The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-29
SAW HIM THROWN
How Newton Halls Death
Was Caused.
All Say That Gillespie Threw the
Young Man Down the Stoop-HaIl
Had Been Drinking.

The inquest in the case of Newton Hall,
who died from the effects of injuries fol
lowing rude ejectmsnt from the lodging
house at $50 Ellis street. was commenced
yesterday.
DR.. George B. Somers, who attended
Hall at the Receiving Hospital. testified
that Hall was apparently intoxicated when
he was taken to the hospital. He had a
lacerated scalp wound which did not ap-
pear to be serious, and he was accordingly
sent into the prison, where the seriousness
of his wound quickly made itself manifest.
He died in the hospital.
1T is at times" said the witness. diff
cult to distinguish between intoxication
and severe head injury"
Gould he then have been injured in the
City Prison after leaving the hospital?'
asked the Coroner.
II know nothing about that" was the
emphatic reply.
Mrs. A. NJ. Clarke, keeper of the room
ing-house at 325 Ellis street, saw Hall
thrown down the steps of Gillespie's
house as she was sitting at her front win
dow. She saw him come up Ellis street
toward Jones. He went up the steps
leading to Gillespie's door. stumbling as
he assembled.
''He rang the bell two or three tImes,'
said the witness, land was admitted. He
had not been in but four or five minutes
when young gentleman and man with
a long beard made their appearance out
side of the door, The man with the beard
was gesticulating as if he were very angry.
The young man raised his hand in a
friendly manner, and the man with the
beard apparently became more angry and
seized the young man by the coat aud
threw him down. The young man fell
hon IL - - 81 h.,
He bled profusely and the man with the
beard took bucket of water and broom
and swept the blood away after the man
had been removed"
The witness identified f. A. Gillespie,
who was in the Coroner's office. as the man
who had thrown Hall to the street. Hall,
she thought, was intoxicated when he went
to Gillespie's. lie staggered as he rassed
along the street and attracted the attention
of the children at play.
X. A. Wigmore, lumberman, testified
that Hall came to this city from England
about seven years ago and went into busi-
ness as commission merchant Did he
drink? Yes, he did. and rather freely ;
but lle had been temperate since his return
from Central America four months ago.
Mrs. Nj. Warren, who lives nearly oppo-
site Gllespie's house, testified that she saw
Hall going up the steps on Saturday after
noon. He stumbled as he assembled and
then ran up the remaining steps. A few
minutes later sho saw him and Gillespie
emerge from the door and saw Gillespie
throw Hall down the steps. Hall rolled
over on the sidewalk and Gillespie stood
over him until the arrival Of the patrol
wagon.
Mrs. w. S. Bartlett, Miss Ellen Clarke,
Miss Annie Dimmick and Mrs. M. A.
Paine ricorroborated the evidence given by
Mrs. Warren. and the Coroner postponed
the inquest to this afternoon in order to
learI. how Hall was treated while In the
prison.
Gillespie was taken before Judge Con-
Ian, and his preliminary examination was
set for Monday next.