The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1903, Page 11

FRANCISCO CALL WEDNESDAY SULLIVAN FAGES | THIL JURY th Charged - Wi of 8pecial Police- man Sample, Accuiéd by the Dying Officer | h Having 8hot Down. RSB AE neled in Jufge Law- ¥y to try the case t Sampl weén First.and Second, ng of August 11. The de- represented by Altorney Assistant District Attorney & representing the people. e t is king in a grocery &t Fol- 10nt streets and when the sed at midnight they amed Connel- s ‘assistance and the turned - their -attention to llowed -Dulleghan to First where they again e came upon -the his hapd and y fc streets A succession from and Nob- were taken tering in to his that Clark shot him de clubbed e found a e lay and Soldier. Longer a ¥ corpus »d States Dis- iis enlisted ADVERTISEMENTS, r Good Trunk k Regular $9.50 Vaive Gur Price "HANCE $6.00 trunk, well _made, &l 5T 86.00 ine sole -leather, “$6.00 o liday leather goods. e of b Murder| léfendants, Sulliven and Powell, | eghan, a bofler-maker, Pl ‘i . Police Judge Mog (COURT MAKES SURE THAT FEMALE s VAGRANT SHALL NOT ELUDE HIM e an Precludes All Possibility of Grace Austin, Chronic Offender, Repeating Her Favorite Act of Leaving Her Bondsmen to Settle Polite Judge Mogan gasped, rubbed his eyes and gasped again when he glanced at his docket yesterday morn- ing and saw among the names and charges inscribed thereon, “Grace Aus- tin, vagrancy.” Pointing to the name with eager finger, he turned to Clerk Pundt and whispered: “Can it b “She are,” was the flippant reply. . The Judge smiled grimly and said no more dbout “Grace Austin, vagrancy,” until a frowzled female of uncertain age stood before him and falteringly tried to meet his stern and reproving eve. . “So hare you ere again,” he satd, “on the same old charge.” “Yes, your Honor,” murmured the defendant. Then & policeman told of how he had [arrested the woman because he discov- ered she had no visible means of hon- ‘est maintenance, and an attorney was about to cross-examine the policeman | when the court intervened. “Hold on,” he said: “I sentence the defendant to six months in the County -Jafl. Now, Mr. Pleader, you may make “your argument.” Y No argument was made, of course, and Grace Austin was removed from | -the ‘coyrtroom. “I could not afford to take any chances of that woman eluding jus- tice?” said the Judge. in explanation of Kis- summary actlon. “She is a chronic yagrant beyond doubt, and she is also a convicted thief, likewise a bail jumper. Several months ago she was before me on-a charge of Jarceny and 1 admitted hér to bail pending a con- “tinuance -of the case. She did not ap- pear on the appointed date and her bondsmen found themselves victims of placed confidénce. “Since then, 1 have ascertained, she was up before Judge Cabaniss on a nilar charge and escaped punishment “in a similar way. She has earned the sobriquet of ‘The vanishing lady,” but she will not live up to her title for six months anyway.” Sixteen-year-old Tommy Kerwin wanted to be a desperado, and evident- thought he was one when he de- serted his widowed mother’s humble home in' Sunshine alley and subsisted on bread and milk stolen from door- steps and slept in a hay barn. He was "caught in the act of pilfering his break- fast one mornipg about two weeks ago, and when Police Judge Mogan allowed him to go free on probation he seemed to be repentant. His farinaceous fare must have become monotonous, how- éver, for yesterday he was before the tribunal on a charge of having € en-ca y from a store. was {n the courtroom. “What are you trying to do, Tom- my?” inquired the Judge. “Break Into the penitentiary?” 