The morning call., 1893-12-26
AN ITALIAN HANGS HIMSELF
Considering Measures to Help
the Unemployed.
THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT
A Man of Family Nearly Loses His
Nose-Five Toughs Brutality
Assault a Flagman.

stocking yesterday morning to see what
Santa Claus had left for him, he started
toward the hospital cOtroom TO wish his
one patient merry Christmas and TO ask
him what he would like to have for break
fast.
The patient who spent Christmas in the
hospital this year was the Italian, Torello
Buonanoma, the man who was found in a
car on the Sacramento train when it ar
rived at the mole on Thursday night. and
who had cut his throat and stabbed HIM
self about the body over forty times.
When Mr.. Larsen went TO the door of
the cot room yesterday morning at
o'clock he found it closed, which was uD-
usual. as lie always leaves it open so that
be may hear any call from & patient during
the night. He tried the door, but 1t did
not yield readily. and a strong push opened
it and at the same time upset chair
which had been leaning against 1t.
The steward was surprised al this, but
was much more surprised aud somewhat
Mortified when he looked toward the cot
of the Italian to see its occupant dangling
from the ceiling with a rope round his
neck. The rope was used to suspend the
legs of PATIENTS when it was necessary to
operate on them, and some time during the
night or early in the morning-ihe body
was not yet entirely cold, although the
man was dead-BuOnaDoma had Iisen
from his cot and after putting the chair
against the door, closed all the windows
tight, turned the gas on full. then blew it
out. went back to his cot. stood up on it
and deliberately knotted the rope round his
neck. He had then tried to get his feet
clear of the cot. and succeeded in gettin g
one off, the other dangling on the cot. in
which position he was found, strangled to
death.
Steward Larsen cut the body down and
rang up the Morgue wagon. When the
body was laid on slab and examined it
was found that there were fOrty-seven knife
wounds on il. which deceased had inflicted
in trying 10 make away with himself.
BuoDaHoma has brother on Pacific
street in San Francisco, who had not
thought he was IN the city until he was
told of his death Yesterday. Indeed. this
brother had yesterday sent word to Court
land where the deceased worked on a
ranch, to have bin come and eat a Christ
mas dinner with him.
One of the friends of deceased. when
asked for the cause of suicide, said the
man sometimes drank too much.
At the Receiving Hospital he did not
have the appearance of a drinking man,
and il was only the evening before that he
asked Mr.. Larsen to feel his pulse, and
looked disappointed when told he would
get well.
He was a native of Italy, So years old.
and unmarried. The inquest will be h cid
this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
His Nose Knocked OF.
J. Nj. Newhard. a pension claim agent,
who lives al 175S Seventh street, went into
the Receiving Hospital yesterday afternoon
10 have the end of his nose stitched on. lie
had very badly damaged affix, and after
the doctor had shaped him up he had the
Chief OF Police rung up by telephone. He
would not tell his story to the newspaper
men, as he said 1t would create a great
scandal, intimating domestic trouble which
he said ha1 worried him for many months
When the Chief came down Mr.. New
hard said he wanted him TO arrest AL
phonZo Klinger, the man who keeps a
restaurant near the S.. Louis House, on
Franklin street, because he said Klinger
had knocked him down, rolled him in the
mud and kicked him, and finally took his
own cane away from him and beat him
with it.
Chief Schafer told the man he could not
arrest Klinger without a warrant, and ad-
vised him TO wait until tomorrow and
have a warrant sworn out.
When asked what the trouble was all
about Newhard said that he and his wife
had not got on we'll together for six or
seven months and that yesterday she had
been invited to eat dinner at Klinger's
and that he had gone there and that when
he was passing through the restaurant and
out by the back door KIinger jumped on
him and would have beaten him TO death
had not bystanders interfered.
When asked how much OF a family he
had Newhard answered: ~ have a wife
| and seven children and two grandchildren,
and there is going TO be great scandal
grow out of this matter. i will have him
in court tomorrow and make him answer
for it,"
Crank Hoard From.
j. P. Cooper is the party whom Chief OF
Police Schafpr is looking for. Mr.. Cooper
has been writing sundry insulting notes to
the Chief accusing the Police Departm en-
Of standing in with the Chinese gamble rs
The chef proposes to cause his arrest on
charge of criminal libel as soon as he
can get service Oh him. The last heard of
Cooper he was at Heaidsburg, from which
place he sent The following insulting letter
10 an editor OF an up-coun;ry paper:
Mister Editor-I learn that your gang OF pro
pre:ors, managers aud on al nhnitum ac
nauseum, advised me 10 crawl into nv hoe
and pull he hole in after me-" | VIII not; the
desires OF your backeg glng TO the cOnirar,
Notwithstanding. Pm too busily enaa ged In
reformi NJ corrupt politicians. or rather in cast
Ing them down and ont. aud freeing our land
from it, hordes of gamblers and their poll icaI
bedieilows. I've no doubt that you fellows
would Ike TO continue your corrupt reign; you
III.
san spirit that has arisen To- flood our Tong dark
ened land with its bright efiulgence but ''yt
cawn'i do IL, mister" IL will not down. &c
dig your graves aud bury yourselves. Yours.
j. Z. COOPER.
This is on the order OF the letters he has
sent to Chief Schafer and for which he
will have to answer 10 criminal proceed
ing.
Recistration of che Unemployed.
The registration of the unemployed al
the City Hall was continued all Yesterday
under the auspices of the Federated
Trades.
AT 9 o'clock last evening ia men had
been registered. They included both
laborers and skilled mechanics. Nearly
every trade was represented.
The men in charge of the registration
state that they are really surprised at the
class OF men who are calling and having
their names enrolled as applicants fol
! work
What is now desired is for citizens o.
Alameda County who have work of an,
kind that they desire done to send motto,
OF the fact to the City Attorneys Office a
the City Hall at once. Laborers can b
supplied for any line of work
The committee will have the parties VIII
are registered at the Council meeting thi
evening, and then the Councilmen ca,
ascertain for themselves what characte
| of men are ont of work i'm Oakland