The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-01
CRUSHED In HIS SKULL.
George III. Maynard Fatally As
sau!ted With a Pistol.
Ee Was BrutallY Battered by Jack Riley, a
Painter, With Whom He Had Trouble.
Skip" TObin Implicated.

IL WAS Oum IOD, hltey, out III pay
you for the rotten work just the same"
These and otter remarks OF a similar ma
ture. addressed to JACK Riley, house
painter. led up to quarrel and the fatal
wounding Of their author, George Ii. May
nard, who kept saloon on Seventh street,
near Townsend, and lived upstairs with his
wife and two little children. Maynard died
at 1880 o'clock yesterday morning, and his
remains were sent to the Morgue. An ex-
animation showed that the back OF the
skull had been crushed in by some blunt in
strument
Detectives Crockett and Dillon began an
investigation, and during the day un-
earthed all the circumstances connected
with the affair. Two weeks ago Maynard
employed Riley to paint the kitchen of his
residence. The work was not done in sat-
isfactory manner. and when Riley presented
bin for SIS So Saturday afternoon May
nard then made the remarks above quoted.
After some further words the money was
paid and the men parted in anger
ALL HANDS DRINK.
A few minutes after 8 o'clock Saturday
night Ri ey and friend enterediMaynard's
saloon. That friend was the nOtorions
skip" Tobin. Besides Maynard Frank
Rounds and Walter Bloom were in the
place when the two men entered. Riley
was somewhat under the influence of
liquor and loudly declared that he had no i'll
will against Maynard. He insisted that all
the men In the saloon must take drink
with him. There were five IN all, and after
fumbling in his pockets Riley discovered
that he only had 10 cents. He placed the
money on the bar.
That's all right. Riley" said MAYNARD.
and he set out five drinks. Then Maynard
treated r. second time. Some one else
treated. BY this time Riley was in a fight
ing mood. When Maynard injudiciously
alluded to the painting job Riley's wrath
knew no bounds. When MAYNARD saw that
row was Inevitable he handed kew TO
friend and told him to 90 TO the patrol box
on the corner and ring in an alarm. In a
lew minutes the Datrol-wagon and two po-
leemen from the Southern station arrived
Ihey icund the KEY sticking in the box, but
there being no particular disturbance in the
nelghDorhood they returned TO the station.
FATAL BLOW.
In less than minute after the officers
departure Maynard went out on the side
walk. He was followed by Riley and
Tobin. After wrangliDg few moments
Maynard and Riley exchanged blows and
cilnched. They separated, and the next in
slant the two men who remained In the
saloon saw Riley raise weapon that looked
very much like large revolver and strike
Maynard on the head several times Nav
nard sank TO the sidewalk in an unconscious
condition. Riley and TObn fed
Rounds aud Bloom then carried the un-
conscious man upstairs to his home and
called In Dr. Bell. The physician remained
In attendance during the night, but Nav
nard sank rapidly until he died in the morn
ing
Detectives Crocker and Dillon found a
large Colts pistol in saloon at the north
west corner of Bryant and Chesley streets.
where Riley left It Saturday night after the
atfray. The officers also traced Riley to his
room at Dos Sixth street and placed him
under arrest Riley is a married man and
is about 35 years old. He was placed Id tbs
tanks at the City Prison. pending the re-
suit of the Inquest. which will be held this
afternoon. Questioned about the encounter
he said he only struck Maynard with his
fist. Without quaver he declared that
aynaTd drew the pistol and that he took
IL away from him.
CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS.
Directly In contradiction to Riley are the
statements of Rounds and Bloom. They
were arrested, but after being subpenaed as
witnesses were released. They are positive
that Riley did strike Maynard with an in
strument and almost equally positive that
the weapon was a pistol.
During the afternoon the officers spent
considerable time in looking for skip
Tobin He Is not a stranger to the police
and has quite record as a criminal He
has been arrested many times for larceny,
burglary and robbery.
The deceased was aged &c years and a
native OF Tuolumne County. Cal. He leaves
q widow, two children, a mother and a
brother He was raised at San j ose and
taught stonecutting, which he followed up
to three years ago. When Jeremiah Haley.
his fsther-in-law, was killed by a Southern
Pacific train Maynard inherited his saloon
at Sixth and King streets. He remained
there until three weeks ago. when the rail-
road company paid him $1,000 to vacate and
he moved to The place where he was killed.
UNUSUALLY THIN SKULLS.
A brother Of the deceased, Louis May
nard. died In st. Mary's Hospital. October
IL. 1891, from a fracture of the skull. He
was too-sharpener aud was at work In
the Mills building when a brick fell upon
his head AT the Morgue it was found that
the young mans skull was so thin that IL
was crushed into thousand pieces.
When George Maynard visited the Morgue
to see the remains OF his brother Dr. Gar
wood cautioned him that he should be care
fui not 10 engage IN quarrels or to be struck
on the heal, as all the members of the FAM
lily probably had unusually thin skulls
George laughed, and said there was little
danger of his being hit on the head. He did
not realize that within year he would also
meet tragic death through the thinness of
his skull.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Riley was charged with murder on the
register OF the City Prison at 3 80 O'clock.
An autopsy was made last night upon the
BODY OF Maynard By DIR. r. L. Williams.
tie found two lacerated wounds upon the
head OF the deceased, and decided that
ueai 4 had been caused by conclusion of the
brain resulting from the injuries which
Maynard had received.
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