The morning call., 1893-10-13

TO the bad condition OF the Morgue, but
without effect; the last Grand Jury in Wig
orous terms condemned it, still without
effect There are besides positively dam
gerous places in the courtyard in front of
the MOrgue, and the work undertaken to
improve the condition of the place makes
1t look like the small boys pantaloons
patched with cloths of various hues.
After the days proceedings Coroner
Hughes again pointed out to the Board OF
Supervisors the unsafe condition of the
Morgue building and demanded that it be
strengthened or some other place be given
wherein he could hold inquests.
The jury selected to hear the evidence in
the Collins case are: w. X. Knight, b. ID.
Culver, ID. j. Mahoney. W. j. Ashton. F.
B. Crossley, F. II. Keyes. j. f. Klein, Ii.
Mcintyre and j. W. Ruggles. After being
sworn and taken TO view the body the evil
dence of the subpenaed witnesses was
taken.
Mrs. Mary Dillon of 1872 Clara street said
that she recognized the body as that Of
Sarah A. Collins. her sister Saw her last
on Monday morning, but did not know
anything of the circumstances of her death.
James Dillon, husband of the foregoing
witness and a laborer, said that he had
known Mrs. Sarah A. Collins, whose
maiden name was Sarah Burke, for about
sixteen years, ever since she came from
Ireland, but had not the slightest idea
when she was married. He saw her for
the last time last Sunday night at her own
house al o'clock. She lived at Is Tehama
street in the rear. She did not live with
her husband and had not lived with him
for year. Had known Patrick Collins
for eight years. Mrs. Collins had two
children with her, worked at anything she
could get, and WAS employed at the kim
dergaricn on the southeast corner of Fol-
n,,A md dnfa Hny,
was a laborer, BUTT was hard to tell where
! he was employed and was not drinking
man though sometimes under the influen CO
| of liquor Mrs. Collins had divorce suit
| pending which was commenced last Febu-
! ary or March. Did not know ANYTHING OF
tie circumstances OF her death. Identified
| the defendant as Collins. Il saw him last
on Friday, the 9th inst, at his wife's house.
| She had trouble with him about two years
! ago. At that time Collins came to my
house and wanted to see his wife, who was
| living with us. l allowed him to come in !;
| he had a disagreement with his wife and l
told him to get out or would call a police
man. have known him to Djure his wife,
though / never saw him do it, | got the
Information from her. Collins has been
put IN jail twice-for one month and six
months-for whipping and assaulting his
wife"
John Kelly of GAG Folsom street, track
cleaner for the North Beach and Mission
| Railroad Company, testified to the facts of
removed the knife from wound in Mrs.
Collins neck. This statement has already
been published in The CALL.
DIR. Ro bert j. O.. Connell, who had per-
| formed the autopsy on the body OF Mrs.
Collins, testified as to the cause of death
and the thirty knife wounds in the body
Hiram Shur;leff. teamster, 73G Tehama
street, identified Collins. He stated that
on Monday morning, betweeen 9 and TO
o'clock. at 215 Tenth street, where he had
| gone to read the papers, Collins came IN to
get drink. His next act was to come and
say, 81 would like to speak to you." "All
right, partner" said l.. He went on. LET
/, 1--WE can talk here" II want to tell
you something" continued Collins. "All
| right" | said, and went into the back
room. Have you got a shirt you can give
me? | got into some trouble last night
about woman and had little the worst
colored cotton working shirt and noticed
that the one he had on was blue jumper
stained with blood in front. Collins didn't
| seem to me to be under the influence OF
liquor nor excited at first, but after chang
ing his shirt he came outside and ex-
claimed. "Oh my God, oh my God! have
a cousin over here at the priests house,
but | can't see him till o'clock tonight.
I am going to get 81 80 from him and leave
| town." He threw his shirt into the back
room. I never saw it after that. but
| would recognize it by the marks. He was
shown the jumper and he said. Yes,
that's it,"
Adam Wise, 231 Sixth street, corrobor-
ated the preceding witness as to the
change of shirt by Collins.
Mrs. Grace Capthorne of 1927 Howard
street said: Il know neither Sarah A. Col.
Inns nor Patrick Collins. / saw in my
| alleyway a bundle covered with paper.
lifted it up with stick and noticed it was
a shirt, blood-stained. Took it up with 6