3 Tommy tried to look deflant, even mother wept. - The Judge | yed him keenly. His mother | ‘less lot was demonstrated befare Police Judge Conlan when several retailers of grocertes and ardent spirits of that sec- tion of the city told of how they had | been taken in and done for by Thomas | Kelley, alias Frank Cunningham, by false pretense. The complaining witness, a grocery- | man, whose store is at Sutter and La- | suna streets, described the Kelley method of getting something for noth- ing, and his testimony was corrobo: irnted by other dedlers in household Jnen:epzsa,fles doing business in the same | district. Mr. Kelley's system was sim- | plicity itself. He just went into & gro- | cery, ordered a quart bottle of whisky for $1 50 and tendered a $20 Confederate iN“ in payment. If the grocer accepted the worthless bill and gave Mr. Kelley the bottle of whisky and $18 50 In | change Mr. Kelley walked out and was | seen no more by that particular victim. But if, on the other hand, the store- | keeper happened to have cut his eye- | teeth in ante-bellum days and recog- | nized & “Confed” bill when it came his way, Mr. Kelley deploringly explained | that he had taken the valueless bit of | paper in payment for labor performed, and that it was all the money, or eemblance of money, he had in his pos- | session. So the dealer congratulated himself upon his perspicacity and the | salvation of his bottle of whisky and $18 50 in good hard Federal coin. | But it appeared that the majority of | Western Addition grocerymen upon | whom Mr. Kelley tried his get-rich- | quick scheme were not versed in the | identification of spurious currency, for he drove a roaring trade ere the sharp | fellow at Sutter and Laguna streets | brought his crooked career to an abrupt ;halt. Indeed, a canvass of the liquor | purveyors of the district would result | in the discovery of & surprisingly large | number of bills of $20 denomination which were issued by the unrecognized government of which Jefferson Davis | was President. The holders of these souvenirs are not llkely to boast of | possessing them, however, for every | one of them is a testimonial to its own- | er’s lack of ordinary mercantile sophis- | tication. | Mr. Kelley did not tell the court where he obtained his supply of “Con- feds.” He will be.sentenced fo-day. . | While an assault case in which the | parties were Italians was in progress before Judge Cabaniss the interpreter left the courtroom before his services | were entirely dispensed with, and in his absence one of the attorneys in- formed the bench that if an interpreter | were needed his side would furnish one. “Thank you,” was the Judge's dryly- | uttered response; ‘“‘but the truth is | we're long on interpreters and short on |lawyers in this case.” | Not one of the legal gentlemen | laughed out loud at the judicial sally. e o o | A fine of $30, with the alternative of | charged with having obtained money |. “As you appear to- be incorrigible I|thirty days in prison, was the punish- must send you to the Reform School | ment prescribed by Police Judge Mo- and see that you are kept there until |gan for George Jackson, the colored you decide to be an honest boy.” cavalryman who slashed David . R. ¥ Tommy's fortitude melted in a blub- | Brown, a coast artilleryman, with a ber and he implored the court td give | razor during a melee on November 21, him another chance. “I will stay at home and steal no more, Judge; indeed I won't,” he sobbed. The mother also prayed. the court to deal leriently with her wayward son, and her appeal evi- dently had more effect than his prom- ises. s “I am sorry for you,” said the Judge, addressing the weeping woman, “for you appear to be a good mother. And I do not want to send your lad to prison, although he seems determined to force an entrance there. So yo may take him home with you, and,” turning to the boy and shaking a threatening finger, “if you come be- fore me again I will send you to the Reform Schoo] sure. Until further or- ders you must come to me once a week and satisfy me that you are living hones' . With the mother’s thanks and the son’s sobs of gratitude ringing in his ears the Judge instructed the clerk to call the next case. Cabaniss, several® attorneys and an Interpreter labored long and strenuously with the case of Joseph Riccl, laborer, accused of ‘wielding a ragor and otherwise terrorizing the in- mates of Joseph Almo's bearding-house at 641 King street. Principals