The morning call., 1894-12-15

was committed when the young clerk was
alone in the drugstore on the corner of
Market and Hayes streets, and few people
were on the street.
He and possibly others knew that the
money taken in during the day was not re-
moved at night The receipts from the
sales of drugs and medicines were taken
from the cash-reglster just before mid
night, when the store was closed, and
hidden at the bottom of large box filled
with the dried leaves OF an herb. The re-
ceipts from the sales of cigars were placed
in another box. which was not concealed.
When Patrolman O'Day. who was the
first officer to know of the crime, entered
the drugstore he found one of its doors
closed but unlocked. -Four of the drawers
containing dried herbs were piled upon
the counter, the cash register was open
and the clerk was lying dead at the bot
tom of fight of stairs leading downward
to the basement
The chief clerk was called and made a
search for the drug receipts, which were
found in tactat the DO ttom of ths drawer full
of leaves in which they had been placed.
The cash register. which was empty,
had been opened by some one who had
pressed the key marked 49," whereas it is
the habit of the proprietor and his assist
ants to open it by pressing the key marked
So Then they searched for the box
which had contained the cigar money,
amounting to about S.. and found it empty.
These discoveries formed the foundation
for the 70 bbery theory.
But when they searched the dead man
they found gold watch and chain and
small coins of the aggregate value of half
dollar.
1t was strange that robber should
have left these behind, and stranger still
that he should have dashed his knife nine
teen times into the slight body of the
crippled clerk. There was no plausible
explanati for the manifest ferocity of
the criminal, and the detectives cast about
for the inevitable woman in the case, or a
thief who was also a mailman. All the
known facts in the case were obtai1ied
from Officer O'Day's report to Captain
Lees which was given to each of the de-
tectives.
The drugstore at Market and Hayes
streets Is owned by G. l.. Carroll, who en-
ployed two clerks. one of whom was Eu-
gene Ware, young man of %, who
| lodged In a hotel at the southeast corner
of Mission and Seventh streets. This
clerk generally closed the store at mid
night and left the light burning.
Officer ODay was passing the door at
lis O'Clock yesterday morning when he
| observed that there was no light in the
| store. He had seldom seen it left in dark
ness before and thinking that all was 10,
right he tried the door and found that if
| was unlocked.
ODay called to the private watchman.
employed by the owner of the building
| and asked what was the matter. Beck.
the Waterman, was no better informed
than his interrogation, and O'Day placed
him on guard at the door and went in.
The patrnlman lit the gas and found the
drawers of herbs on the counter and the
cash register open, There was 10 cents in
the receptacle for coin. He lit bit oil
candle. which all patrolmen carry, and
went to the head of the stairs leading to
the basement.
The store is triangular and the entrance
to the stairs is hidden from the public by
a tall PRESCRIPTION case. Dhere is little
space behind this fixture 10 which the
druggists prepared medicines. The stairs
are very narrow and very steep and end at
q rectangular landing about two fee,
square. They and the landing below
are surrounded by walls, which contain
windows on two sides. extending from the
floor OF the basement to the ceiling
At the bottom of the stairs, huddled up
ON the little landing and resting against
the wall. ODay saw the body of the
young clerk. The candle-light hickered
upon face upturned in the gloom, and
slowly, with heavy weight clinging to
his heart. the patrolman descended. War.
was lying upon his left side. with both