The morning call., 1894-12-15

hands apparently behind aud unoef nim
O'Day placed his hand upon the youhs
mans forehead, and found tnat IL "a'
cold. de moved the head 10 ascei 'ai'
whether the neck was broken, anu nasihs
satisfied himself that il was not he do.
cended the stairs and blew shrhl oi"'
upon his whistle.
O'Day is not coward, but the though'
of the white face and rigid form at the
bottom OF the steps inspired him win
yearning for company. Ofhcer Deuhe.
responded to the whistle and oeTseah'
Iobln appeared later.
The Coroner was summoned. anu "nen
ne arrived the body was examined. Inc
keVs of the store were cluiched I'D Che
right hand. The clerks hat lay crushed
and shapeless under bis body. ana when
they raised the inanimate form they
learned for the first time that an a"Iu!
crime had been committed near the spot
where they stood.
There were knife-wounds in the oreast
over the heart, in the side, IN the aUuohen
and In the feshy part of the tnlgh. linen
they observed the glass wall on one side Oh
the stairway and SAW that seVerai pahes
were broken and one was streaKed Win
blood. They looked for CORY piaue, Dut
found nothing. The door opening INTO the
cellar, which is used as laboratory ana
warehouse. was locked and the key was In
the dead mans hand. There was no one
in the store, and they had nothing but the
dead man. theory and a mystery TO solve.
The body was conveyed to the Morgue,
and when DR.. F. x Emerson examined IL
he found nineteen wounds, OF which zen
were fatal. The wounds had apparently
been made with dagger sharp pointed
and double edged. They were about an
inch long and from one and hall TO three
inches deep.
There were eight Of these wounds ex-
tending across the abdomen in line.
hardly an inch apart one from another, as
if the murderer's hand had worked with
great rapidly.
There are five wounds upon the breast.
and when the cavity was opened the sur
geon found that the sharp point OF the
dagger had passed through rid and en-
tered the heart. The blade had also pen
etrated the lungs in two places. The other
wounds were upon the arms and thighs.
The detectives first called upon the
wife of a tobacconist once well known Oh
Kearny street. She was horFitied when
she heard of her brothers death, but de-
clared that she knew nothing about It,
Shehad seen him at o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, but knew nothing of his death,
and knew no one who had any reason for
killing him.
They searched Wares room at the hotel
on Mission street. but found nothing of
interest, save letter from his balf-brother.
who is now in Montana. The writer ad-
monished the recipient to take good care
of himself and shun temptation.
The landlady at the hotel said that she
had not seen the young clerk since CLOCK
Thursday morning. He always came home
at O'Clock in the morning. she said, and
arose att. He had lodged at the hotel six
months and had occupied a room with
Frank lobe.
Mr.. Jobe knew nothing about the MUIR
der, and while he admitted that Ware had
many young female acquaintance he
knew OF none of them who, actuated by
jealousy or a desire for revenge, would
have lifted hand against his roommate.
There was a young lady at tho hotel-a
young and good-lon king lady-whose room
was near that occupied by the clerk and
his companion. The lady's name was
Ware had been on very friendly terms
with her. She was milliner, he said, and
was out OF employment.
The police questioned Carroll, the pro-
prietor OF the drugst re. about Wares