Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-31
A MURDER.
Geo. d. Gardiner Kills Eugene F. GUM
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Geo. ID. Gardiner Kills Eugene +. GUM
don, Apparently Without Cause.
Eugene +. Guindon, step-son of DIR.
Geo. A. Moore, President of the Pacific
Mutual Insurance Company, San Fran
cisco. was aged %. He was fine looking
youth, of much promise, given to literary
pursuits, and was an accountant in his
fathers Office. He was upright, modest,
free from all bad habits, and not breath
of scandal attached TO his name. He was
fond OF the society of pure women, was
home-staying in his tastes and won to him
a host of friends. BY consent of his
parents and her parents, on Saturday night
he took Constance Gardiner, of 1922 Post
street, to the Mechanics Fair They were
enjoined to return by II midnight. The
fail closed at IL P. NJ. They arrived at the
girls home at 1920, having in addition to
the long walk gone to the Vienna Bakery,
at the door by the girls father, who
said, as Guindon babe her good
night, See here, young man, l want
to see you" Guindon turned and walked
back to the steps in acquiesence, when Geo.
d. Gardiner, the father, clerk IN the
Stock Exchange, drew a pistol and shot
Guindon in the heck and downward into
the breast. Guidon turned and ran,
Gardiner pursuing and shooting at him
four times more. The poor youth ran
into the house of Captain Irwin, 1916 Geary
street, fully three blocks distant, and fell
in the hallway and soon expired. Captain
Irwin and son asked him as he died who
shot him? He replied, Gardiner"
. What for?" g do not know, except it
was because brought the daughter home
SO late" He attempted to repeat it, but
died in the effort. The police found
Gardiner in bed and his wife and daughter
gone, they having fled to the house of Mrs.
Whipple, on Van Ness avenue, a sister of
Gardeners. He denied the killing or any
knowledge of it. Brought to Captain If
wins and shown the body of his victim, he
declared he had never seen him before.
He finally told the officers where
the pistol was, and they found it
between the mattresses of his bed.
The officers did not think he had been
drinking, bat his wife said he had been on
a spree and whisky was the cause of
the tragedy. Both said to the mother of
the murdered youth that there was no
cause in the world for the shooting The
girl is an amiable, handsome young per-
son of Is or 90 years, and of excellent
character. Just before the tragedy Gardiner
quarreled with his wife about Constance
being out. Guindon had known Constance
about five months, having been introduced
at the Whipples, where DR.. Moore and his
family visited AT the fair DR.. Moore and
his wife met their son and the young lady
and greeted them as late as 1O:45 P NJ.
Gardiner was imprisoned, and refused TO
make any statement. But 10 a reporter
who told him the daughter said there was
no cause fOs the shooting, he replied, Did
she say that? It's all right" The brother
of Gardiner declares that the prisoner has
q complete defense. To Captain Lees Gar
diner admitted that he had no acquaintance
with young Guindon but knew ne occa-
escorted his daughter. He claims
TO have no recollection of the shooting at
all. Miss Gardiner, being asked if her
father objected to young Guindon, replied,
" No; if it had been any other young man
it would have been the same" In the
pocket of the young man was q card with
q list of six young ladies he had, with his
parents consent, asked to accompany him
to the fair during the fair season. Miss
Gardiner headed the list.
Gardiner is aged 40, and has the reputa-
ton of being decent, quiet, well-behaved
citizen. Captain Lees and GARDENERS attor-
nev, Mr.. Napthaly, can get from the pris-
oner no reason for the shooting, which fact
does not tally with the prisoners brothers
statement that he has complete defense.
Officer Shields, who arrested Gardiner, tes-
titled that Gardiner was abusive and evil
IDENTIFY suffering from the effects of liquor.
He denied knowing or ever having
seen Guindon, but readily told
where the pistol was, and two, one
a Remington and the other, Bulldog
were found between his mattresses. Ser
geant Wilson corroborated Shields ex-
actly. and said Gardiner seemed wholly
unconscious of having done anything. His
face and hand were scratched, as if he
had fallen in his chase after his victim.
Shields asked him about the scratch on his
finger, and he said: 1t might have hap
pened sometime or other by falling down
stairs" Young Guindon was prominent
in the Amateur Journalists Association,
and had 4 taste for editing puzzle depart
ments, and did work for number of pa
pers in that line. The Coroner's jury on
Monday, on hearing all these facts testified
to by various witnesses, in five min
utes returned verdict charging Gardiner
with murder. Gardiner is a brother in
law of r. B. Gray, manufacturing ieweler,
and some years ago was engaged in the
factory on Merchant street, between kearny
and Montgomery.