The morning call., 1891-09-20
WHY BEAURY"
KILLED HIMSELF.
The Particulars of McMuilen's
Tragic Death.
He Had a Suicidal Mania and Often Threat
ened to End His Life-verdict of Sui
eide While Intoxicated.

As related in THE CALL, there were
scenes of wild excitement in the house of
bad rcpute at POS Post street at an early
hour yesterday morning, and the reason for
all this excitement was the firing OF pistol
shot. which ended the life of Beauregard
McMullen, wealthy young man of the
"gilded youth - fraternity.
The hands of the big clock in the front
hallway of the palace of sin" pointed to
the hour Of o'clock and so minutes when
the inmates were startled by the Shrieks of
Matte Raymond, as she ran from her bed
room. My God, don't shoot Inc, Beaury,"
she cried, as she fed down the stairway
An instant later the report of a pistol was
heard, and the frightened females foekei
into the room from which powder-smoke
Issued. They were Mortified to find young
McMullen lying upon the bed and gasping
in the throes of death He still held in his
right hand the smoking instrument of death
"a 44-caliber revolver. When the smoke
and excitement had cleared away somewhat
one of the women ran to the Central Station
and told Police Captain Douglass of the
tragedy.
LIFE WAS FOUND EXTINCT.
The commander of the First Division
drove to the scene in the patrol wagon and
picked up one blue-c0ated guardian of the
police on the way. He found NcMullin's
body lying on the blood-staned bed, and
life was extinct. The young man had evil
IDENTIFY placed the pistol to his mouth and
fired, the ball tearing away the top of his
skull, passing through the pillow and lodging
in the headboard of the bed. The remains
of the suicide were removed To the M0rgue.
Right after the tragic affair Captain Doug
lass pDnld learn but few of the details The
most frightened person in the house was
Matte Raymond. She said she had barely
escaped death herself, as McMullen had
evidently intended to kill her before ending
his own life. "When l opened the door of
my ROOM" said she, "he was standing ready
for me with big pistol in his hand. He
iabbed it against my breast, and fed"
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon.
and the testimony showed that McMullen
shot himself because he was jealous of this
Matte Raymond, an inmate of t. e house.
He had associated with her for two years.
She is an attractive brunette of % summers,
and always cheerfully assisted McMGlien to
squander his wealth.
INQUEST BY TIE CORONER.
Half dozen inmates of the house told of
the firing OF the fatal shot and the discovery
of the body upon the bed in a room upstairs,
and the woman who conducts the place
said that McMullen had been frequent
visitor to the house and generally came 10
see Matte. lie always appeared 10 have
plenty of money and spent il freely in the
house She knew nothing about quarrel
between Matte and McMulIen during the
day.
McMulen, it appears, arrived from Fresno
two weeks ago with considerable money
and started out to have a time. He always
carried pistol and seemed to have a suici-
dal mania, for he had frequently threatened
10 kill himself. He was known to be quite
wealthy and had friends and relatives who
moved in the best society circles. He was
son OF John McMullen, the well-knOwn
Stockton capitalist, who died twenty years
ago. He invested IN vineyard lands in
Fresno County, where he had made his
home for several years.
After hearing all the evidence the Cor
oner's jury found that McMulen committed
suicide while under the influence of liquor.
The deceased was IS years of age and
native of this State.