and wit- -nesses told their respective tales in Judge soft, Neapolitan gutturals, and the elo- | quence of their accompanying gestures | made the narrative plain as day even | to those among their audience who did | | not understand their language. From the mass of testimony it was ascertained that Signor Almo. and his | boarders had just returned from a ——=— | funeral and were soberly partaking of dinner when Signor Ricci, heated with e | wine, entered the dining-room and DON’T FA'L To | hilariously insisted upon being allowed see the beautiful § ° contribute claret to the menu. As COURT Loungi ‘\h!u visitor’s mood was incompatible M&EEHPIR | with the spirit of mourning that poss- PARLOR the essed his boarders, Signor Almo expos- PALM ROOM, the § | tulated by smiting Signor Ricci's head LOUIS XV PAR. || With a chair, whereupon Signor Ricci "LOR, and the LA- |/ drew a razor and precipitated what the DIES’ ‘WRITING | | 2rresting policeman designated ‘*‘a rough house.” Furniture and Italian A. B. SMITH CO., Trunks an Leather Goods. 128-!82 GLLIS STREET, 1, Sen Francisco. Palace and Grand P | ceeded in bringing order out of chaos. W, Signor Riccl’s razor was exhibit A in visir DR. JORDAN’S cnear | the case, and when the weapon was HUSEUM OF ARATOMY passed up to the bench for inspection 1051 ARZET 67. bet. @b &7k, 6.7.0al. I'the court gingerly ran a thumbnail | along its edge and then tossed it back !‘lo the clerk, with a shrug of mingled | amusement and disappointment. | “A man's skull might be fractured | with that implement,” was the Judge's | remark, “but as a cutting tool it is innocuous.” | “May it please the court, we claim | that this is a deadly weapon,” shouted an attorney interested in the prosecu- tion. “So is a sandbag,” was the court's Gsease pusitively cured by (e oldest Spctiuits on the Come. . Eat. 36 years. OR. JORDAN—DISEASES OF MEN Consaitation free and_strictly private. Trewmen: personally or by Jetier, A case. = valuabie besk for men) DK IGRDAN & CO.. 105 Market St 8. F. Those suffering from weak- nesses which sap the pleasures | ambiguous comment. of life shonld take Juveh Pills. | In dismissing the case Judge Ca- One bottie will teil a story of | haniss did not say that the bluntness T s medicine bas more | of the Ricet razor Inspired his decision, b 2 ofiered. Sest by mail in . e ouly on receipt of tl v, That the storekeepers of the Western 3 b inators C. . Hood Co., ... Sy L e Lo ifere’ | Addition are an extraordinarily gulle- | expletives were flying thick and fast |] while the parties were aboard a Union | street car and bound for the Presidio. | Witnesses of the event testified that the scrimmage was general among a lot of private soldiers of varying na- tionalities and uniforms. Several of {the defendant’s colored comrades-in- |arms tried to make ’it appear that he | was more sinned against than sinning [ when he drew the favorite weapon of his race and attempted to defend him- self by carving Brown. On the other hand, some white soldiers swore that | the =negro’s attack was unwarranted, {1f not unprovoked. | When the court’s decision and pen- ;'ally were announced a number of the | colored troopers made up a pool of | their available cash to pay Jackson's | fine, but the total subscriptions came within quite a few dollars of the requi- site sum, and then, bidding “Gawge” | to be of good cheer until they returned |and freed him, the dusky crowd went | torth to “hustle.? | Mrs. Josephine Winship, seamstress, | residing at 229 Harriett street, was ar- | rested early yesterday morning on complaint of Eugene Duffey of 320 | Minna street, who charged her with having stolen two $20 gold pieces from | his apartment while she was making |a casual call. When Policeman La- LEARNS THE LW AT A LATE DATE J. Ray Prewett Finds He Required Permission to Marry. Demands Annulmknt of Ties Formed Nearly Four Years Ago. J. Ray Prewett, who was married on February 15, 1900, to Sadle Prewett, has just learned that his marriage did not bring him happiness. Yesterday he filed a suit to have