The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

worthy OF christening party. ana was
indeed treated with true Indian con-
tempt by the imperturbable Gabriel.
who not infrequently stood at the door
way prOffering a rib or a thighbone OF
his inferior brother TO unsuspecting
callers upon Mr.. ChilsOn's mother.
But there came an end TO this rustic
peace and pleasantly Mr.. C1lilson
moved to San Francisco. and finding.
as all migratory human beings of the
higher civilization do. that seven
trunkfCls of household possessions can
not be compressed into two. nor yet
three, he was Obliged to discard sundry
bachelor relics. among them Gabriel
and his lovely eOmrade This he did
the less reluctantly for the fact that
he was contemplating matrimony and
felt little dubious regarding the re-
ceptioR that might be accorded his
grewsome pets under the new regime.
Interment took place in the back
yard. Sanitary precautions not being
considered necessary, a shallow ex-
cavation just large enough to hold the
two skeletons in compact position was
made and the earth leveled over the
top to its original plane. No report
was turned in at the cOrOner's Office,
and the incident closed.
More than decade passed before tha
repose of these inoffensive relies was
once more disturbed. a few weeks ago.
by well diggers who were greatly star
tied at what appeared to be convincing
evidence of foul murder DONE Ru-
mors flew thick and fast. A certain
man in the neighborhOod. already un-
der arrest for one such deed. was now
pronounced a wholesale Bluebeard bv
the excited women of the vicinity and
the oldest Inhabitants began to count
up all the mysterious disappearances
within their memory to see which ones
might be made TO fit in with the new
discovery. One phIegmatic physician
declared the skulls 10 be those OF IN
dams, but he was ignored By the
coroner's jury summoned to sit upon
the case II would be more appropriate
TO consider the subjects white men. The
absence of any vestige of flesh upon
the bones was attributed TO the prob
able use of quicklime by the perpetra-
tor of the dark need The shallow
grave denoted guilty haste and the
cramped position OF the remains clear
ly betrayed that reprehensibls disre-
gard for their victims comfort and
deeorous appearance which is a char
acteristic of the murderous gentry
IL Gabriel could but have spoken on
that eventful morn il would surely have
been a trumpet call To have been
resurrected twice and still TO be denied
that privilege in his own behalf be-
speaks the irony of fate. What inter-
eSting legal complications might not
have resulted. For instance. would not
the evidence adduced by the deliberat-
ing body. that the deceased came to
their death by blows struck on the
heads by some sharp Instrument in the
hands of a person or persons unknown
to the jury" have been with reason OBJ
jected TO as wholly -incompetent. ir-
relevant and inmaterial' In discussing
the second burial2 Conversely, a man
who was already dead could not be
legally terminated. and his subsequent
experiences made q part OF the res
gestae in litigation bearing upon his
early demise
If Gabriel was murdered his assassin
probably went TO his reward in the
happy hunting grounds century or
more before the Elmhurst sepuicher
was prepared for the reception or his
vanquiShed enemy.
1t is hoped that in arranging for a
third interment the legal fraternity
may be induced to take hand and see
that Gabriel is provided with a tomb
befitting his silent dignity and evident
desire to avoid notOriety. BY this
means an act of charity viii have been
performed and the risk OF future ex-
pense to the county in gathering
archaeological evidence avoided.