Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
PICKS HER EGGS
AND USES THEM
LlVERYMAN'S ASSAILANT IS
LOADED FOR FIGHT
MALoDoRoUs WEAPONS ARE
WELDED IN BULK
Exchange of Compliments by Tele-
phone Results in a Carefully
Premedltated and Highly
Unsavory Attack

"She called me a d little shrimp
and said she would fix me-" said L. II.
Dunning, a member of the Rosedale
Livery company, 1870 West Washing
ton street. while testifying against Mrs.
Virginia Schubert in Police Justice
Frederickson's court yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Schubert was arrested several
days ago on the charge of disturbing
the peace, being accused by Dunning
of having smashed a sack Of stale eggs
over his head.
Dunning stated that the woman came
to his place of business, subsequent
to a telephone conversation, called him
a little shrimp" and threatened to fix
him. He said she carried a paper bag
and handbag. He was afraid she had
a pair of scissors or some other weapon
and might try to do him serious in
jury. He said he grabbed her wrist
when she struck at him with the pa
per bag and prevented her from land
ing squarely with her unique weapon.
AS it was, he declared, the sack
struck him on the side of his hat and
some of the eggs spattered over his
headgear.
He denied having used vile language
to her over the telephone, or that he
had frequently importuned her to go
buggy riding with him, or had told her
he would fix her if she came to the
stables. He admitted on cross exam
tnation that he had met Mrs. Schubert
at the Pacific Electric building on one
occasion.
The trouble is said to have resulted
from a conversation over the tele-
phone, when Mrs. Schubert rang up the
Rosedale stables and asked for e. A.
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Dunning answered the call and said
Olds was not there. Mrs. Schubert
said he was there, and hot words are
said to have passed back and forth,
with the result that the woman called
at the stables to settle matters.
Several of the stable employees testi-
fed that Mrs. Schubert had called
Dunning a shrimp" They stated that
she hit him on the head, or, rather on
che side of the hat, with the bag of
eggs.
One of the men testified that he
thought Mrs. Schubert intended to
throw the eggs one at a time, but
evidently changed her mind and de-
cided to use them all at once.
Mrs. Schubert testified that Dun
ming had called her vile names during
the conversation over the telephone.
and told her that if she came to the
stables he would show her that she
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he and the stable employees would
treat her as she should be treated.
Guaranteed as to Age
She declared that after the converse
tion she went to an egg dealer and
asked for some rotten eggs, and that
the storekeeper, after considerable
search, brought her a bag containing
the over-ripe product and told her to
be careful as to how she handled them'
as they were quite ripe and were liable
to explode.
Mrs. Schubert declared she went
there for the purpose of having Dun
ming retract the remarks he made over
the telephone, and said that in case
he refused to do so she intended to
throw the eggs at him, one at time.
According to her story upon her ar
rival at the stables he used rough
language to her and she used the eggs
on him.
She admitted having called him
dirty little shrimp, but declared she
had not used profane language.
After hearing all the testimony in the
case Justice Frederickson decided that
Mrs. Schubert was guilty and will pass
sentence upon her tomorrow.
Almost all the testimony centered
upon the word shrimp" Dunning said
she called him a shrimp; Mrs Schu-
bert said he was a shrimp" and the
witnesses corroborated the statements
Dunning was represented by an at
torney who repeatedly interrupted
Bernard Potter, attorney for Mrs
Schubert. by interposing objections to
Potters uncompleted questions. In al
most every instance the objections
were overruled., When this attorney
told Mrs. Schubert not to talk so loud
while comforting with Potter, the latter
replied that it was a matter for the
nj for hn OT1-
oosing counsel. Justice Frederickson
said he could not hear what was being
said and Dunning's attorney subsidized
The court room was well filled with
women, and several times, when refer
ence was made to the eggs, the bailih