The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
FRIE NDS Do
NOT BELIEVE
IN SUICIDE
Gregoire's Death Yet
a Mystery.
STORY OF A VOLUNTEER
HEARD ANGRY WORDS PRIOR
TO THE SHOOTING.
The Position of the Gun Suggests
That the Deceased Did Not
Use 1t on Him
self.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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sOS Broadway. Sept. &C.
Friends Of Cleophas Gregoire are not at
all satisfied that he committed suicide
The evidence placed before the Coroner's
jury did not succeed in convincing that
body that Cleophas Gregoire died by his
own hand, and there are many circum-
stances which indicate that he may have
been murdered.
Captain Anderson, of the Volunteers Of
America, gave testimony which needs
some explanation, and the police should
certainly make an effort, to discover the
man with whom Gregoire was quarreling
just twenty minutes before he came to
his death in such mysterious manner
Captain Anderson testified as follows:
Il left the Methodist church about ten
minutes to 10 o'clock with my wife and
her sister, who lives on Twenty-second
street. We walked down to Twenty-sec-
ond street, and at the corner of Twenty
second and Grove we stopped and talked:
as my wtfe's sister had only block TO
go we went no further with her On the
corner there stood two men talking They
a at1an n1t seem d 10 agree paid particular
there stood another man; he stood still
there. 1 turned and looked back at these
men shat were talking there, and as I
looked at them they walked up toward
San Pablo and Grove. We talked there I
guess for ten minutes. When we came
back again, and my wife / noticed this
man that is down in the Morgue now
was standing on the corner of San Pablo
avenue and Hobart street talking to a
On the other side the same man was
standing across the street that was
standing down on Twenty-second street.
l positively identify this man lying in the
Morgue as being one of those men They
were talking about a contract But the
car came along and made a noise and l
ala not near all the conversation. 1t oc-
Cured 10 me that II was a pretty dan
gerous place, people standing on the cor
n n talking like this, and 1 went on"
this third man that you have described as
standing off to one side?" the witness
answered: He was standing on the other
sac OF the street. He had an overcoat
when the. car passed" The witness went
on to describe the clothing of the men
ano the angry manner In which they were
Did you notice the attitude of this de-
ceased. rnan2' was asked the witness.
this man of something that this other
man wanted of this man (the deceased,
or something that he wanted him to con-
sent TO. That is what 1T seemed as
There is also much curiosity expressed
as to how, presuming Gregoire committed
his shoulder while his hands were at his
side. The general experience of police
officers has been that when a man com
his hand or firmly clutched within the
fingers. officer Swain testified that he
found the pistol underneath the deceased
between his right elbow and. shoulder
The testimony of Mr.. Remillard showed
that. during the day the deceased was
making all possible arrangements to
leave for Canada, and no evidence has
yet been brought forward TO suggest a
reason for suicide.
Some surprise has been expressed that
DR.. Perkins, who was the man who dis
covered the dead body. of. Gregoire on the
grass, was not called at the inquest In
describing the manner in which he found
Gregoire TO a reporter DR.. Perkins said
Most decidedly this is not a case of sui
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