The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
JEKYLL AND HYDE
TO HIS MOTHER
Sad Mrs. Greiner Says
Sons Career Was
Deceitful.
Coroner's Jury Hears Story of
Burglar Kiniry's Evil
Touch.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
lllS Broadway. Dec. 2.


of the Coroner's jury tonight in the
case of Frank J. Goldstein. By strong
declaration the jury found that Gold
stein had come to his death at the
hands of Policeman James H. Smith,
who was attacked while discharging
his duty in attempting to arrest Gold
stein and Kinery. The jury said:
I'VE ind that death was caused by
| hemorrhage, due TO a gunshot wound
inflicted by Officer James II. Smith,
who. while discharging his duty as a
peace officer in attempting to arrest
said Goldstein and one David Kiniry,
was by them murderously attacked
and Justihably defended himself there
from. T. ]. Foster. foreman; I. ArtA,
]. S. Dermitt, c. NJ. Keep. G. NJ. Lit
| tie. ]. A. Mclean, A. <. Percival.
In the light Of the revelations made
by young Goldstein's death the story
related tonight by his grief-burdened
mother was peculiarly sad. Mrs.
Greiner recounted to the jury her
fears. suspicious and anxieties about
I her boy; her efforts to prevent him
from assocfating with Kiniry, and at
last her determination to come to San
Francisco two weeks ago, so strong
had become her idea that all was not
as II should be with her wayward son.
Il have learned all too late that he
had been deceiving me-" said Mrs.
Greiner. He told me when he left
home in September with Kiniry that
he was going to return to work with
Redington & Co. in San Francisco. 1
know now that it was a deception"
WROTE TO HIS MOTHER.
my son had been at home about
three months before he left me. He
wrote to me every week always from
San Francisco, except the last time,
when he wrote me from Oakland. His
last letter was what aroused my sus-
picions, because he said he had to move
about so much. I could not understand
If he was working in San Francisco
why he should move to Oakland. Not
a word did he ever say about Kiniry.
Not until after my sons death did I
know the truth
Coroner Mehrmann read extracts as
follows from the last letter Mrs. Grei-
ner received from her son:
You will no doubt be surprised when
\ you receive this to hear that 1 have
moved. I am living with a private
family and have my breakfast with
them in the morning. I think am go
/ ing up to Sacramento Sunday and will
! be up there a few days.
You say that I will not give you a
/ chance TO see me in Frisco. 1 did not
know you were coming up here, mother.
don't see why you keep worrying
about my position. I am all right. The
only thing is 1 am keeping on the move.
1 have not seen the Maurers
for over two weeks. You don't know
how 1 have to keep going. 1 haven't
much chance to go around to see any
one"
OF her acquaintance with Kiniry, Mrs
! Greiner said:
"Kiniry's mother and himself came
direct TO our house at 204 Turk street,
San Francisco, from ST. Louis. She
left the boy there when he was about
II years old. He worked in a drug
store on Market street. But he left me
and went TO his aunt in Vallejo, where
| he learned carpentering. Kiniry used
to visit my house frequently until I
left San Francisco in 1901 My son was
working for three years in the Phila-
delphia Shoe Store on Third street
and after that I sent him to Heald's
Business College. Soon after 1 went to
Los Angeles my boy came to me there.
He worked eight or nine months as
bookkeeper for Albert Maulhardt at
Oxnard and returned to Los Angeles in
! December of last year.
KINIRY'S BAD NFLUENCE.
For while he attended Woodbury.
! College in Los Angeles, but in March
of this year left the college before he
! had completed his course. Kiniry had
been around the house and had induced
my son to leave. Before knew IT he
had packed my boys clothes in his
trunk. My son told me he was going.
/ to San Francisco with Kiniry. begged
him to stay with me, but he told me he
was going and 1 could not induce him
1 to remain at home.
In June / made up my mind to go
TO San Francisco and was preparing
for the journey, when Frank and Kin
Try walked into the house. My son said
he had been working at Redington's.
He stayed around home for three
months and Kiniry was there q great
deal At last 1 said Frank ought to
find a position. 1 didn't think Kiniry
was good companion for the boy, be-
cause he was roaming about too much
when they left in September it was,
as 1 was told. for Frank to return to
Redington's, where he had said he was
earning $50 a month.
That Sunday he left was the last
time / saw him alive.
The last letter he wrote was from
Oakland. The one before that was
from San Francisco. 1 remember he
said in it: Mother. If it is Gods will
I will soon be with you again and
everything will be o. X
"Such things as these in his letters
disturbed me, although not until after
his death did I know positively that
for months I had been deceived"
other testimony offered was that of
Charles Kutz and Fred Kutz, Miss
Daisy Nolan and Policeman j. NJ.
Cockerton as to the finding of Gold
STEMS body and as to circumstances
surrounding the shooting; Dr. J.. NJ.
Kane, the autopsy surgeon, and Eu-
gene S. Van Court, who took Policeman
Smiths dying statement at the Receiv-