The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-20
ADDIE aILMouR's HEAD.
Found Floating In the Bay &c sausaiis
GAIA Mysterious Case.


Gala Mysterious Case.
SAN RAFAEL, CAL, Sept. 19.-The skull
of q woman found near Sausalito Septem-
Der Il, inclosed in q piece Of wire netting.
was positively identified at the morgue
here this morning by Laura Allen and w.
Il. DeJarnetre, of Colusa. as that OF Addie
Gilmour. of Colusa. Miss Gilmour had
been employed by Topiitz, milliner OF
San Francisco. She resided at 3i4 Bush
street. She was last seen alive September
l. When found. an Examiner of July p.
1893. was found inside OF the netting
around The skull. Miss Allen and Mr..
Del annette are positive it is she, as one OF
her teeth is gone and one filled. also from
the shape of the head and q small piece of
hair. Coroner Eden impaneIled jury
this afternoon and held an inquest upon
the head. DIR. Wickman testified that he
thought the head had been removed from
the body fully six weeks. w. X. DeJar-
nette, a brother-fn-law Of Addie Gimour,
testified that Miss Gilmour was milliner
and was doing business in partnership
with Laura Allen, in Co!usa. Witness
said. II saw her last in August of this
year. She visited me at Maxwell, Colusa
county, September L Her sister received
a letter from her in which she said she
would write again. Nothing had been
heard from her since, and / came to San
Francisco in search of her, intending to
come to San Rafael. have seen the head
in the morgue and / think 1t Is the head
of Addie Gilmour. She kept company
with r. McAnnis, of Coiusa. He has been
away from Colusa but once lately, and
that was to buy q stock of goods. Deceased
went to San Francisco some time ago to
work in wholesale millinery store TO
learn to trim hats" Laura Allen. who
was Miss Gilmoru's partner in Colusa, tes-
titled that she saw her last on August Z, at
her home in Colusa. She had seen the
head in the morgue and from the teeth
and the shape of the head she thought it
was the head of Addie Gilmour. She had
examined it closely in the morgue twice.
Witness further said that Miss Gilmore
had some male friends and was very much
liked. Witness had never considered her
q very strong GIRL The jury rendered
verdict that the name of the deceased was
unknown and the cause of death unknown.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 19.--Addie Gill
mour, whose head was found floating in
the bay, lived at the Elmore house, on
bush street, III thls city. Inc man IN
charge of the house said she left about two
weeks ago and had. not returned. More
than that he refused to say, though he
claimed to know all about her. At the
millinery store of f. Toplitz, on Market
street. it was learned that Miss Gilmour
worked there. The proprietor of the store
stated that Miss Gilmour was resident of
Colusa and owned store there. About
three weeks ago she went to work IN Top
litz's store in order to learn styles. She
left a week and a half ago, and it was not
known she had not returned home until
her partner, Miss Allen, came from Colusa
to make inquiries ~ to her whereabouts.
Mrs. Gilmour, the girls mother. arrived
here today from Oregon. One of Miss Gill
mour's brothers is prominent physician
in Oregon.