The morning call., 1893-10-11

Collins outer shirt, or jumper, bespat-
tered with blood; that they got for him
the clean outer-shirt which he had on
when arrested; that the bloody jumper
was thrown in an ash-barrel, and that
Collins afterward returned, took it from
the ash-barrel, rolled it up in a newspaper
and carried 1t away.
He has another witness who will testify
that Collins called at his place In the after
noon with a package under his coat and
asked permission to 60 to the rear OF his
store, with the intention, no doubt, of get
ting rid of the package containing the evil
dence of his crime.
Seymour believes that the package with
the jumper has beeu left in some back
ward in the peighborhood of Tenth and
Bryant streets, and that it will yet get in to
his possession.
He found the murdered woman's hat In
the Adler kindergarten Sch ool yesterday.
1t Is felt one, ana there are over dozen
knife cuts through it.
John Kelly, track-sweeper of the North
Beach and Mission Railway. identified
Collins in the City Prison as the man he
saw enter the kindergarten school Monday
morning and leave 1t about half an hour
after ard and run past him down Second
street toward Bryant. Kelly says he
heard cries proceeding from the school.
but he thought 1t was some children play
was drawn to the school. Shortly after
Collins ran out Of the school Mrs. Collins
staggered down the stairs aud sank eX-
hausted at the bottom. Kelly ran to her
assistance and he saw the knife sticking
in the gaping wound in her neck. She
pulled the knife out and handed it to
Kelly with the remark that her husband
had done it.
Homer Shirclff, 736 Tehama street, also
identi fed Collins at the City Prison. Shir-
cliff said that about o'clock Monday
morning he was in Alexander Wise's
saloon, 215 Tenth street, when a stranger,
whom he identified as Collins. came IN
with a checked jumper on covered with
blood. The man said he had got into a
little scrap over something and had got
the worst of it. Snircliff got white co +
ton shirt from Wise and gave II TO Collins.
who took off the jumper and put the clean
shirt on. He identified the cotton shirt on
Collins when arrested as the one he gave
him. The jumper was thrown in the ash
barrel In rear of the saloon.
Alexander Wise, the sal0on-keeper, cor.
roborated Shirclff's statements and said
that after Shirciiff left The saloon Collins
returned and asked him what he had done
with the Jumper. Wise replied that he
had put it in the ash-barrel. Collins went
to the rear. took the Jumper out OF the bar.
rel. rolled 1t up In a newspaper and car.
ried 1t away.
Denis Keefe, who has grocery on the
northwest corner of Vine and Eight
streets, said that Collins called at his store
about o'clock Monday afternoon with a
package under bis coat and asked if he
could get to the rear for few minutes
Keefe refused to allow him TO do 30 and
Collins went away.
Collins when taken to police head
quarters Monday night denied having a
knife to cut hts tobacco. Michael Elan
merry, IS Tehama street, landlord of the
house where Mrs. Collins lived, and Mrs
Ward, a neighbOr, said that on Friday
night when Collins called upon his wife
black buckhOrn handle answering tht
description of the one left sticking in th,
murdered woman's neck. They said they
could identify the knife.
| Another witness has been found Iwhosl
testimony will go far toward fastening tn,
crime of murder upon Collins. The wit
ness Is Frederick Rutland, engaged in tn,
real estate business and connected will
the Bevans' agency at 917 Market street.
| Mr.. Rutland was one Of the two mel
who first discovered the unfortunate
woman, and yesterday told . CALL re
| porter the particulars.
| Il was going up TO Second and Bryan
| streets on business" said he, "at abou
s 80 or 8:45 Monday morning, just before
usually come 10 tho Office f0l work, whel
l noticed a woman sitting on the steps o
the kindergarten school bleeding as
| never saw mortal bleed before. I wen
up to her and she said, oh. somebody q,
help me- just at that moment ma
1 from the winery opposite came up, and