it annulled on | the ground that when he toek unto himself a wife he was not 21 years of age and did not ask the consent of his mamma and his papa. In his com- plairit he says that he was but littie over 20 years of age when he became a benedict, and that as soon as he learned that marriage at that age without the consent of one’s parents was fllegal he immediately left his wife. Catherina Parentl of 21065 Powell streét wants a dlvorce from Sevario Parent! on the ground of cruelty. She suys that he has frequently beaten her until she became black and blue. Divorces are also wanted by Johanna Mohr from George Mohr for neglect, Marian McClellan from Elbert McClel- lan for desertion and Alice Myrtle Owen from Oliver T. Owen for neglect. Judge Graham granted Agnes E. Rouard a divorce from Anthony C. Rouard for desertion. Mrs. Rouard says her husband thought more of his mother than he did of his wife, and preferred the former's company to that of the plaintiff. Rouard is a let- ter carrfer. Judge Graham also granted a divorce to Therese Mitchell from Peter Mitchell for neglect. Judge Kerrigan severed the marriage ties of Anna J. Button and Thomas P. Button and W. A. Betts and Maud L. | Betts. Button neglected his wife and | DMrs. Betts was cruel to her husband. Judge Sloss adjudged James B. Gran- | niss, a wealthy machine shop proprie- tor, guilty of contempt and ordered ‘him into custody until such time as he pays Amelia Granniss, his former wife, $60 due her under an order of court. Margaret Weir, defendant In a suit for divorce on the ground of deser- tion brought by Andrew J. Weir, in an answer to his suit denies the truth of the charge, and in a cross complaint asks that she be granted a decree on| the grounds of conviction of felony, de- | sertion and neglect. She alleges that | he was sentenced to San Quentin for | eight years for obtaining money by | false pretenses. —_——— Deputy Treasurer Resigns. Merton C. Allen, a députy in the of- | fice of City Treasurer McDougald, ten- | dered his resignation yesterday and it | was accepted. Allen gives no explana- tion for severing his connection with the office, except to say that he is con- | strained to resign for personal reasons. Treasurer McDougald immediately pro- | moted James Tomaity, a clerk, to| Allen’s position, which pays $150 .a month. Alfred Hobro was temporarily | appointed as clerk at $100 a month. P Al £ st s Rumble Demurs. W. H. H. Hart appeared in the United States District Court yesterday and ar- gued a demurrer to the indictment against George W. Rumble, charged with having used the United States mails for the purpose of defrauding his corre- spondents by means of a mining scheme. | The chief ground of the demurrer was that the acts complained of in the in- dictment were not alleged to have been | committed within the period of six con- secutive months. | .»l-H—(—H—l—H-l-!-l-H—H—l—l—X—H—I—l-.! Grange, to whom Duffey first unfolded his suspicion, went to the woman’s house he found her in the act of at- tempting to conceal two coins of the denomination described by the com- plainant. ‘When the case was called before Po- lice Judge Cabaniss the fact was de- veloped that, far from being an occa- | sional visitor to the Duffey apartment, Mrs. Winship went there frequently, | and carried a key which enabled her to enter when she pleased and without | knocking at the door, said key being | in her possession, as she testified, “with Mr. Duffey’s knowledge and con- sent.” Whether this proof of Mr. Duffey’'s confidence in Mrs. Winship's integrity will be regarded as mitigatory by the court remains to be seen, as the case was continued till December 7. DECEMBER 2, 190 CALMLY LISTENS T0 AWFUL TALE Anna Ross, Accused of Complicity in Mur- der, on Trial. Case of Woman Who Wit~ nessed Killing of Mrs. Le Roy Opens. