The morning call., 1893-10-20
is 1T Adde'S?
Mrs. West Identifies the
Missing Trunk.
HOW 1T WAS DISCOVERED
Now Owned by Mrs. Wescott, and 1t
Was Purchased Five Weeks Ago
From Secondhand Dealer.

Mrs. DR.. West (nee Staley) claims to
have found the lost trunk of Addie r.
Gilmour, and the finding was the result Of
the merest accident.
A few evenings ago Mrs. West went to
the residence of William Kane at 2 Bour-
bin place. Kane is an expressman, and
his visitor called to arrange for the re-
moval of DR.. Vests Office furniture. She
had formerly been neighbor of the
Kanes, having lived around the corner of
Eddy street until few months ago.
Kane was not at home when Mrs. West
called. but his wife received the caller.
She was shown to the parlor. and after
stating her business was shown out
through another door. In passing dark
passage Mrs. West caught sight of trunk
placed close against the wall.
That's Addie Gilmour's trnnk!" she
shrieBed in great excitement.
Nonsense" replied Mrs. Kane In mat
ter-of-fact tones. "Thar trunk belongs 10
nv sister-in-law."
81 tell you that's Adde'S trunk" reiter-
Rted Mrs. West, with increasing earnest
ness.
This is too good a point for DR.. West
to lose. See that broken bar? Addle Gill
mOur's trunk was damaged in the same
place. See, the lock has been forced. too.
1t was a brass lock when she came tn DIR.
Vests, but the lock has been removed
since it was forced open, and replaced by
a new one, 1t is the same trunk, and
wherever you obtained il, l tell you it was
Addie GilmOur'S."
1t was some time before the excited
woman, who was accompanied by her
mother, was Gained sufficiently to go
home. After her departure Mrs. Kane
colt.
"Where did you get that truuk?" she
asked.
~ bought it five weeks ago from q
secondhand dealer on Howard street,
near Seventh. The lock was broken. so
the man repaired it. and fixed up several
breaks
The Kanes stated last night they had
not seen Mrs. West for several months
rrior TO her call in reference to the re-
mOval of the furniture. They do not feel
friendly to her on account of her assocla-
tion with DIR. West, so there seems no
probability of any collusion, as Mrs. Kane
is positive that Mrs. West knew nothing
of the presence of the trunk in her house.
and it was not until after Mrs. Vests de-
paTtUre that the particulars about the pur-
chase of the trunk wete developed.
There are a dozen secondhand stores on
Howard street, near Seventh, and Mrs.
Wescott, Mrs. kane's sister-in-law, does
not remember from which she made her
purchase. The Kanes scout the idea that
the trunk was Addie GllmouI's. and be-
lieve that the recognition was only forced
and done for effect.
Mrs. West was seen at the residence. 8
Cottage place, last night. She confirmed
the statement of the Kanes regarding her
Identification of the trunk, and is still pos
tive that it was left by Addie K. Gilmour
at DR.. Vests Office. She says she could
not be mistaken, and AYERS that there is
no shadow of doubt regarding the article.
The trunk is medium sized, timed, with
al oval top, bound by three wooden bars
one of the latter is broken in the center.
On the sides are pasted three baggage
marks. One is printed: Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, Port Hartford" An
other is Wells. Fargo & Co.'S bill for San
Luis Obispo. The third is an advertise
ment for the Morton Special Delivery
Company. The lock is not brass as the
GjlmOurS described Adde'S, but it has the
appearance of being recently put on.
The description tallies exactly with that
given by Mr.. Gilmour to the police, with
the single exception of the brass lock. The
detectives detailed on the case have not
yet viewed the trunk, and have formed no
conclusion as to the genuineness of Mrs.
Vests Identification. The date gwen by
Mrs. Wescoit for its purchase tallies nearly
with Adde'S death on September 10. II
the trunk is not that of the dead girl the
coincidence of the recognition and the date
Of its purchase is remarkable.