The morning call., 1892-06-21
TAKEN FROM Her GRAVE.
The Body Of Kate Kayanagh
Exhumed for an Inquest.
Her Husband Declares That She Was Muir
dered by Criminal 0peration-What
the Physicians Say.

"My wife has been murdered" said
William f. Kavanagh, tailor employed in
a Larkin-street shop, as lie entered the
Coroner's Office yesterday morning Asked
for the particulars be went on to
tell how his wife died last Tuesday
from a criminal operation and how
the body had been inferred two days later
in Calvary Cemetery. Notwithstanding the
fact that DR.. c. j. H0lmgren had signed a
certificate that stated pertonitis to be the
cause of death, Kavanagh insisted that his
wife had been killed by malpractice and
demanded an investigation. He made other
statements that caused the Coroner to act
at once.
Deputy Bridgewood procured permit at
| the Health Office and superintendent the
opening of the grave in Calvary Cemetery
| Owing to the caying sand it took several
! hours to exhume the body Finally the
coffin in which reposed the remains of Mrs
! Kavanagh was raised to the surface and
conveyed to the Morgue. 1t was white
| casket, ornamented with a silver plate
bearing this inscriptions kate KaVsnagh,
| died June II. 1892. aged 20 years"
DR.. II. L. Williams performed an autopsy
| during the afternoon. MetrO-p eritOnitls,
| produced by malpractice, was found to be
the cause Of DEATH
KAVANAGH TEsTIFIES.
Coroner GarwOOd began an inquest and
| KaVanagh made the following statement:
reside at 500 Linden avenue and am tailor.
/ Identity the body In the MOrgne as that OF my
| vile, Mrs. Catherine L. kayanagh, aged %
years, a native of Newcastle, County Limerick,
Ireland. We would have been married nine
! years this July, and have Two children living.
About month ago my wife told me she had
/ been TO the Hahnemann Dispensary 10 have her
! children ueated by Professor w. A. Dewey
she said she had gone there for three or four
| days and met DR.. {. j. HOlmgren OF 2096 Mar.
! keL street there. She asked HOlmgren If he
could not do anything for her unborn child. lie
saId II ne ala any tnInS thete that they weulu
| throw him out OF the dlspensaTy and Tor her 10
come down 10 his office Ia a day or so. She went
down then and TWO or three days afterward she
told me what he had done, that Is that DR.. Holm
gren had used TWO instruments She brought
home bottle Of medicine that looked like weak
tea. She was TO take 10 drops at dose. think,
II Is one OF those just shown inc. Las;
Sunday week, June ~, 1892, myse:i
and wife were out in the Mission -
| Tie corner OF Tenth and Howard streets
she told me that she felt very wea'.
] asked her If she would go hon
or go 10 my uncle's. We went 10 my uncle's. =
she had gone with the TWO children. start2@
home and upon my arrival there found my WI
sick in bed Upon my return from work the ne
night found my wife In bed. Mrs. IRHO, W =.
lives on Hickory avenue, was there and said ~
wife was very SICK. My wife said she was ieer.y
very sick. l asked her II L should 60 for DC q,
tor ana she said no. | then asked her who ~
doctor was that was attending her from the GS
pensaTy and where his CARD was. She was 4
able 10 tell me. she was falling fast l thtk
hunted and found the card under The covering =
the bureau. Mrs. IahO had left previous 10 IL s
and had called in neighbor Mrs. 0'Nen. /!
AT DOCTOR HoLMGREN's OFFICE.
went 10 DR.. HOlmgren's Office at 2O96 Mas
ket street and rang his dOorbe lie put his hefsi
kFQ y
said IL was n very important case He sskeft
what case IL was. told him IL was Mrs ka%-
anagh'S case. He seemed 10 be very nervous au1
said be would be right down. In about 10 min
utes he came down with another man, WHO
asked me 10 enter The office. l did enter ard
DR.. Hoimeren came out anG we walked. He
wanted to 20 toward Van Ness avenue and
Insisted on proceeding toward Octsvia 10 ths
direction OF my home. When we got on Octav
street he said, Who sent for me Z? ! told him
found his card on The bureau. h. asked me how
l knew lie was attending 10 my wife. l said MY
vile told ME so and that she showed ME MS cara.
lie seemed very nervous, aud l told him II Was
ali right.
When we got TO the mouse Mrs. Iatio and her
husband were there. The doctor spoke 10 MIS-.
IatO and then walked into my wiie's room aud
SAID How DO you do, Mrs. k2yanagh?" She an-
sWeIed, "HOw are you, doctor2" Mrs 0Ne
then entered the room and the doctor sent her
out lie then ordered US all out OF the room
except Mrs. Tatfo, and in about 5 minutes Mrs.
Iaho said there had been 4 Dir h,
and that bad caused all the trouble.
child aud his answers were eyaslye. He said ne
would have 10 call 10 help. he asked me 10
keep out the nelghbOrs ana stay with her myself.
When he left | caei In Mrs. 0'Nelll. In few
minutes he returned with DR.. T. |. Jones of 719
McAlllsIer street. They both stayed until morn
ing and left together. DR.. HOlmgren look away
the body Of the cbild in the evening. They both
returned the next morning, but was not pres
cut and don't know what they did After they
left went to DOctress Kusack on Geary street,
near LaTkn. ] told her who / was aud she told
me my wife had been TO her 10 have an operation
performed upon her, bur she had refused TO have
anything 10 do With the case. That night Mrs.
Kusack aud Dr. Jones were in attendance when
my wife died.
KEEP IT QUIET"
saw Dr. Jones after she was buried and he
said: See what they call u.s. murderers." lie
advised me not 10 say anything about the matter
at ale but TO keep II quiet.
Asked why he did not report the case at
once, kaYanagh said his relatives were
afraid of publicity.
DR.. Williams told Of the autopsy, after
which an adjournment was taken until Fri
day afternoon. In the meantime tile police