The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-09
HOWELL'S VICTIM
HAS SUCCUMBED.
Ante. M0rtem Statements Made
by C0lvin.
Criminality Suspected in Poisoning Case-A
Boycott NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as a
Cure for the Morphine Habit.

3:45 o'clock. decided turn for the worse
having manifested itself during the twenty
four hours preceding Itwas believed thatthis
was partly due to his taking too much ex-
tract of malt and to the excitement incident
to swearing to the complaint charging j. G.
Howell and Perrie Maxwell with assault to
murder. 1t is stated that the hospital au-
thorities allowed Colvin to be cared for on
Thursday night by two Of his friends, and
they actually made him drunk.
The physician in charge left Colvin in the
care of Judge" Laidlaw and Sackett
Cornell. A bottle of extract of malt was
entrusted TO them to give to the patient oc-
casionally during the night. They either
went ''out" frequently themselves, OF helped
themselves from bottle. according to the
evidence of friends, for when Colvn said
he liked the stuff, they kept giving it TO him.
The result was that when Dr. Harmon ar
rived in the morning he found his patient
in an intoxicated condition. Colyin wanted
to Sing and jump about, but Laidlaw and
Cornell had sense enough, at least, to pre-
vent his doing that.
When it was seen yesterday that the end
was fast approaching COlvn made another
dying statement in the presence of the doc
tors, Mr.. LaidlaW and Z. l.. Colvin. The
physicians desired that 10 other, not even
the District Attorneys deputies, should be
present. Following is the statement:
ANOTHER ANTE-MoRTEM STATEMENT.
met Maxwell in III, evening. think about
o'clock In The evening l saw Maxwell lie
had told me before that Howell was coming over
on Monday evening. We went and got drink
at klemm's. Then we went up to the Cave and
got drink. After that we went TO Billiards. and
Were talking about II all the way. Then we went
To Harry lnwaIPs. don't think that We took
anI thing there.
AS we were coming back we saw Howell on
the other side Of the street. l said There he is
now; let rs 80 over" / asked him il lie would
go up 10 The office. lie said lie WAS not paitic-
ular whether lie went or not. Then we all
started over 10 the office. Then We all came up.
Maxwell said to me on the stairs not 10 tell
Howell about The letters; that 1t would be
unnecessary TO show The letters 10 the man. He
said the same thing In tile Office. There was
some conversation about il. After we got TO the
room Maxwell look me aside and repeated in
effect about the same.
l said 10 Howell, Maxwell should go out;
do not want 10 talk while lie Is here" lie said,
81 thought that Maxwell was friend OF yours"
l SAID, II don't consider he is" Howell turned
10 me and said. Il understand that you have
damaging letters OF Annie's.n l said, "Yes, l
consider have" lie said. "You lie! You have
no such letters" 1 was sitting down. AT lie
same time lie pulled out a revolver and said
twlces" Throw up your handsm:
/ threw up my hands, and said: Mr.. How
ell, am unarnied. thought we were going 10
settle this peaceaby." He repeated " Throw
up your hands!" and fired twice. / made no
movement toward the drawer. made no threats
of any Kind whatever and made no movement
which lie could construe as threat | was alX-
ious 10 settle The matter peaceabIy and forever.
He said nothing moro but kept on firing. l was
sitting near The telephone.
said again. Mr.. Howell, / am unarmed.
Don't Kill me-" lie made no reply. To all APP
pearances he came in here deliberately 10 Kill
Inc. Maxwell stood by the middle door of the
room. Maxwell told me that evening, and be-
fore, that Howell was coming 10 settle 1t p ace
ably. Maxwell went out after Two shots
l believe that am about 10 die. l make this
n 10 Ip iieTf I m ,bnu
TO die, and IN view OF immediate death.
l believe that l cannot recover from the
Oakland, Cal, August s, 1891.
Witnesses: {. l.. COlylu, a. Laidliw.
12:37 P. NJ, August 8, 1891.
A SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT.
