The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
He Administers Rebukes
 to Two With esses at Inquests.
A Verdict of Murder BrOuqht In in the Case of 
 =: John Dow.
The Jury Decides That Catherine ::. Downes Was Poisoned by
 = Carbon MOnOxide.

= Yesterday was a busy day in the :: :CorOner's office, and, perhaps, the .. amount of work before him put Coro- : ner Hawkins on his mettIe; at all . events, those whose views confiicted
 with his experienced the somewhat un- pleasant sensation of being told what
 they didn't know in plain language be- fore the usual audience which congre-
 gates in the COroner's office during in-
 quests.
 The first sufferer was Detective
 Crockett, who was called as a witness
 ln the Dow case. and perhaps he was not very much surprised, as wordy en-
 counters between him and the genial
 doctor have been frequent of late.
 Since. the body of Dow was found in
 his shooting gallery the Morgue off,
 eials have claimed that it was a clear
 case of murder, while the police have
 been busy trying to find a reason why
 the man should commit suicide The
 hrSt outburst came while William Otto
 was giving his testimony and showing
 to the jury the awkward position the pistol would have to be held in order for man to shoot himself with his left
 hand. MT. Crockett made a side re-
 mark to Captain BOhen, ridiculing
 Otto as an expert on firearms. The re- mark was heard by pr. Hawkins. as well as by nearly every one in the of . flee, and caused the ire of the Coroner to rise in mighty volume He donned
 his war paint with great rapidity and
 went after the scalp of the luckless .haWkshaw with the fierce determina-
 tiOn of an Indian brave after that of his hated foe. The burst of wrath soon subsided, as did the detective, but only for time, for MT. Crockett soon put
 n nd
 newed his war dance.
 The cause of the second tornado was the fact that Crockett when on the wit
 nesS-stand swOre that Cohen, the spe- cial officer, had lighted the gas in the shooting gallery the night before the body was found. As matter of fact Crockett knew nothing of the lighting of the gas except what he learned from coaching given him by Cohen at the very moment he (Crockett) was testi flying. The by-play between the two officers was plainly seen by the iury and the Coroner, and the latter went after Crockett rough shod, telling him in far from gentle manner that q man who had been on the force as long as Crockett should know enough to not testify to something he knew nothing of and to make remarks which would have a tendency to influence the jury Crockett said he meant no wrong and apologized to the doctor after the inquest, and the two parted as friends as far as outward appearances go.
 With the exception of the display of HaWkIns wordy pyrotechnics the case went on smoothly enough, and the evil dence brought out was very similar to ! that which has already been published | A number of witnesses were called. who agreed to the finding of the body in l ped with covers drawn up close around the the neck and the cooked pistol lying on the floor beside the bed Dr. Gal i !agher, the autopsy physician of the | Morgue, testified to the three buIJet i wounds, any one of which would. un- | ger ordinary circumstances. produce | oeath or immediate unconscfousness: f5 eflal the wounds were all in the right | 5..u SIue or the mead; that no blood had run over to the left side which would have been the case had the body moved aftar ueath He also testified to finding . lIaIk, evidently made with the noint of arm. lie flsht
 The jury was out but few minutes when they returned with verdict tbat. Dow had been murdered by marty viiC,r or parties unknown. VI
 The next case called was that of CdIHeflne Downes, who was asnhvxi a,.dd dIed py Illuminating gas, and as Dr. .IaIIagher reported that she had come nei 9eath by carbon-monoxide tiiI SOiOHeT deemed if his l ou5ys 10 call in Gas Inspector Taylor aEo sea. -llnd out what he knew about gas. ai5o.I 1tter lew questions the Coroner de- tti's thGeu lhat Taylor did not know any tIn ap2ut gas, and Taylor became of Ine opInlon that too many questions W were belng asked and wanted to know II he was there on trial
 Now o MT Taylor" replied the Coro- nst; ;t;. oo not care to argue the point NIt.1 ~Itn you. agree with you that the opinion, could tell something about if and you being gas inspector is why T called you. Our autopsy physician re- ports that this woman was poisoned