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

| ~ was suspicious" continued Mr..
Austin, land placed watch on the doc
| tors house. As this produced nothing |
/ secured the attendance OF MT. Gllmour,
and together we visited the doctor. lie
! again denied ever having seen The young
woman, and put on great snow oil indigna-
ton at what he termed Implied unpro-
! fessiOnal conduct
ION Monday night l went 10 the doc
| tors house with my wife and MIR. GlmOur
and requested them to 90 IN and demand a
| confess ion, under threat of immediate
| arrest This they did, and to them the
! doctor stated that Miss Gilmour had gone
j TO him for treatment on the I'd of this
/ month. and that on the 9th she had died
| while undergoing an operation. When
! asked where the body was ha said he had
! given it to medical students, and voun-
/ teered the information that the mysterious
/ head found at SauSallto was that of the
missing woman. He also said that Miss
| Gilmour had been at his office from the
! time she left the Elmer House on Bush
street until she died. He said that he had
destroyed the trunk and IFS contents, in
/ GLIDING iewelry, clothing, etc.
Nhen this confession was cnmmuni-
Gated to Mrs. Gilmour she was Frustrated
with grief and shame, and begged that
/ nothing in connection with the matter
should be made public. insisted that the
/ doctor should be arrested, but she begged
so piteOuSly that her daughters shame
/ should be kept from the world that we all
at asst consented to let matters take their
! course.
! the morning following the night on
which the confession was made, Miss
Allen and Mr.. de Jarnatt went 10 San
Rafael and Identified the head as that of
the missing young woman. The object in
doing this was to secure for proper burial
the only part of the body that could be re-
/ covered, the idea being that the facts in
4 the case would never come out, ana that
! the general public would be satisfied with
! the mysterious murder theory. The young
woman's good name would thus be saved,
and no one would be the wiser The hur-
ried Hight OF the physician, and the subSe-
! quent confession of the parents put an end
/ TO hese plans.
For my own part" said Mr.. Austin,
! when pressed for further particulars. Il
/ DO not believe The doctors story about
giving the body TO medical students.
believe he attempted 10 destroy the body,
4 as he dld the trunk and its contents, and
! that he was too wary To take any one into
MS coincidence who might betray him. his
statement that after he had given the body
/ 10 the students he had no further know /
edge OF 1t was cOntradicted when he
Youchsafed the Information that the mys-
ferrous discovery at Sausalito was the head
/ OF Miss GllmOur.
Il have no knowledge of who the man in
! the case i, and | am sure that Miss Gil
mours relatives have not. There were no
letters or papers or il fact anything that
would throw any light on that point"
Mrs. Austin was seen last night at her
residence, $40 Mission street, but she re-
fused to make any positive statement be.
yond what her bus band had given.
wv hen Miss Gilmour me to the store. 4"
she said, Il had no suspicion that she was
anything other than the highly respectable
/ young lady l had always thought her to
/ he. She worked several days in the store
and frequently complained of feeling ill.,
/ When she disappeared | thought nothing
/ OF u, and 1t was not until her PARTNER NJ s..
! Allen, came down from COlusa in search
/ ot her that l gave the matter any atteu-
/ ton. Even then | had no suspicion and
did cot have until my husband Informed
me OF his suspicious As to DR.. Vests coll
neetlon with her disappearance. Imerelv
went to the doctors rffice at the solicita-
ton Of my husband, and l have been i'll
ever since from the shock of the terrible
confession. That is ali know about it,"