The San Francisco call., 1899-10-23
UGLY CHARGES
FOLLOW MALLEYS
SUDDEN DEATH
Dr.. w. NJ. Foster Is
Involved.
DEAD MANS MONEY MISSING
EXPIRED WHILE PHYSICIAN
GAVE CHLoROFoRM.
John McCann, Friend Of the Deceased,
Claims That Death Ensued Be-
DEAD MANS MONEY MISSING
EXPIRED WHILE PHYSICIAN
GAVE CHLoROFoRM.
John McCann, Friend of the Deceased,
Claims That Death Ensued Be-
Cause the Doctor Did Not
Heed His Warning.

Thomas J. Malley, a carriage painter,
who resided at 9l9i2 Natoma street, lost
his life yesterday afternoon at the PHI
Box drug store, 1863 Market street while
Or. w. VI. Foster Dr. D. Maclean and a
clerk named c. II. Crawford were at
tempting 10 put him under the influence
OF chloroform preparatory 10 performing
an operation. During the time that inter
vened between the mans death and the
arrival of the Morgue deputies so In goId
was taken from his pockets John +. Nc
Cam. who accompanied MaIley, throws
the responsibility of the missing money
on DR.. Foster, proprietor Of the Pill Box.
He also charges that the mans death was
due to the unskiuful manner in which the
anaesthetic was administered. DR.. Foster
asserts that he saw Mccain remove the
money from the pockets of his dead
friend. All of the doctors statements do
not agree. He told one story to the
Morgue deputies, and, later in the even
ing gave an entirely different version OF
According to the statement of Mccain,
who was a member OF the hospital corps
at Manila, he was a friend OF Malley. Nal
ley mad asked him earlier in the day for
financial aid to have the operation per-
formed, and just before the two went to
the Pill Box Mccain gave him $40 which
the painter placed in a buckskln bag in
his trousers pocket
While they were administering the
ley's pulse, and, noticing that it was get
ting very weak, cautioned the doctors.
Dr. Maclean replied that he was getting
along all right, and that there was moth
ing to fear. l stepped back for few mo-
mentS when the clerk, who was assisting
Foster to administer the drug, whispered
something TO him, anu almost Immediate
ly the operating table was tipped up and
the trio attempted to Tesuscitate the man
by means of artificial respiration.
After working over him for some time
they threw up their hands and, looking
at me appeallngly, announced that they
could do nothing more and that Malley
was dead. They were very much eX-
q lot of crazy men. left almost i'm
mediately after assisting in dressing Nal
ley. AT that time he had in his pockets
the money that l had given him A
thing that struck me peculiarly was the
evident desire Of Foster and his clerk TO
get me TO leave as soon as possible.
The MOrgue officials say that the first
thing Foster told them when they visited
his place was that Mccain had taken
$40 from the dead mans clothing and was
probably spending it getting drunk. The
deputies found a small amount OF silver
and the empty buckskin pouch in Nal
ley's pockets. The top Of the pouch had
Dr. Foster asserted last evening that
Mailey died from cardiac SpaSm.
1T was one Of those cases. he said,
"that We cannot foresee. He was talk
iug TO US almost a minute before he
showed signs Of collapse. The man Nc
Cam is no good. He is trying to give
me q black eye because l told the deputies
that he took that money He did take 1t,
and I can prove it by my clerk
Within the past month the Coroner has
had to investigate several cases with
which DR.. Foster has been connected.
Alalley was 81 years of age and a native
or Ireland He was unmarried.