The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-10
DANIELS SLAYER
BOUGHT WEAPON
Mrs. Coarum Purchases
Pistol on Night Of
Shooting.
Officers Rodiger and Ward
Describe Scene at the
House.

The trial Of Mrs. Catherine Coarum Tor
! the murder OF Charles Daniels was re-
The woman killed Daniels on the night OF
April last at 1884 Clay street.
Mrs. Coarum was IN court, but seemed
devoid OF any interest in the proceedings.
She kept her eyes on her attorney, Rob-
ert Ash, occasionally shifting her glance
to Assistant District Attorney Graney,
who is conducting the prosecution.
The first witness called for the prose
cution yesterday was Patrick Clancy, the
and killed J. n. L. Wilson. He said that
on the night OF the shooting he saw the
accused woman leave her house about II
o'clock. He said she was gone about fif-
teen minutes and that when she returned
she entered the house by the basement.
DR.. L. V. Bacigalupi, autopsy surgeon
at the Morgue, was next called. His tes-
timony was a description of the wounds
which ended the life of Daniels. One of
the wounds, said DR.. Bacigalupi, entered
Daniels right thigh and came out on the
inner side of the limb. Either one of the
other two bullets would have caused
death, said the physician. One entered
Daniels right shoulder, passing between
through the upper lobes of both lungs,
lodging against the third rib on the left
side. This bullet perforated the aorta.
on the left side, on level with the ninth
rib, perforated the base of the left lung
and lodged in the cavity of the right VEN
Heard Prisoner Confess.
Mrs. Louisa Maurer of 11S3 Clay street.
she was with the policeman who, the day
after the tragedy, forced his way into
Mrs. Coarums house, The witness said
that as they entered the prisoners house
they heard her say:
Yes, killed himL 1 killed himi He is
dead down there in the cellar"
Samuel L. Lipman, a pawnbroker. testi-
sold Mrs. Coarum a revolver. He identi-
fed the weapon with which the woman
did the shooting as the pistol she procur-
ed at his place.
John Roide, a grocer at the corner of
Clay and Taylor streets. testified that he
sold Daniels beer and whisky at 1920
Policeman o. H. Rodiger, who arrested
Mrs. Coarum, testified as follows: 81 was
summoned to the house of Mrs. Coarum
at S:S5 a. m. April 10. Policeman j, E.
the house. but could not so we went
next door to Mrs Maurer's. From the
kitchen of her house we could see into
Mrs. Coarums kitchen. We saw the wo-
man sitting there at a table on which
there were several bottles and glasses.
We called to her, but she did not answer.
We then searched the house for a means
of entrance. We finally found a window
open and crawled through. When she
saw US coming she rose from her seat
and walked toward US. She raised her
hands and said: L shot him. He is dead
down cellar
Ward and myself then went down.
stairs and found the body of Daniels
propped up in a sitting position against
a bulkhead. He had no coat nor cap on.
Police Find Revolver.
I'VE then went upstairs, and as we
picked up a fve-chambered 3s-caliber re-
volver from the kitchen table Mrs. Coar-
UNI said:
[" There is the pistol 1 killed him with.
His coat and cap are hanging on the
hook
There were four discharged cartridges
lying alongside the weapon on the table.
I'VE found the coat had two bullet holes
in it. We searched the house but could
not find trace of the other bullets. A
few days ago 1 went to the house and
found a bullet hole in the steps and a
bullet underneath the steps,
Policeman ]. E. Ward corroborated Rod
iger's testimony He said he took the
woman to the Hall Of Justice, and that
or the way there she said she did not
mean to kill Daniels.
She said,' continued Ward, that she
expected her husbend home and had told
the Waterman to keep away from the
house She told me that Daniels had
threatened to kill her and her husband.
She also said that Daniels came to the
house that night and forced his way in"
Both the officers testified that the house
showed no sign of any struggle and that
in any way. They testified that they
found blood stains in the kitchen and on
the steps leading to the basement.
George POTTER who was Daniels land
lord at 421 Powell street, testified that the
defendant visited the rooms of the watch
man three or four times week while he
was rooming there.
The. case was then continued until this
morning