The morning call., 1895-01-01
All the Physician Knew
!: of Eugene Ware.
HE HAD NO DEEP SECRET.
Saw a Strange Woman Who
Was Sad and Troubled,
= WHOM WARE TRIED TO CONSOLE
: The Coroner Still Probing Into the
Mysterious Tragedy of the
=. ST. Nicholas Pharmacy.
WHOM WARE TRIED TO CONSOLE


yesterday in the inquest on Eugene Ware,
the young druggist who was foully stabbed
Ia the drugstore at Hayes and Market
streets on December ID.
The police had no new evidence TO offer
on the crime, but Mr.. Biehl told a really
interesting story, in which he denied that
Ware had any great secret of his. And he
related what he saw OF strange woman
friend of the dead youth-in which
friendship there was an undercuTrent of
deep feeling. The doctor also admitted
having a presentiment Of the tragedy, for
which he took pills.
. Police Officer George w. RUSSELL testified
he made diagram of the drugstore from
Inspection and measurements. The diagram
-was@nailed. up on a board in full view of
the jury:
RICHARD j. Dowdall, a drug clerk at
> TWEEN y-fourth and Castro streets, an ac-
:duaintance of Ware, testified he had
conYe rs alton with Eugene Ware on the
q light: be fore the murder.
- H never. told me he was afraid of any
cue" said the witness.
<;."Did you know any of his lady friends?"
ST ~knew some young ladies he was &C
:: dlfainted with, but he did net speak of
them II that #evening. saw Mrs. Levy's
daughter in the store a number of tunes l
vent there to, see him.
=. ttWare told 10 e, he mad a secret concern
ing:DE BiehI. He let me unders and this
when he was working for his brother on
Howard street. He had been working for
DIR: Biehl, hut he never intimated what
The: secret was. 1t was after he was let
out of. the ST. Nicholas Pharmacy, and he
ella imed Dr. Behl forced him out. He
stared to ME that Dr. BIehl claimed he
: Was drunk last New Years eve when he
returned home. l knew he was not drunk,
: as. /: was. with him. He was then living
with Dr.:Biehl.
= AFTER he got work at HerZog's. Third
and Everett Streets he told me DR.. Behl
was gong to get him back into the st.
Nicholas Pharmacy. While at his broth
er'S he told me DR.. Biebl came down and
apOlogIzed for his actions. When he told
me he had secret concerning DR.. Biehl he
was. mad. He told ME that four or FIVE
times. He was referring to the drugstore
and DR.. Biehl also"
Row did you come to speak about this
matter?"
?: II asked him how the doctor was, as
they used to be very friendly. He said !:
y DIT. Blehl played me mean trick. That
is all right. | have learned something
about Dr.. Biehl that Is not very nice
The. mean trick was discharging him. l
do not know if be told any one the secret"
=. Nicholas Van SlVke, night Watchman
at the.St. Nicholas Hotel, told what he
knew of the murder. ION the morning Of
+Decsm Der IA l knew nothing unusual to
have occurred" said he, At was not in
the ST. Nicholas Pharmacy that evening
December 49,. A little after 1 A. NJ. l
went in, after the body was taken out.
Officer O'Day directed my attention TO the
store, saying There is no light in there
There was usually light in the place.
The officer tried the door and found II un-
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1 stood and watched while he searched be-
mind The counter. He went downstairs
and 1 heard him say There is man down
here,' and he then said 'Theman is dead. !"
TIE Waterman hen gave absorption Of
the store as already gwen in The CALL.
He told about broken glass and the evil
dences of a struggle upstairs.
DR.. P. F. g. Biehl. who lives at 80 Ninth.
street, testified that he employed Eugene
Ware. though the boy was rot in his en-
pIoy lately. l. may be remembered that
DIR. Behl is the man accused by Wares
half-sister of knowing considerable about
the tragedy, as. Eugene had secrets of his
which the doctor did not like to have made
public. -Fhe suspicion thus aroused has
2 been secuted by Captain Lees and the pc
lice. 81 engaged himIin the latter part of
October ayear ago" said DR.. Biehl, He
was working for me as an assistant to
learn the business aGd 10 clean the ore.
/ was then manager Of the st. Nicholas
Pharmacy for George i. Carroll. Iamnot
now connected with it IN any manuer. 1t
was through my influence that Ware was
re-engaged in the store. Upon the recon-
mendation of Nr. Powell, of Redington &
Co., engaged him, at S25 a month.
Immediately afterward l noticed he
could not reach. up 20 q shelf for bottle
not higher than his head. His arms were
crippled.
did you know any of his relatives ?"
the Coroner asked.
81 knew none Of them at the time I en-
gagged him, but day or two after his
brother Jack came and put in a GOOD word
for him. l never became acquainted with
his sister. He lived at my residence. |
kept hinI there for two reasons First, to
know the hour of his retiring, and sec
ondly the hour he got UP. He would go
on duty at A. NJ. and go off. at Z. or 9
P. NJ. He was never there later than /
O'Clock, which was On a Saturday,"
did be put up prescriptions
Not unless L was present. He was
somewhat familiar with the action of
drugs, as he had worked with his bro her
before. My main reason for not letting
him put them mp was owing to the atrophy
Of his arms. He could not weigh anything
accurately"
81 saw him last alive at the pharmacy
on December Is. | babe him good night
at IL :04 P. NJ. [ went TO the store about
80 p NJ. There were customers in the
store, and some friends. There was a gen.
tleman who had called that evening who
had called about four times before al
other times to see him. A gentleman and
lazy called who inquired for Eugene TIE
lady smiled very pleasantly at me and
cannot say if she addressed me by name.
told her that had sent him out on an
eTrand and that he would be back soon,
This was shortly after o'clock P. NJ.
IL saw LADY the next day whom | was
told was Mrs. Spanier. She passed the
store and had gentleman with her, Mr..
Fluegel of San Jose. My impression that
evening was that she was brunette,
whereas next day found her blonde,
which attracted my attention. She was
dressed up nicely and looked much
shorter"
The doctor said he never bad any trouble
with either Eugene or his brother. except
once. when he wrote Eugene letter about
q story a third party carried and which he
positively denied. He was first notified
Of the murder by Mr.. Fluegel and Henry
Job, Eugene's roommate. He then had a
conversation with Fluegel about Eugene's
character, and Fluegel said Eugene was
good fellow, although he had some misun-
Outstanding with MIN. Fluegel did not
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