The San Francisco call., 1908-04-15

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and most of his operations were on the
ground of the betting ring.
Week before last was an unusually
successful one for Gilmore. His earn
ings on the wins of Downpatrick, The
Mist and others, according to his broth
er. figured upward of $1,000. The day
before his death Gilmore went to the
track and bet his fortune on Pontotoc
in the fifth race, winning at odds of
z to /.
From that time on his whereabouts
are somewhat of a mystery. James
Hannah, friend who was with him
practcally all of that time, takes ref
uge behind the shield of silence, dis
claiming knowledge of his doings.
At 1890 O'Clock the next morning
Gilmore walked in to the saloon of
Michael Murphy in Brady street be-
tween Market and West Mission. He
was perfectly sober and declined, at
first to drink anything intoxicating.
An hour later Pat Rush, proprietor of a
saloon at Market and Brady streets,
a lifelong friend of Gilmore's, saw
him and then he was also sober. To
Rush he repeated the tale of his sue
cesses during the week at the races.
At daylight James Kelleher, a bar
to the receiving hospital that a man
was lying unconscious on the sidewalk
short distance from in front of his
place Of business.
The unconscious man was Gilmore,
who was removed to the hospital. DIR.
Beasley, the surgeon on duty, dag
nosed his case as apoplexy, supple
menting the diagnosis on the hospital
register with a question mark At 10
o'clock of the same day Gilmore died,
and his body was removed to the
morgue. Not a single cent was found
on his body when 1T was taken in
charge by the hospital authorities.
The autopsy finding of death due
to cirrhosis of the liver and pneu-
monia of the left lung" pronounced
by DR.. ]. r. Clark of the coroner's S
office, is refuted by DIR. Albert G.
Meyers, 2651 Folsom street, family
physician of the Gilmores. At the re-
quest of Michael Gilmore, DR.. Meyers
has conducted a careful investigation
of the causes of Samuel Gilmore S
death and on his advice the appeal to
the police was made. DR.. Meyers says:
After a thorough examination I have found
that pneumonia had taken only a very slight
hold Of the lower part Of of Gilmore 5
says that his autopsy revealed the same. Gil
more's liver was affected by cirrhosis but hardly
more than the liyers Of the average of men
who led his kind Of life. Death could not have
been due TO the liver complaint. and the fact
that in the victims stomach was the remains
Of hearty meal proves concluslrely that the
man was not sick enough 10 have died OF pneu-
monia. In my opinion drug that produces
coma was the real cause OF death and an exam
ination OF the contents OF the stomach I am
convinced, viii bear out.
Owing to a desire to keep quiet as
many as possible of the crimes com
mitted in the last wave that has swept
over the city, every movement made
by the police in their investigation
OF the case has been carried on with
utmost secrecy. The record of the in
quest at the coroner Office shows that
death was found to have been due to
natural causes, but 1t does not show
that the contents of the stomach are
being analyzed. Chief of Police Big
gy disclaims knowledge of any inves-
tigation, but the two detectives of his
department who are detailed on the
case, admit that they already suspect
two men and are waiting for more
conclusive evidence before taking them
into custody.
City Chemist Green stated yesterday
that his examination of the stomach
would likely be completed today I'm
til that time when his report will be
made to police headquarters, he de-
clined to make public what he had
found.