The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-04

coming into the bar early in the evening
and saying, Make it two WHISTLES" and
also as to what transpired when ONell
lett the saloon. and testified as to follow
ing ONeil till he was arrested by Special
Officer Thomson.
Il went back to the saloon with them,"
he said. 'O'Neil seemed to be under the
influence OF liquor. but he was able to
walk. He staggered when he first came
out OF the saloon. but didn't stagger SO
much when taking him back. l oticed
blood on his left hama when he was ar
rested. He had his overcoat on and was
perspiring freely. He did not show much
concern, and said. I've got this watch and
a couple OF dollars. You can have that if
You wantso.' [ believe he did not know
then that he was under arrest. When l
first caught up to him | told him to con-
slider himself under arrest. and he threw
up his hands. He might have thought |
was going to rob him.
"When l got back I looked into the
room and saw the woman with her head
left side. The door was not then wide
open, only about six or eight inches. l
saw blood and flowers on the floor, but
none on the table,"
William Carroll. janitor at the Coroner's
office. identified the clothing which had
been taken from the body of the MUIR
dered woman. 1t was saturated with
blood. He found twig about five inches
long and as thick as pencil in her under
clothing.
Officer J. B. Cook testified to going to
the saloon and Special Officer Thomson
handing O'Neil over to him.
Both of O'Neirs hands," he said.
were bloody. the left more than the
right. l searched him. but found no
weapon on him. He said. why don't you
get doctor?' Sergeant'Helms. who had
YOU sick that you want doctor"
O'Neil said, No. but l want doctor for
that woman The sergeant said, What's
the matter with the woman?' and O'Neil
said L don't know He then asked for a
match.
"O'Nei had been drinking; he could
walk without staggering. He was pour
began smoking
The sergeant and took him to the old
City Hall station. and while walking up
Sacramento street, between us, the Ser
geant said: What did you do to that
woman?' O'Neil said: Nothing; she was
all right when | left sthe ROOM The ser
geant said; Why, she is dead O'Neil
be glad of that and kept on laughing. l
said to him: This is very funny joke.
O'Neil said: 'Th is all right; i'll all
come out in the washing Then he said:
Get doctor. and a doctor will tell you
what's the matter with that woman
when we came to the City Prison l
searched him again, thoroughly, for
weapon, but found none. | examined his
coat and saw something like bio odstains
on the lapel and left am"
The overcoat was produced and witness
said. That's the overcoat. | took it off
and he had no undercoat on. The left
sleeve of his red flannel undershirt and his
white shirt were showed up to above his
elbow and were held by a collar button.
and the sleeve saturated with blood.
There were particles of seeds of plants
on the left sleeve and large bloodstaln
Oil the hem of his shirt"
The Undertaking was produced and
identified by the witness.
Il asked him." he continued, chow the
blood came To be there" and he said, Il
can account for all the blood on me. In
my business we get scratched and burned
and we bleed He said he was foreman of
the galvanizing department at the Union
Iron Works.
In answer to a juryman. witness said:
1.-The blood was just as fresh as could be;
il was quite wet"
Detective Ben F. Bohen testified to
making an examination OF the room where
tie murder was committed some hours
afterwa I'd ana finding blood on the wall at
the back of the door like rine spray. He
had nothing 20 add to what the witnesses
had already testified.
DIR. r. j. O'Connell testified that blood
from an artery spurted with The beating of
the heart, and from vein it oozed slowly
ont.
w. H. Davies was recalled. and showed
on 10 n ia m M n no "
when he first saw it,
The door from the little room where
ONeil and Mrs. Critics were," he said. "is
closed on the restaurant side with wans-
cot cap, and on the other side with oakum.
II had not been opened for years. II was
utterly impossible for any one to enter the
little room by that door.
AT the time MI and Mrs. Bates and
Mrs. Critics came into the saloon Mrs.
Bates said TO me, This is my friend
kittie.' That was five or six months ago.
There were two or three other ladies be.
sides Mr.. and Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Critics.
| saw Mr.. Bates first in my saloon some
time in September last l saw Mrs.
Critics there without Mr.. and Mrs. Bates
| think three times. saw her only once
with Mr.. and Mrs. Bates. | never saw
her with any other gentleman except last
Tuesday night with O'Neil."
officer George w. Russell testified to
having made the large diagram of the
saloon.
Sergeant ]. III. Helm testified to having
made n careful examination of the prem
ises II East street for a weapon, He
found nothing but flowers with long stems
in the room, which were covered with
blood. There were great many flowers
scattered over ;he floor. He had nothing
TO add TO what had been already testified
Thee oroner then instructed the jurors,
and in less than an hUur they returned the
following verdict:
That Catherine Critics, aged 81 years, native
of Ireland, occupation housewife. residence
Alameda. State Of California, married, came to
her death in patrol wagon While In transit
from IL East street. ely and county Of San
Francisco June %, 1893, from hemorrhage;
and we further find that the b morrlIag, was The
result of violence used by Martin ONeli with
hand and flower st-ms and, therefore, charge
Martin ONeil with murder.
While the jurymen were considering
their verdict Sergeant Helm told the
Coroner that he had just then ascertained
that on one of the occasions when Mr..
Davies took in drinks to O'Neil and Mrs.
Critics she remarked, "Well. l must be
going now" UNeil said, 'I'll 90 with
you" and she replied, mo. not any further
than the cars" 1t was too late then to