The morning call., 1894-02-17
THE VERDICT Is APPLAUDED.
Poor Addie r. Gilmour's~ Death
to Be Avenge ed.
AN EXCITING SCENE in. COURT.
After Being Locked Up All Night the
Jury Reached Verdict at 10 :
O'clock Yesterday.

DR.. Eugene T. West has been found
guilty.. Twelve men decided yesterd ay
that he alone was responsible for the uD-
timely death of Miss Addie r. Gilm0Ur
aud convicted him of the crime Of murder
in the SECOND degree. =. y =
=: The case. the. particulars of which are
only too familiar to readers Of THE CALL,
has excited unusual, not to say morbid,
interest by reason Of the surprisingly hor-
rible details of the crime. ~ =. =, :.
l.; 1t was stated during the trial that the
Unfortunate girl. had taken friends into
:her confidence and seemed undecided as to
whom TO: turn to for relief in her dire
trouble. By some unhappy means she be-
came acquainted with DR.: Eugene f. West
at that time: a physician In practice on
Turk street, and eventually: Miss Gilmour
took. 10 her bode at his house. A friend
of hers, ID. d: Plynire, regarding whose
connection with Miss Gilmour some in
SITUATIONS have; been cast, called oeea-
slonally TO see her, bringing her mail and
otherwise being OF service TO her. :. .,.<*
F. One day IN the first week of last SeptAm-
ber Miss: Gilm0ur disappeared. InQuireFs
at DR.. Vests: house were told she had
gone TO Oakland. From that time nothing
iuere was Known until he discovery of the
severed. parts OF human body was uade on
different shores of the bay, a discovery which
led to the arrest aud conviction OF Dir. w. ST. +
West had a long and patient triaL SIX days
were spent in obtaining a jury, as public feel
ing ran soslfgl that II seemed almost impes-
sstDle 10 filEd twelve: men who mad net formed
an opinion on. the case that would require EVIL
.dence TO disturb. Eventually. however, jury
was obtained, and the trial: com aIenee ed.
Twelve daysthe trial lasted, and at length the
case was given to the Jury on: Thursday Inor0-
ling asst, after a long and brilliant charge de-
.llverrd by Judge " dlfaCe.
I No decision, having been arrived at by 8
o'clock on Thursday eyehlp Q, Judge " aIlace
ordered The jury 10 be locked up fpg the hight.
He:intlmaIeG that he would hear frem them az
10. O'Clock yesterday. Accordingly, when that
hour arrived, the eeuEtEooEh WAS packed with
spectators, all eageFior tbs result. :..s-
1T was rumored, as soon as court assembled
that the jury had not agreed, aed that the al
legged division OF nine against three mad not
also asserted that Judge "a alaee would refuse
to discharge The: jury for Two or three days, but
i'll the emo these assertions went for napeht. :
just about a quarter past 10. Deputy Sheriff
Mcguire elboNed his way through fbe crowd
aud beckened Ba3Iln Curtis out OF ceHrt. In
a moment IL was known that the jury had de-
sired 10 come in. Even then. when the report
nroy dto:be true, and the jury flied iato court,
there were many who still believed that no Ver-
dict had been reached. }5>-. =. -. s. 5. ~.
The roll was called and the Jury asked II they
1--WE haye,', replied Webster Jones, foreman
of the jury. At this a thrill ran round the
courtroom, - ~ H. - -. :; 3... +:
What Is your verdict pr, ~: .t:. ( -:
I'VE ind The defendant Guilty as charged,
.>-HD0 you mean, geHtlemen.p asked Judge
Wallace. 'thai you fiud the defendant guilty OF
murder in the second degree 2,' - - !
Eyes, that is what we mean 80 =
In an Instant tile pent-JIp emotions of the
crowd found vent IN. an irfepresslble burst of
applause, and IL was with difficulty that order
was restored. - = 1r..<.;. s.@s#;:
Judge Wallace discharged the Jury. with a
courteous word OIL thanks and The exeiteinent
Was over. ii :. u. = .s.s.: s:...s n.
West took IL very Quietly. His counsel, j. II.
T. w ffsDn, Ro bert FefTal and Meyer Jacobs
pressed found him with words of condolences
mument afterwayd he was led from the couft.
roeIn.; accompanied by his vile, who wepl
silently but bitterly :. :,
SO ends, for the present at least. the famous
TRIAL II stands alone az the first Instance
where II has been found possible to fasien a
crime OF this nature upon It's peTpetratIir, and
The nature OF public feeling III the matter was
shown by the fact that the soieInntty OF a San
Francisco COURTROOM was broken by q burst OF
. applause greeting a verdict of guilty. a. .s..-
f Friday next IS the day HXed Tor sentence. IL
[ Is understood that Westfs counsel Will appeal
10 the. SUPP etne GDurt on errers of the eoirfl.
bastnR their appeal mainly on The exclusion of
th'. medical testimony offered on Vests be-
half. ~. =. 80: = ~
Dr. West had little TO say about the verdict
OF the lutyS Hewas seen last night in his cell
at The County Jail, which is tie cell occupied
for i've years by john RcNuIty.. +: .:::..1:s'
II don't care 10 talk about the case,p he said
81 have said Loo much to newspaper men. hnt
the case will be. appealed, and i think L will
win: That IS all have to say about IL, . i. :