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 1. Anna Ross, the white woman charged with complicity in the murder of aged Mrs. Elizabeth Le Roy, who was killed by Victor Walkirez at her cabin in Golden Gate last May, is on trial before Superfor Judge Ellsworth. The grewsome detalls of the autopsy on Mrs. Le Roy’s remains were re- viewed before judge and jury, but the Ross woman showed Indifference to the testimony. A few weeks ago she testified to having seen Victor Walkirez, a light- colored negro, commit the deed. He struck the dozing colored woman in the head with a hammer and stran- gled her with a clothes line. Walkirez was convicted of murder and is now serving a life sentence in San Quentin. He was brought to the Alameda County Jail to-day to testify against his former companion. —— DEATH ENDS CHARITABLE WORK OF MRS. M¢ELROY Funeral Services of Aged Woman ‘Will Be Solemnized at Memorial Church This Morning. The funeral services of Mrs. ‘Amanda McBElroy, who died at her home on Haight street Monday morning, will be solemnized at Bimpson Memorial Metho- dist Episcopal Church, corner of Hayes and Buchanan streets, at 10 o’'clock this morning. Mrs. McElroy was born in New York State in the year 1826, and came to this State In the early fifties. Since living in California she has always been among the first to answer the summons of charity, and has been {dentified with many charitable and religious organiza- tions. . At the time of her death Mrs. McElroy was the president of the board of man- agers of the University Mound Old La- dles’ Home and a director of the Dea- coness’ Home, the Oriental Home and the Needlework Guild of America. Mrs. McElroy leaves a husband and two sons, R. D. McElroy and James RI"' McElroy. —————— Live Wire Blocks Car Traffic. A wire charged with several thousand volts of electricity fell across the trol- ley wires of the United Rallroads at the junction of Sixteenth and Folsom streets vesterday evening. The first car that jcame in contact with the cross wires was disabled and the line was blocked for nearly an hour. No damage was done and the linemen soon had the wire in its proper position. ADVERTISEMENTS. A POCKET-KNIFE THAT WILL STAND WEAR AND TEAR, My Special Price ..81.00 My tlery embraces all the standard makes, such as Stiletto, ‘Wostenholm, Jor- dan, Henckels and -others. SCISSORS, a ding to size and style. up have with every day and easily keep in trim..$1.50 Razor Strops, like the barbers u: THAT MAN PITTS F. W. PITTS, The Stationer, 1008 MARKET ST., ABOV! Pnsr SAN FRANCISCO. REGAL man, Mass.,and real leather which real Regal Shoes. part with your $3.50. York, where the styles originate. San Francisco Store, Cor. SHOES. - Milwaukee. They are real tanneries and they turn. out is made up into Maybe it isn’t necessary to go into-this detail, but there is so much romantic fiction in shoe-advertising, that we don’t blame people for being a frifle “gun-shy.” Well, you know, it’s a heap easier to write words. than it is to make shoes. If you could just wear the ad- - vertising instead of the shoes, it would be all right. The same words are open to everybody’s use, or misuse. That is the reason we put buzz saws in all Regal. stores’ and the “ Window of the Sole "on all Regal soles.. . The Regal is the shoe that probes. t ] Regal claims, come into the store and we will check them off for you. We will prove every one of them You just keep a’ list of before you There are 60 Regal Stores—20- of "them in Greater New .. The.new styles are on sale in _ " our San Francisco store at the same. time as in the New York stores. Other dealers get the same stylesa year later. i REGA THE SHOE THAT PROVES Geary and Stockton Sts. AMUSEMENTS. . AMUSEMENTS. MATINEE TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, DEC. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, 10¢; Chil- dren, any part except reserved, 1fc. MAGNETIC VAUDEVILLE Godfrey and Company; -Agn Mahr; Clarice Vance; Joseph New- man; Annie Abbott; Armenis- Tito Quartette; Bryant and Saville; Searl and Violet Allen; and Or: pheum Motion Pictures, Showing the Poachers’ Fight With ' the : G‘mekeepe-rl. S ' GRAND?s: MATINEES TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY. LAST FOUR NIGHTS Of the New Scenic Melodrama, . ; OVER - . NIAGARA FALLS SEE THE MARVELOUSLY REALISTIC | NIAGARA FALLS SCENE. . * Beglonig Next Sunday Matinee MARIE HEATH . Sl In the Delightful Rural Drama, % FOR MOTHER’S SAKE. Evenings. 