg should be taken into custody
! than existed for the arrest of Master
] Brown for cruelty to an animal be-
/ cause he hurt the dogs caudal ap-
! pendage before the dog injured his
neither limb.
When the Judge decreed that the
dog must be produced in court next
Tuesday else its owner may be pun
! county while a formal charge is
pending against it, Mrs. Murray. ex-
pressed the hope that the prosecution
would be lehient. For she ayerrsd,
a gentler canine, or one more highly
esteemed by those. humans who best
knew its qualities, never existed.
Some idea of the value she attached
TO il might be derived from her con-
feSsion that when her home on Cedar
avenue was threatened by flame she
thought first of saving the dog and its
license, and she escaped with little
else In her camp life the dog was
her greatest comfort, and she willing
ly shared with it the relief rations
daily doled TO her
Master Brown relented so far as &c
remark that if he could be assured
against hydrophobia by other means
than the dogs execution he might
consent to a reprieve-
William ]. Gill, bricklayer,. was in<
ebriated when he disturbed the peace
of his father-in-law's residence. 1851
McAllister street, but after causing
his arrest the man of the house lis
tened 10 his daughters pleading, and
that was how William obtained dis
missaf by Judge shortall.
When he appeared hatless in the
court of Judge Shortall where he
was accused of drunkenness. Christy
prove that from the time of his arrest
until that hour he had voluntarily
I toiled to reduce the number of un-
f mortared bricks owned by the munich
.pality. So not only did the court dis
miss him with words of APPROVAL, but
gave more material evidence of its
! esteem by providing him with re-
QUESTION for headgear and assuring
him that it would be honored at the
nearest relief station.
Its me dats honest, but unfor-
/ chinit, said James. j. Franklin. ac-
clised of stealing horse and a buggy
from Mr.: Brown and selling them for
$50 to Mr.. Egan. Il don't denv dat
1 done me bit twice in de pen, an 1
don't deny dat l pinched de rig. If
youse don't call dat kinfession hon
esty, wat is it?"
It's indiscreet," murmured Prose
cutor Duke, soIus
AND what do you expect. me to
do ?? Judge Mogan asked the victim
of misfortune and larcenous impulse.
i expects yo' t. gimme a chance.
after I've kinfessed,' was the answer
I've done me bit in de jute mill. an
I've done me bit in de laundry, an /
don't deny it. / t'rew meself on de
mercy ( de court. Give an unfor-
chinit young feler chance
III give you six months now. and
you can have the chance after YOU
serve your term" was the unfeeiing
pronouncement
Aw, wat wuz de use?" exlaimed
the victim of misplaced confidence.
gazing reproachfully at his legal ad-
Alfred Mclaughlin also stole
morse, and he Jared even worse than
Mr. Franklin, for Judge Cabanjss
committed him for trial in the Su-
perior Court, with bail set at $4,000.
1t was from George Anderson's
stable, in the Potrero, that Mr.. Nc
Laughlin lifted his plunder, on April
2s, and day before yesterday he was
caught astride the animal and ouaf-