The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

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1ect 10 him taking in the town at so
late an hour. Come on: tell your
mother 7 am sick at the Hammam
baths. said Revalk. While tallSing TO
Jones. Revalk was in the best Of
spirits. On falling to have his friends
meet him, Revalk left the saloon ana
shortly afterward appeared at the
Hague. cafe. presumably having walked
directly there. In those few minutes
he suffered a change Of heart. HIS
gayety vanished. his laughter ceased
and when he telephoned for the last
time he was in some trouble.
CHANGE Is MYSTERIOUS
What had caused the change is a
mystery. He was OF too large mental
caliber to feel piqued at the failure OF
his friends to meet him and such a
friffng fact was not sufficient to make
him brood or cause him unhappiness-
He arrived at the Hague cafe at 2:15
a. m. and taking a seat at table,
ordered a suissesse. For few mo-
nents he sat silently twirling his glass
and. as the waiter started to move
away, ne reused himself and called for
writing materials. These were fur
nished him and he started TO write
letters. He wrote for over an hour and
was then told that the place was about
to close.
.
rising, 4 thought this was an all night
cafe. Can you tell me where I can
find one2" He was directed to Thomp-
sons restaurant and after paying his
bill and tipping the waiter he pro-
ceeded. there. At Thompson's Revalk
finished his letters. He wrote four OF
them. With the exception Of one ad-
dressed 10 Leland Sparks, Reno, New,
the. addresses Of the others are un-
known. As he brought a letter TO a
finish he placed il inside his inside
coat pocket. Shortly after 1 a. m. he
left Thompson's, paying for a ham
sandwich he had ordered, and walked
3 down O'Farrell street to Fillmore.
where he stood, medftating. He stood
there for about 10 minutes and then
suddenly turned into the Tuxedo
saloon. He acted as If he had made up
his mind TO some definite action In
the Tuxedo he purchased a quart Of
White Rock water and then left, carry
ing the bottle with him. He walked
across the street TO where: :F'lynn's hack
was standing and asked the Iare to the
ferry.
Two dollars and half" said Flynn.
-Revalk entered the vehicle and as
Flynn was clambering on the seat
called TO him, asking him to go to the
saloon and get an opener. When Flynn
returned with the opener Revalk asked
that the windows be pulled down and
when this was done proffered Flynn
his fare.
.Fm collect at the end of the trip"
said Flynn.
That's all right" said Revalk you
better take il now and save yourself
the trouble at the end OF the trip"
Flynn, a trif1e surprised at the
LADS strange behavior. took the money
- ho~
Turk and Fillmore strets Revalk called
70 the driver, handing him a letter
addressed TO Leland Sparks, the son of
the late governor Of nevada, and ask
ing Flynn TO mail it at the first box
he saw
MAILS LETTER TO SPARKS
"As I knew It was too early to catch
a beat" said Flynn, II drove slowly.
At McAlIister street I saw letter box,
stopped the. hack and mailed the letter
he gave me. Then I went down Meal
lister to Market street and on to the
ferry depot. When we reached the
ferry waited for him to step out and
as he did not do so, got of and opened
The door. His feet came sliding toward
me and 1 caught them and. thinking
he was asleep, gave him a slight shake.
soon saw, however, that he was sick
and. as no policeman was in sight,
drove him TO the harbor hospital"
Half an hour after Flynn had taken
Bevalk 70 the hospital he was dead
= The coroner's. deputies took charge OF
the remains and an examination of the
stomach, made later. in the morning
showed the cause of death. The pre-
sumption was that the boy had emptied
the. poison into the mineral water and
then drank il. Most of the contents OF
the bottle were spilled on the floor OF
the hack, but there remained a sufi-
cieHt amount on which to make an
snalytical examination. This the city
chemist took in charge.
MOTIVE IS LACKING
The reason for the suicide is inex-
plicable. The boy had no love affairs
lie was general faverite with girls
but there did not seem TO be anyone
in particular to whom he paid special
attention It was at first thought that
something had transpired between him
self and Miss McGill, which might lead
70 dependency. This was. denied.
There was nothing between my
daughter. Solita, and young BernaI Re-
walk, except the ordinary boy and girl
friendship" said DR.. A B. McGiu yes
terday. He called on: my daughter as
he did at various other homes. but
there was nothing in his conduct To
show the slightest trace Of sentiment
or boyish love"
y have been close friend and
physician for the Revalk family for
years. and, on hearing of hfs sons
death, the father Immediately came to
my hotel and told me of 1t, This was
at about o'clock IN the morning. Al
the 6rst opportunity put my daughter
through a severe examination, in the
hopes Of finding motive for suicide
She told me that she knew. no reason
for the boy taking his life end recited
the events of the evening before. He
was jolly and pleasant at the party
and the last she saw of him was when
the affair broke up and they said good
night to each other before going their
respective ways"
He often called at our hotel" saiC
Miss McGill, but we looked upon hin
merely as a very good friend. In fact
we girls often wondered whom he liked
better than the others. None of u.
ever wore his frat pin, or anythins
like that, and heard from some on,
that he had lent II to one of the boy,
70 wear in the country At the part,
ne led everything. He played tn.
piano and sang and danced and seemed
TO be in the best of spirits 1 thinl
my mother and myself knew him al
well as anybody outside of his owl
family, and he never told US Of any
thing that was troubling him. H,
looked upon me as he did upon tn,
b other Girls n orar .