15¢, :C-Sc', 50¢ and T8¢ 1 P ..NOW OPEN.. GREAT EXHIBITION ST ADVERTISEMENTS. A MILLION : AMERICAN NURSING MOTHERS bies in splendid health with CASCARETS Oathartic. The wonderful things ARHTS do for mamas and their babies have become known through the kind words of those who have tried them, BOXES A MONTH. Mama takes a CAS- S CARET, palatable tablet, eaten by th mother. regulates her system, increases her low of milk, and makes her milk mild- ly purgative. Bab; luted and as part violence —no danger — perfectly natural results. No more sour curds in baby’s stomach, nomore wind colic, cramps, cenvulsions, - CANDY CATHARTIC ANNUAL SALE—TEN MILLION BOXES ‘ @reatest in the World zi)o Thoroughbred POULTRY, DOGS, PIGEONS, CATS MECHANICS' PAVILION EVERY DAY AD NIGHT THIS WEEK. ADMISSION 50c. CHILDREN 25c. Racing !&Bacing! OAKLAND RACE TRACK. NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, Commencing November 14. Racing Each Week Day, Rain or Shize Six or More Races Daily. Races commence at 2:15 p. m. sharp. For special at’ the track tale B, P. Ferry, foot of street, at 1% g:‘ao.x:m.i:norsdm No_smoking 1a b3 hich are tor ladies and 'wo cars, wl Return!; trains leave track at 4:15 amd s mnflm-a' iately atter the last race. (OMAS H. PERCY W, TREAT, Secretary, MISCELLANEOUS ELLERY'S . ITALIAN BAND EIGHT NEW SOLOISTS. SEATS ON SALE THIS MORNING SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S POPULAR PRICES - - - 25c, 50c and 75¢ CONCERTS ALHAMBRA THEATER. X, - OB TEER O Next ‘Sunday Night Matinees Saturiay and Sunday. keep themselves and their ba- baby gets the benefit. The sweet, gets the effect di- its natural food:—no \ 619 Matinees. , 25c_and 500 LAST TIME SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THE “T like the whole OLD oot i ) hole R . CROSS || stevens s the 2 aminer. 3 ROADS. Next Sunday. ‘YON YO The Ever-Welcome Favorite, With Nelse Erickson. Belasco & Naver, | ALCAZA TO-NIGHT—MATS. SAT. AND SUN. ““The Alcazar Company is one of exfraordi- nary excellence.”—Thos, Garrett in the Post. “A Smile Twister and a Tear Starter.”—Examiner. - APOOR [mis RELATION ONLY An ideal performance, quaintly humorous. Evg., 25c to T5c; Mats. Sat. & Sun., 35c to 50c. NEXT MONDAY—The Romance of Russia, A BOYAL PRISONER. First Sen Francisco Preduction. GENTRAL=Z: MAYER Market st., Near Eighth. Phone South 533 PROPS TO-NIGHT- THIS WEEK, MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, The Masnificent Melodramatic Spectacie, THE COUNTERFEITERS! One of the Stupendous Successes of the Amerl- can Stage. Heart Interest! Excitinz Plot! Thrilling . Abundant Comedy! Splendid Scenery! Brilllant Cast! PRICES Ercnines- .10e to B0e Matinees. 0c, 15¢c, e Monday, December 7th, NEW YORK DAY BY DAY. ALHAMBRA THEATER Friday Afternoon, December 4, 1903, AT ?30 O’'CLOCK. i MONSTER BENEFIT 'PERFORMANCE _ IN AJD OF THE . 'FREE WARD —OF THE—— . Galifornia Woman’s Hospital A PROGRAMME HEYOND COMPARE! CONTINUGUS SHOW! SEATS. COLUMRBIA i NIGHTLY. INCLUDING SUNDAY. -MATINEE -SATURDAY. DOWN of the Next ‘Week—Last Nights, “WAY DOWN Greatest 2 of all . Pastoral Plays by Lottle Blair’ Parker, Elaborited b INSTANTANEOUS - AND UNPA 7 THE NEW.AND UE. SUCCESS OF The Greatest of all Musical Comedies. Full of Amusing Situations, New. Dances Fun And our Kolb and Dl y Bernard, Winfield Blake, Maude Alnber. Ben 'T. Dillon. Georgia O'Ramey and the Althea twin sisters team. (Their first appearance here.) Our Beautiful Chorus of Pifty Volces. Production Lavish in_Every Detail. -Seats on Sale Two Weeks nees Saturday and Sunday. and “All Star” cast, Barne; A Great Stow Every Afternoon and Evening in the Theater, INTERESTING BABIES IN THE INFANT INCUBATORS. HEAMADRYAS IN THE N0O! LOTS OF FUN IN THE PENNY ARCADE Stroll Through the MIRROR MAZE. AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDAY. When Phening Ask for ‘“The Chutes.” The Weekly Call &l per Ycar.