The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-11

"When did you next see them?'
Three or four days later at the detective
Office"
J. ]. McGreevy, who lives next door to
Emmanuel Baptist Church on the Twenty
third street side, was the next witness.
He is the son of Policeman McGreevy, and
went into the church on the 10Th of April
to see his father. He turned in and helped
the officers make their search for the gar
ments and effects of the dead girl.
Mr.. Barnes handed him Leghorn hat
trimmed with brown ribbons and asked
witness if he could identify it.
Eyes; found that in the church."
''Where did you find it?"
"Under the flooring of the first floor OF the
belfry on the north side"
WAS any one with you at the timer"
eyes; officer Clark
"What did you do with the hat?"
81 gave it TO Sergeant Reynolds"
"Cross-examine him."
''No cross" said Mr.. Dickinson.
The hat was admitted as a peoples ex-
hibit, and then Officer G. III. Graham was
called. Mr.. Barnes handed him pair of
low-cut, black leather feminine shoes
ties, as they are called-and asked the wit
ness if he had ever seen them before.
al found them in the roof rafters in the
southwest corner OF the church"
son what day."
august Is. Tuesday"
"Who was with your"
Sergeant Reynolds"
"Point out on the model where you found the
shoes.
Witness could not do this, for the reason
that the portion of the church in which
the shoes were found is not contained IN
the practicable model. Dickinson then
got him to point out on the diagram the
position in which the shoes lay. The
description of the locality that finally went
into the record is as follows: Among the
raj he ste loo
from the auditorium to the gallery.
1t was with some difficulty that the wit
ness reached the place. and Mr.. Dickin-
son was careful to bring out the fact that
witness got his clothes very dirty and
dusty in reaching the shoes.
On redirect examination Mr.. Barnes
asked:
could not the shoes have been thrown
where they were found, by person standing
at some distsnce?"
''No, sir; they could not The shoes would
have TO be placed where found them. A man
would have 10 reach down to place them"
Mr.. Dickinson-How long did it take you to
reach the shoes?
Witness-Only three minutes.
Dickinson-How long to make the search in
that place?
witness-Five minutes at most
Witness McGreevy was then recalled by
Mr.. Dickinson, who had forgotten to ask
him whether he could reach the hat under
the floor without getting his clothes soiled
and dusty.
McGreevy said he had to get down on his
knees and reach his hand way under to
feel the hat. Then he had to take up
small section of the floor, about foot and
q half in order to take out the hat without
breaking it.
Had the floor been taken up before you
removed ~" asked Dickinson.
mo, sir.
During the examination of this witness
not little difficulty was experienced in
eliciting from him the exact position, or
rather the portion of the building in which
the shoes were found. And this was no
fault OF the witness, but rather, as Judge
Murphy remarked, an example of the man
ner in which diagrams and models are apt
to confuse witnesses because they fail to
coincide with the picture one has in the
mind of given locality.
McGreevy showed how the shoes were
placed. In the space between the rafters.
They were side by side, resting on the
soles, with the toes pointed in opposite
directions.
Then the adjournment was taken for the
noon recess.