The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-24

The Coroner was Immediately notified
and the remains were removed to the
Morgue.
The dodgers at Tabor's heard five shots
fired about 1o:4O tonight. Harry Tabor
states that there was a pause between
the first and second shots, and the other
three were in rapid succession.
"I heard the shots, but did not pay
any attention to them," said H. Tabor
This is a pretty time of night to wake
people up. What can we do If a fellow
commits suicide on the lawn?'
Harry Tabor Is employed by Crane &
Co., wholesale plumbers in this city.
Harry Lewis, who also rooms at the
Tabor House, says that when he heard
the shots he looked out the window, but
1T was so dark-the electric lights not be-
ing lighted on account Of the moonlight
scheduIe-that he could see nothing.
At the Morgue the bodv was thoroughly
examined. On the person of deceased
were found $51 %; key with mo. A.
tag attached: two Southern Pacific bag
gage checks, Nos. 1924 and 47S3s; gold
watch of the American Waltham make,
numbered 51351471; silk handkerchief
with the letter &C" worked in one cor
ner, and three linen kerchiefs; speci-
men of gold; several cigars and rosary.
There were no papers found that might
lead to an Identification.
The deceased was evidently machin-
list, judging from his hands. He wore a
neat black s,''+ cutaway coat, black
SLOUGH hat, striped black and white tie,
made up four-in-hand.
The coat bears the mark Of Henry
Kip, manufacturer for the trade, San
Francisco" and this mark Is dated
7-12-9S. He wore black SLOUGH hat and
cheap shoes. A pin was also found of
- - r,,{%
was also marked "order B AZ" and this
the Coroner believes will lead to identi-
fication
The body is that Of a fairly well put up
man, apparently about 30 years of age,
about feet II inches in height. high fore
head, brown eyes. light brown mustache
and heavy features, the teeth are perfect.
That the shots were fired at close range
is borne out by the fact that the shirt
Is badly powder burned.
The suicide theory was at first ad-
vanced. but the fact of five bullets in
close proximity to the heart dispelled this,
and the opinion prevails that the man
was most foully murdered, and the So
caliber Colts afterward thrown down by
his side as blind.
The Tabor House is the abode of Miss
Tabor, who attained considerable noto-
riety a few weeks ago when it was dis
covered that the man Sne married, Rev.
Ural Hughes, had a wife living in the
East and was therefore a bigamist. Rev.
Hughes had an unusual experience in a
San Jose pastorate, and has not been
heard from for several weeks, although
It was understood that he was in British
Columbia.
The people who live in the house next
to the Tabors were conversing in the par
lor when they heard the shots. Five were
counted distinctly, and then the occu-
pants ran out to ascertain the cause No
one was in sight, and the neighbors
thought. the shots must have been fired
for fun or that thev had been deceived.
The shooting. they say, occurred at 1895,
but 1t was nearly an hour later when
some one passing by saw the figure of a
man lying on the grass.
Not sound was heard. by anybody In
the neighborhood except the reports of
the pistol There was no screaming
heard, and the neighbors ran out so
quickly after the shooting that had the
victim uttered O groan or cry they must
have heard him.
The police ere of the opinion that the
murder theory alone is tenable, as the
five shots are all within five inches of
each other and all are either over or
alongside the heart, making 1t almost Inn
possible that they could have heen self
inflicted.