The San Francisco call., 1899-07-19
Says lie Will Hold an Autopsy on
Mrs, LOOria if Relatives so Desire.
Laws the Matter Before Chief Of Police Lees and
Delivers Himself of an Opinion on the
Action Of Dr. MCMmdO

as he has done, there might as well be no
CorOners office.
Tn case l am asked to eXhume the
dertaker informs me that il was not en-
balmed, so that at any time an autopsy
may be held; proofs of poison, If any
was taken into the WOman'S system, can
be found
Ii, is not likely that any demand will be
relatives OF the dead woman who made
any objection to the hasty burial of Mrs.
LOoria are the members of the Samuels
family, at 1l03 Howard street. AS pub
lished in yesterdays Call. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuels both made objection TO the in
terment of the aged woman until the
as a reason that the death had been so
sudden, although they both have said
since that other and graYer suspicious had
been aroused.
These suspicious are not shared by
Abraham beszynsky; sexton OF the syna. yso
had charge of the interment.
The hasty burial of Mrs. Looria.' he
said yesterday, was made on my advice
She died on a SATURDAY. morning and 1t
was the intention to bury her on Monday;
Her relatives are orthodox Jews, who will
not allow their dead to be injected with
embalming fluid. The car lines running
to the cemeteries will not take a corpse
two days after death unless the body has
been injected. therefore | suggested that
burial take place one day earlier than in
tended, and she was buried on Sunday
Everything was done in strict compliance
with the law. ana l certainly NOulu IlOl
have countenanced anything unlawful in
the case. The Jewish religion fOrbids any
pOst-mortem. and the haste is excusable
on that point"
The SanueIs still contend thatit had been
the oft-repeated intention of Mrs. Looria
TO make some provision In her Will for
would receive half of the hard-earned
hoard lying at interest in the H1bernta
Bank The death of Mrs. Looria intestate
precluding the possibility of the heirship
pf S9ml1plS II is hardly possible
that they will take any steps TO probe
into the manner of the death of Mrs
LOoria particularly when such action
would do them no good.
With the Samuels practically out OF
consideration. the courts Will have to busy
themselves with the question of the dis
tribution of the dead WOman's money. On
the face this apearS an easy task, but 1t
may not be. LoOria, the surviving hus-
band, claims one-half of the money on the
theory that 1t was community property.
His stepdaughter as strongly maintains
that it was not community property; that
her mother had more than that when she
married LoOria. and that 1t belongs en-
tirely TO her and not a cent TO the wild
over.
At present the daughter appears to be
living amicably with the stepfather, and
she says she will continue with him, not
withstanding the proffers of shelter from
benevolent Hebrew women, who have
taken pity on the girls condition. She is
sickly and undoubtedly not strong in the
head still she insists that she alone is en-
titled TO her mothers money. LoOria. aC-
cording to the girls story, told without
any feeling of bitterness toward the step
father, is equally bent on getting half of
It.
Two weeks after my mothers death
said the girl, "Looria asked me to go TO
a lawyers with him and sign over half
the money. He said it was his as well as
my mothers-that he had helped to earn
it. l told him it wasn't
She came over to my house after her
father had asked her to sign. for the
money" said Mrs. A. Davis Of 1S6 Ship
ley street "and told me about it. I said
to her Mary. don't you be in hurry to
sign your name. Wait till the court set
ties everything; then, if you want to, you
can give him half
"Then l went back to my stepfather,"
said the girl, "and told him wouldn't
sign"