The San Francisco call., 1906-12-28
ACCUSE POLICEMAN.
OF FORGERY
Philip McManus Is Charged
With Manufacturing a
Fake Enright Will
SCENE AT DEATHBED

Enr1ght d1eQ, Pnllip MCManuS created
so much disturbance in the room and
was so persistent in his efforts to force
the dying man to sign a paper which
he had that 1 found 1t necessary to
order him out of the room, and finally
was forced to call in a policeman and
have him forcibly removed from the
room A policeman stayed in front of
the house all night to keep him from
forcing his way back in. McManus was
partly under the influence of liquor at
the time. e."---Statement of DR.. w. C.
Eidenmuller who was Enright's physi-
clan.
The filing for probate Of two docu-
ments, each purporting to be the will
of Edward Enright, who died December
8, at 1902 Fulton street. has caused the
relatives of the deceased to bring seri-
Gus charges against former Policeman
Philip McManus, whom they charge
with attempting to force the dying man
to will him his entire estate, and, fail
ing in this, with resorting to forgery
to obtain his end. DIR. w. c. Eidenmul-
Ter of 70S Second avenue, who attended
Enright during his last illness, declares
that on the night of Enright's death he
was forced to call police assistance to
keep McManus from the room, and that
the latter's actions were due to his de-
sire to get Enright's signature ON an
order making over part of his property
to him.
TWO WILLS FILED
On December 8, the day following
Enright's death, Public Administrator
Stultz filed petition for letters of
administration on his estate, which is
valued at considerably over $4,000. A
document purporting to be Enright'S
will was filed the same day, by the
terms of which the entire estate Of the
H. 1. T. L.
Timothy Enright, and in case of the
latters death, to his children. The
executors named in this will were Fa-
ther G. Stack and A Mcbride, and the
document was dated June 9, 1904
Yesterday another paper, claimed to
be later will, was filed in the probate
division of the Superior Court by an
attorney representing McManus. Writ
ten on a small and crumpled bit of
paper, and signed with a mark which
is badly blurred and smeared, this pa
per reads:
believing that am about to die and
being of sound and disposing mind, I
make this, my last will and testament.
I give, devise and bequeath to my
friend, Philip McManus, all that I die
possessed Of, of whatever consisting
and wherever located, in consideration
Of his many kindnesses to me-"
RELATIVES SUSPICIOUS
D. I. Kenny of the undertaking firm
of Kenny & Co., 1719 Ellis street, who
was a relative of the deceased, stated
last night that McManus attentions to
Enright had long been source Of dis
cussion in the latter's family, and that
it had been generally believed that
McManus was paying constant atten-
tion to Enright in order to persuade
him to leave his wealth to him.
Enright was 76 years old at the time
of his death. Prior to the fire he and
McManus lived together. but they be-
came separated at that time. McManus
advertised in the papers and finally
located Enright, and they secured
rooms together at the home or Mrs.
Kilday 2902 Fulton street where they
lived until Enright's death.
It was there that DR.. Eidenmuller
was called to care for Enright, and
there that the trouble described by
Eidenmuller occurred on the night of
December 2. a few hours before En-
rights death. Eidenmuller is borne
out in his statements by Mrs. Kilday,
who was in the house at the time.
ENRIGHT WAS DIsPLEAsED.
DR.. Eidenmuller stated yesterday
that McManus was present in Enright's
room several times during the latter's
Illness ana IIdt ne was constantly en-
deavoring to force the latter to make
over his property. According to Eden
muller, Enright was very bitter toward
McManus, and gave the doctor to un-
derstand that he had already made
the will leaving the estate to his
brother.
."The night before Enrights death
McManus was more persistent than he
had been and appeared to be intoxi-
Gated" the physician says. HE had
paper which was an order for some
safe deposit vault to turn over to him
all Enright's valuables, and he want
ed me to arouse the old man from his
semi-conscious state in order to get
him to sign it. 1 refused to do so
and finally had to call in the policeman
on the beat and have McManus taken
out. He was locked in his room and
the paper was never signed. The facts
impressed me so that as soon as En-
right died I notified the Public Ad-
ministrator." IA
THIRD DAMAGE SUIT FILED
AGAINST WHALER BOwHEAD