The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-21
SEARCHING PARTIES.

Asearch party was organized last night
by the police under the direction of De-
tectives Cody and Crockett to examine the
rooms of the people under suspicion. With
the party went Mrs. John GllmOur, the
mother of the missing girl, Miss Allen, her
PARTNER, and w. K. de Jarnatt, her brother
in-law.
The object of the expedition was princi-
pally to examine the clothing found in the
quarters occupied by the suspects. and the
ladies were taken in order that they might
identify any article belonging to the miss
ing woman.
The first visit was paid to the Golden
West Hotel, where Miss Staley bad a
room.
1t was small room. and the articles
found consisted of the usual wardrobe and
toilet articles of the fair sex. A couple of
novels and large number of newspapers,
Including the evening papers of Tuesday
with the first intimatioD of discovery of
the mystery, were among the things dis
covered.
Every article was separately examin ed
by Mrs. Gilmour and Miss Allen, and
they positively asserted that they could
not identify any one of them as having be-
lOnged TO Ada Gilmnur.
Detective Cody. who is nothing il not
thorough. made systematic search of
every corner of the room, taking the bed
clothes off piece Ivy piece, probing the mat
tress. and even removing zinc disc which
covered an orlhce Intended for a stove
pipe. Nothing TO connect Miss Staley
with Miss Gilmour in the way of clothing
belonging to the latter was found.
The party then went over TO DR.. Vests
house on Turk street, where Detective
Bohen was encountered.
Under his directions a search was insti-
fn cd oil haa
closet in the middle room were carefully
examined, as well as the bedclOthes in the
stair closet and some heterogeneous ar
ticles in an unlocked trunk. The doctor
seems To have partially for plug hats,
for number of those aristocratic kinds
of headgear were brought to light. There
were also number of articles of under
wear hanging on line in the kitchen, as
If just washed by the doctor.
a lady's clOth-tOpDed shoe was dragged
out of closet and De Jarnatt pronounced
it the kind of footwear sold up In Coiusa,
but the ladies failed TO identify il as the
property of Miss Gilmnur.
The light was bad and il was deemed adj
visa bic to defer the examination of certain
locked trunks until this morning.
In the course of the search several arti-
Giles were found which excited lively inter
est among the detectives. Chief among
them was large handsaw covered with
sanguinary appearance. There was also a
"kryhOe" saw, which was looked upOn
with suspicion. A letter from Utilize" to
Annie" dated from San Diego, telling
what q good time the writer was having
and asking Annie to so inform "the doe
Tor" was another object of scrutiny.
The large case of surgical instruments.
the cellar. the sink. the table with its oil
cloth cover. the strips of carpet, the sup
plies cupboard, large ugly-loOking dirk.
the doctors 0rder-book containing such
requests as please call at No. - street.
as soon as possible, were all successfully
inspected and carefully replaced. The
doctors two watches in the middle and
back rooms were left hanging from their
nails in the walls.
After continuing their investigation for
that time the police declared thai with the
exception of the handsaw tn ey found moth
ing new. Even the marks on the hand
saw might, they think, have been caused
by saving meat. The search will be con-
cIuded tO-daV.