The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
JUDGE CREATES A
SCANDALOUS Scene
Frank B. Kerrigan, Declared I'm
Contempt" Overpowered
After Desperate Struggle
Entertainment Creates Substan=
tial Fund for Agency for
Homeless Children

A man who gave the name Of Frank
b. Kerringan. and who claimed to be
a judge OF the district court of appeal
created a disgrsceful disturbance last
night in the court of petty jurisdiction.
whose special concern is the homeless
children of California.
one Jesse Cook. chief of police-just
at present-was on trial on charge
Of interfering with an officer in the dis
charge OF his duty. when Kerrigan
rudely interrupted the proceedings
with the horrible pun.
Every body come TO dinner We
have a new chief cook
Chief Justice Carroll Cook was scan
dalized.
That person is fined 50 cents for
contempt OF court his honor ruled
when he had recovered his compOsure
A policeman forcibly distracted the
sum from the pocket OF the culprit
The trial then proceeded In little
while the man Kerrigan again out
ragged the dignity of the court.
Ha, Ha, And his wife is his STAR
Ha. Ha" he cried. pointing at the
prisoner at the bar.
NERRIGAN'S STRUGGLE
The judge of the desecrated court
sasped helplessly. A thump on the
back, administered by Prosecuting At
torney Thomas L. Graham, judge of
The court Of connubial errors, brought
Justice Cook back TO a state of com
prehension Of his duty, and he promptly
ordered the man Kerrigan to pay an
other flne of so cents.
Then ensued a scandalous scene.
kerrigan refused TO pay. Five burly
officers endesvored to collect but Ker-
rigan struggled with amazing strength.
AT length, after an Uproar lasting quite
0 minutes, he was beaten into a state
of insensibility and confined in the
pen" Awakening to his senses, he en-
deavOred to escape by climbing over
the viii, but was beaten back In the
end a friend paid his fine and the al
legged Judge of the appellate court was
permitted to depart
Another man who came under the
displeasure of the court was Daniel A.
RYAN, formerly a politician. Together
with his wife he was charged with the
crime Of poverty. He promptly plead
ed guilty. but Mrs. Ryan said not
guilty" and was defended by her hus-
band. The case was vigorously prose-
cuted by Graham, with the result that
Mrs. Ryan was convicted and fined $40.
Notwithstanding her plea, she was un-
able to pay the fine, but a collection
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GRIFFIN's EXPENSIVE SMILE
Franklin Griffin, who said he was a
lawyer. was hned s. for attempting to
bribe Chief Jailer Jack Holland to lib
crate a friend Grifin's defense was
that he merely smiled at the officer.
Dan O'Callaghan, who is in the real
estate business, was heard TO laugh. 1t
was an awful loud laugh. An indict-
ment was promptly returned by the
crsnd jury and O'callaghan had to pay
p for having INDUCED in the laugh. It
was on him.
Ofioer Holman -one Of the finest"
pleaded guilty 10 a charge of imper-
sonating an officer. He promised not
10 do IL again and was let of with
fine Of % cents. Associate Justice Bar
nard Flooo. who took charge OF the
cash was in favor Of making the fine
81 cents. but Chief Justice Carroll Cook
cited thirty afth Cal. page AZ, and
overruled his colleague.
The Kangaroo court of the Native
sons ard Daughters. conducted at the
Chutes last night, resulted in an addi-
lion OF about s200 TO the fund of the
agency for homeless children.
SCENE OF HILARITY
The large auditorium was crowded,
and ii was scene Of continuous hilar-
ity as the officers for the occasion
Nanked wei known cltlzehs from lile
audience and took them before the bar
Of justice. Amongst the policemen"
were Austin F. Shannon, Joseph Rose,
George Ruge Charles A Bolderman,
Henry Fncke and Arizona NichoL
A percentage Of the entire takings at
the Chutes last night goes into the
fund. and IT is probable the cause of
the homeless children viii benefit by at
least $3.50. Tickets for all the conces-
sious sold with amazing rapidity,
bevy of spielers including Minnie F.
Bobbiu, Annie r. Lacy and Henrietta
Wilson. abstracting coins OF the re-
public from the pockets of visitors by
their nimble and ready wit. E. A
Krause and NJ. r. Ashe were in charge
Of special concessions. grabbag
managed by Grace Magnes and Lu-
retra J. STAFFORD netted a good sum for
the cause.