The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Several Thousand Curious Persons
See Remains at City's
Dead House.
Morbid Throng Passes To and Fro
to Get a Glimpse of the
CHASTITY Sight.

Not since the night that the body Of
Minnie Williams was. laid out on a slab
at the Morgue has the city charnel-
house presented such a spectacle as it
did last night. From the time the
limbs and head OF the murdered man
were brought IN from Meiggs wharf
TIL past 10 o'clock thousands of curious
men, women and children thronged the
chamber Of death, each eager to catch
a glimpse Of the mutilated remains.
A squad of officers was on duty at
the entrance to the chamber and it
was with difficulty that they man
aged TO keep the mob in order. Among
the curious sightseers could be dis
cerned the anxious faces. of mothers,
fathers and sisters. who journeyed to
the place with fear In their hearts
lest the corpse might be that OF one
OF their loved ones.
Several persons viewed intently the
grewsome remains and imagined for a
moment that they recognized in the
heap Of flesh and bones the features
Of friend or relative. But all efforts
10 Identification failed utterly. for when
Il came to q test there was no one
among the thousands who visited the
Morgue who could positively state that
he or she knew the dead man.
The head and limbs arrived at the
chamber Of death shortly after 6
o'clock. The news that they had been
found spread like wiIdfre and it took
but a few moments to attract thou
sands to the place. 1t was with the
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uties managed to carry the remains to
the slab and arrange them about the
trunk, that the crowd might view what
had the nearest semblance to the COM
pact body.
CHINESE ARE CURIOUS.
Among the motley throng that
fought for a glimpse at the remains
were a number Of Chinese men and
women. They seemed to be strangely
interested in the proceedings for some
reason or another and chartered and
5abbered among themselves while wait
ing at the door for q chance to pass in.
When it was announced that the
dead man was unquestionably an Ital-
ian the news seemed TO take firm
root in the Latin quarter and for that
any other nationality to visit the
q deathhouse last night It was hoped
that from among the hundreds Of this
race on the scene the remains would
be identified, but no such good fortune
was in store for the authorities.
Among the first TO view the remains
was James Beatty, a soldier from the
Preside. Beatty was struck speech
less by the sight Of the dead man and
stated that he had seen him on the
street only q few days ago. He added
that the face Of the corpse was very
familiar to him, as he had seen it on
the street time and time again, but
had no idea who the man was.
I have seen that face on the
streets countless times" said Beatty.
I have been living at the fremont
House on Kearny street for some
weeks and spend a great deal of time
In this part Of the city. 1 never for
get face when / take notice Of it. I
am not making a mistake, for those
features are too clear and distinct"
An Italian laborer called at the
Morgue at a late hour and after TAX
ing a look at the grewsome remains
said he thought they were those Of G.
Gevincinzo. After being questioned
by the Morgue deputies the man ad-
mitted he was mistaken, as his friend
was older than the man on the slab
and had more prominent features.
WAS a WORKINGMAN.
The dead man was unquestionably
a hard working individual, and, from
the appearance Of his hands. it would
l.
chinist or at some other similar trade.
The hands are large and rough and
bear many scars, which would indi-
cate that he had much to do with
machinery or heavy tools.
Many women who were Of a timid
disposition and feared to enter the
death chamber rode in the elevator
and craned their necks for chance
TO get a glimpse at the remains as
they rode up and down. But the
members of the fair sex for the most
part were not afraid to enter the
room and, strange to say. they man
ifested far more interest IN the grew
some sight than did the men who
thronged the place.
Every now and then little group
of swarthy men from Fishermans
WnaTI WOulO HE Dy the nOrrOr. 1ney
made no comments that any one could
hear, these men Of the murdered
ones race.
Was he a fisherman?" was asked
some of them. A shrug Of the shoul-
ders and an undecided shake of the
head was the only reply received.
But as the .ermen stole away
they would whisper among them
selves, then look about them fearful
ly, as though being watched. Fear OF
the.power that directs the black hand
seemed to have mastered them.
During the afternoon Antoine FL
gone, a florist. viewed the limbless
body at the Morgue. After observing
Il carefully Figone told a policeman
who was keeping the crowd moving
at the entrance of the Morgue that he
feared he knew who the dead man
was He was taken before Captain
Burnett and said he was certain the
rnutilated corpse was that Of Nick
Pasterene. q florist who had not been