The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-02
IT is MURDER.
Philip Martin succumbs to the
Effects of a Stabbing.s
The Man Whom He Iden.ifsd as His Assail-
ant Is Charged With the erime-A
3; Doubtful Operation. ss

Philip Martin, the saloon-keeper at $40
Clay street, who was stabbed early Mon
day morniDgfn his place of business died
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the Re
ceiving Hospital. His body was immedi-S
ately taken, to the Morgue. 80:
Michael sChebukar. arrested early Mon
DAY morning on a charge of having stabbed
him. was, charged with the murder The
prisoner was very. much Frustrated 5on ac-
count of the fatal result TO the saloon
e keeper He can scarcely speak ana is ex7
tremely nervous. His wife is alSosin great
grief because of the serious charge against
her husband. and sits by, his: side on the
visitors bench in the City Prison with tile
greatest anguish depicted on her face.
he stodtly denies the accusation, and
adheres to his story that he left Martins
saloon at 10 80 o'clock at night and went
'homer but before reaching sthere was
knocked down and robbed on Pacifcstreet.
1t is known that he and the Deceased had
been quarreling a*short time before. thecut-
ting over the payment of some drinks, and
1t is probable that the controversy resulted
in the fatal encounter. rhere is consider
able mystery surrounding the way in which
the prisoner received the wound on the back
of his head, He was very. much intoxicated
at the time and may: have been injured by
falling down while trying to make his way
o home. ~.
@s.ssTHE PRISONER IDENTIRIED. g
There is no: eyewitness to the cutting,
but Martin positively identified the .pris-
Oner as Ibis aassailant before several people
IN tle Receiving Hospital "A large rocket
knife witt slight blood5stain., on the
handle was found in Cheb:HkaI's packet by
Sergeant Hook, and thaphySicialis say that
. the WOuud POlFlls have hpeD can sod lily SrIph
:-a-kDife. - - o9e.as.s 2o's Sc
at tile. time he. WAS stabbed Martin is
supposed to yehad'S200in his possession.
The records at the Receiving Hospital
show that but SIG 80 was found g Dr.
, Wolfe Was present when. the clothing was
searched He says that Martini who. was
drunk when brought iii, said he bad great
deaf Of money. AL that was found, how
eyer, was the SUM above menti9ned. '5..
Ihe.autopsy ON the body Of Martin was
he4d yesterday afternoon bya-Dr. Estes, but
for a few hours after the operation was
concluded the death certificate was not
s. Slgged. In the lneaulmeSlt was whispered
about the MorgGe thatDr, Estes mad made
some uncOmplmentaTy remarks concerning
Police Surgeon Yeamans and Assistant Po-
lice Surgeon Bunker under whose care
Martin was after being takeI to the Receiv2
Ing Hospital. It was stated thatan opera
zion 10 relieve the eabdpmlnal cavity Of the
co2gulated blood had not been properly
performed, but the Morgue officials were
very retiCent about he5subjects e
DR. TAYLOR CALLED IN.
EX-Cor0ner Taylor was called in consulta-
tion III the evening, and DR.. Yeamans was
summoned by telephone by Coroner Eaton
% Matters were evidently arranged to the
satisfaction of all -parties at the interview,
as Dr. Estes signed the. certificate Of death
Stating that Martin had died from g hem
orrhage and shock from a knife wound of
the abdomen" 9''02' se
o. Dr. Yeamans, when seen last night, said
he had understood that unfaTorable critf-
q clsm had been made on certain surgical
work performed on the deceased. 1t was
discovered in the hospital that Martin was
2 bleeding internally, and in. order to stop
this and relieye,the cavlty'of the blood that
mao. flowed into 1t, 1t was necessary to en-
large the wound .osgs 80
q. Dr. } eamanS5 said he was perfectly salts
het.ne' had acted properly in the cases. He
believed Ill feeling TO exist toward him
among certain people in the Morgue and at
trlbuted sucht politics. In many hospital
cases resulting fatally he had asked to be
notified ofthe time for holding the autopsies
but was always Sighted asooo p 90
DR.. Estes late last might denied there was
anything aElsS IN the operation performed
He said he wished to De informed of GER
tain facts connected with the case before
= sign !Rgthe daste certificate, hence tie de-
lay ia turning over that document to the
Coroner. He held that Martin could not
have survived the wound, but might have
lived few hours longer if the operation
had not been performed