Ate r signing this statement he seemed to
revive and little later rememb ering some
thing he wished to have included in his
statement he said he wanted to make an
other, and the following supplemental
statement was taken nearly one hour later:
In addition TO the statement which have just
made desire 10 say that there were other de-
tails OF the occurrence on the night when l was
shot which 20 10 show that the shooting was
preme dtaIed 7. II. Maxwell and John q. How.
ell both insisted that they would not talk with or
see me about Tie matter, either in my Office or
at all. if any OF my friends were present. they
insisted that should be alone with them TO talk
the matter over. l also had ID my possession
written statement from mrs. Maxwell, wife of
7. II. Maxwell, 10 the effect that Maxwell had
done all IN bis power 10 make Annie Howell dis
ike me ana was doing all IN his power 10 ruin
Annie Howell and me; that lie wanted TO get my
place here as reporter aud wanted me out OF the
way. l was gong 10 show this state ment TO
Howell. l make his statement a part of and
in addition TO The statement already made and
sigl ed by me, and this statement. as well as the
other statement just made and sighed by me- IS
made TO full belief that l cannot recover and
that / am about to die and Is made under
sense of impending death and immediate disso-
Witnesses: A. Laidlaw, c. H. Colvin.
Dated August 8, 1891, At $50 P. NJ.
MAXWELL REMANDED.
Captain Wilson of the Police Department
appeared in the Superior Court in the morn
ing with Perrie Maxwell, in response to the
writ OF habeas corpus sued out by his at
torney. The attorney for Maxwell read the
petition for the writ, and District Attorney
Reed for the respondent the return of the
Chief of Police that the prisoner was held
under the warrant issued on Friday, where
upon To writ was dismissed and the
prisoner remanded, Judge Greene also re-
fusing TO hear an application for the reduc-
ton of bail. MaXwelrs wife, formerly
Ethel Avery, is with him a good part of
the time in the City Prison.
The story that strange woman entered
the office of e. X. COlvin, brother of X. s.
COlvin, in the Elsey Block, aud ransacked it
and took some papers, including some i'm
p0rtant correspondence, is discredted by
HowelPs friends. They characterize it as
an invention for the purpose of claiming
that some important evidence of MaxwePs
dupiicity or of Miss Howell countenancing
Colvin had disappeared.
Howell continues to receive many callers
at the Jail and is allowed the freedom of the
corridor. His meals are brought to him by
his family. The prisoner took his arrest on
the charge of murder very coolly, and the
entire family seems to take matters easily,
as II there was no serious charge again I
him: On the other hand Maxwell seems to
realize the seriousness of the charge, and
while he is not Respondent he is very quiet
about IL.
CRIMINALITY SOMEWHERE.
There was some expressions Of surprise
that the cause of the death OF the twenty
and seven months old children of Charles
5. and Jessie Cason, who died on the 3lst
day of May under suspicion of poisoning,
has not been fully inquired into. The Cor
oner's inquest was held ON the Sd OF June,
1891. and the jury found that the cause Of
death was perforation of the stomachs, pro-
duced by some corrosive substance. The
matter was referred to the Sheriff. but he
was unable to ascertain any more than was
testified to at the CoroneT's inquest 1t is
believed that the children did not die nat
ural death and that there was some GRIMM
atty somewhere. Chemist Colby of the
university found mercury in the stomach Of
one OF the children in quantity sufficient, if
combined with other substance, to produce
death.
The Oakland Nationalist have decided to
sustain the Typographical Union in its boy
colt against the Enquirer for using stereO-
typed plate matter.
City Auditor II. w. Snow has decided to
joaquin Miller his interest in certain prop
erty at Highland Park, near the Baptist
College.
POSTPONED AT HIS REQUEST.
young man named Raymond, arrested
for vagrancy, had his sentence postponed
by request by Judge Ogden for sixty days,
he to remain in the City Prison to be cured
of the morphine habit. If, at the end of
sixty days, the City Physician says he is
cured, his Honor will suspend sentence.
There Is some question as to what shall
be done with young Dolan. whom the Su-
perintendent OF the Reform School at Whit
tier refused to receive 1t is not clear how
the commitment will be revoked, or what
will be done with him should it be revoked.
The sister OF John Fray of San Pablo,
aged Is, ran away from home at 6:15 o'clock
on Friday evening. He wac m n xing in n,,ir