The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-16
is 1T REMORsE7
Alex Cumming Said to Be seriouSYT Ttf
From Shock and Worry.

Alex Cumming Said to Be serfouSYr Ttx
From Shock and Worry.
'There's where she went down"
mo, it amt; there's where she jumped" /"
"POor grill N.Y. she must have bssG
desperate"
These and a hundred other similar eE-
pressiOns saluted the ears of the passengers
on the ferry-boat Piedmont as it creased
the bay TO and fro yesterday. Generally
the speakers were young girls. but once In
awhile a gray haired matron or man would
stand at the rail of the steamer as it passed
Goat Island, and, while commiseratiug tAs
fate of May Jenner, peer into the murkv
waters as if trying to search the bOtrsm dx
the bay for the body OF the suicide.
1T was about here where she Jumped
overheard" said one of the officers Of tae
Anglo California Bank who was aboard
the Piedmont on the boats o'clock trip 20
this city from Oakland. AS he spoke the
boat was just passing the light on GG&S
Island. and he pointed to spot Just
above it.
q was sitting very close TO May Jer-
ner," he added, ''tbe night she jumped
over. The girls actions had attracted my
attention, as IL did that of a stout gentle
man who, with his wife, sat near NE TIps
woman climbed on the seat, and as she did
80 the fat mans wife said, Look az ttas
woman and he sprang to his feet and tried
to grab her. but he was second too laie-
All talk about May Jenner's head striking
the rail is bosh. She Just threw berSeK
sidewise into the water, cleared The T$i
completely and struck the water just abaft
the wheel.
From what l know of the bay," eoR-
cluded the gentleman, "and from the faeE
that it was low ebb tide when she jpmped
overheard | am Of the opinion her body viii
nff r.. Ill. -.
Goat island or somewhere along the Oak
land shore"
1t is said that thorough search by fisher
men in Whitehall boats Is being made far
the body and color was given to the rufE0r
by the presence of number of skihS. eTuiS-
ing around the island yesterday afternoon
at low tide, but who the person or persons
are that are Offering the reward for the re-
coyery OF tile remains. or whether aEY s1ch
reward has been offered, cannot be learned.
A visit to the residence Of Captain Cunt
ming IN Frnityale yesterday resulted IN au-
other refusal by his son, Alexander. tde
lover In the case, to be interviewed.
From several Of the young mans friends
IT was learned that he is quite i'll from the
worry and shock incident to May JeBHeT'S
suicide. Said one of his comrades yeSteT-
day, "Alec has aged ten years since last
Thursday night. lie is now really ill and
suffers terribly. He refuses to discuss She
ALEC" added his friend, was always an
impulSiYe. bOyiSh sort of fellow, WHO al
lowed his tongue TO run away with htM,
and am not surprised to hear that he said
ugly things TO the girl If she made him mad
This terrible affair will make him changed
man in many respects, and IL ne lives a
thousand years it will stick to him. think
he realizes this fact, and | doubt il be ever
fully RECEIVERS from it.
Does he seem to suffer from remorseF"
was asked.
"Oh. can't say that, you know" vas the
answer. 'He is suffering from the whole
affair-remorse, r0toriety aud all the rest0t
it, suppose"
Others. less charitable, hint that Alex
Cummings rather enjoys the natOrietY az
having had q girl love him we'll enough ta
kill herself because of his dispeaSure.
The news Of his sisters suicide has been
sent to Archie Jenner at juneau. Although
a boy of but II years, Archie JeHner has
seen considerable wild life. He loved his
sister with a devotion only equaled by her
affection for him, and those who know hita
prophesy that as soCn as possible he Viii
come to this city tOinvestigate matters. aud
that if he does the suicide will not be tbe
only tragedy connected with May Jenuer'S
name.