The morning call., 1893-10-04

purse, buttons, etc.. afterward identified
as having belonged TO the deceased.
Miss Emma GlMour, a sister of the dead
girl, was the next witness. She was very
much agitated while on the stand and her
examination was as brief rs possible Her
testimony was simply the Identification of
the articles that had e'onged to her sister.
Mr.. Wilson refused to question her.
Policemen Anthony and Bohen testified
to finding some rOal-oil cans. old hinges
and button at Dr. Vests house similar
TO those discovered in Oakland. Mr.. Will
son asked Anthony why he did not bring
all the coal-nil cans and pieces of scrap
iron in San Francisco into court and then
dismissed the witness.
Detective Whitaker was placed on the
stand and read the following statement
that he said DR.. West had made to him in
the City Prison after being arrested:
Miss Addle Gilmour called at my Off ce
Wednesday, August 80 l was not in; Gale d
Thursday. August 81. and said she was sick
and wanted TO place herself under my sare. She
didn't know what was making her so sick. l
said all right. She came again with her trunk
on Saturday. September %. saying have come
to stay. l examined her and found she had
been pregnant about four months and relieved
OF child. by whom, don'r know. The after
birth was still there. l relieved her OF por-
tion OF it with warm water. On Saturday
morning, September 8, she said she was going
10 syringe herself. which she did, and presume
ard never recovered, dying shat morning in my
office.
| gave her body TO a couple OF medical
students whose names l do not care TO men,
tlon. One think belongs 10 medical college
on Folsom street. The oiber student / don't
know what college he is associated with. They
TOOK The body away Saturday night said they
were going 10 take II in a small vehicle; took
the body out the back door and side gate on the
Jones-sireet side. On Monday, September / ,
one OF two men who had called on the
called and asked for her. l told him she had
lett. They said they would look after her
trunk. He did not give MS name nor dId he
state where he was going 10 take the trunk,
nor by whose order he was taking it. / asked
him no questions. He came some time Sun
day or Monday and took the trunk l remained
In my office during Monday and on Monday
evening. SEPTEMBER l 8, tuesday evening, Sep
tember 49, until 80 O'Clock. About 4:30
P. NJ Mrs. Brady handed me the Evening Post.
saw the heading about the skull being found
and Identified and thinking II might have been
part oil the body gave tie students l lmme0i-
ately left my Office and did not return again,
thinking the police or her friends might be
looking for me. The same afternoon / asked
permission OF MIR. Johnson, 12S Turk street. 10
leave my Overcoat and bundle of instruments
In one OF his rooms. He said all right, ana
left them. This was tween and o'clock
P. NJ. Tuesday, September 10. The same
evening between and o'clock l re-
turned To Mr.. Johnson's, left my silk hat
and took an old one instead. / did
so without permission i saw no one. The door
was unlocked. My reason for doing so was TO
destroy my Identification thinking the police
or her relatives might be looking for me. Feel
Ing sick, worried and worn out and suffering
from heart trouble. went to the house of my
friend, Mrs. Van VOORHEES,, 525 Turk street.
After reading the evening paper / ate my din
ner and intended 10 surrender myself TO the
police, thinking / might be wanted. Before /
finished my dinner was arrested. The mis-
take have made in this whole affair is that
should have notified the Coroner OF her death
and the circumstances connected with il. in
stead of giving the body away. But / was so
nervous ana so overcome and having no one TO
advise with, did not know what to do. was
almost crazy. AT lines since my eye was
poisoned the pain is so severe 1t affects my
brain and hardly know what am doing. AT
times am almost crazy.
There was no cross-eXamination of Mr..
Whitaker either, and Mrs. Austin, who is
employed at TOplItz & Co.'s millinery es-
related to the visits she paid TO DR.. West
in search of information about Addie r.
Gilmour, and did not differ from what has
already been printed.
Attorney O'Keefe endeavored to get her
to testify concerning a statement made by
DR.. West to the father of the dead girl, but
Attorney Wilson objected because be said
an indueement had been held out by Mr..
Gilmour.
The settlement of this objection In
vOlyed legal point which the defense was
not prepared to argue, and accordingly
court was adjourned until this afternoon.