The San Francisco call., 1909-12-22

a closer Inspection AlG0N A-tNAA
the evidence Of their own senses, and
the longer they looked the more they
wavered.
Identifies Gold Tooth
Returning to their hotel. Doctor Bed
olson said there was one point on which
he was not satished- He declared that
when the highwayman addressed him
in the store at the time of the second
holdue. he noticed particularly that an
upper tooth near the corner of the rob
ber's mouth was very conspicuous by
reason OF its gold filling.
The party returned to the morgue,
the mouth of the dead man was opened
and the gold filled tooth was found
exactly as Doctor Beddison had de-
scribed it. This seemed to thoroughly
convince the entire party.
Doctor Gleason passed a pleasant
morning with his associates and sew
eraI newspapermen. but appeared dis
trscted and III at ease for long periods.
He kept urging his friends 10 go back
to the morgue. The corpse seemed to
have :. peculiar fascination for him.
Telling his friends to keep back, he
entered the room alone with the body,
and for nearly an hour and half,
locked in the room. he carried on an
imaginary conversation with the
corpse. 1t was not until, fearing that
ia his state of mind he would mutilate
the body or hurt himself. his compan-
ions succeeded in getting him TO un-
lock the door and come out that he
ceased muttering TO the body.
He went in almost positive that the
body on the slab was that of the ban
dit He came out almost as certain
that il was not. He trembled in abject
fear lest the man should not be the
one sought and would return 10 do him
violence. The San Francisco officers
got Gleason safely out of town and
away from the horrible fascination at
the morgue.
Doubtful of Identity
Accompanied by Detective Sergeant
Dan Driscoll Mrs. Irene Florss. who
was held up in the candy store, and
DR.. David B. Green, whose drug store
was also visited by the robber, went TO
San Jose yesterday afternoon and at
tempted TO identify the body. Both
declared the likeness remarkable but
neither expressed a positive conviction.
Both said that the points establishing
an identity were Overwhelmingly fav-
orsble
Coroner Barney +. Kell. and Detec-
tives Tom Burke and A F. McPhee
went to Morgan Hill yesterday after
noon and interviewed several residents
who had slight acQuaintances with
Carroll there. George NJ. Heclkel. a
barber and news dealer, said that Car
roll had been in his shop a number OF
ri
day. when Carroll got a shave about l
o'clock and took the train to San Jose.
It was Friday night that Carroll was
crushed to death in San Jose under a
train
The house on the Eastman place is
very large. Carroll could have alb
sented himself from the place for sew
eral hours without Renourel having
known it. Ii was learned that Carroll
had come to San Francisco for a few
DAYS before Thanksgiving, having re-
msined here from Tuesday to Saturday
preceding the holiday but his COM
psnion on the ranch did not believe he
was away from there at the time of
the crimes.
Renourel told the detectives that he
and Carroll had talked about the drug
store bandit, but there was nothing to
connect Carroll with the crime, accord
in 10 the Frenchman.
Detective Burke told OF having made
2 careful investigation of CarroI's ef-
fects at the ranch. There were no gar
ments to correspond with those worn
by the holdupman.
After the detectives had made their
report to Captain Anderson last night
he said that he was still at sea. Every
clew would be run down. he said, in
an effort TO catch the bandit IN case
Carroll is really not the offender
Think Carroll Killed Wife
That walter r. Carroll killed his wife
in their home at 1860 Twelfth avenue
is the belief Of her relatives, which
they base on his treatment of her and
q struggle for g revolver between
them which was witnessed by neigh
Dor the morning of the tragedy. d. d
Heagerty. who married a sister of Mrs
Carroll, is also convinced that Carroll
was the drug store bandit
i maintained from the first that
Carroll killed his WIFE," said Heagerty
at his saloon at Duncan and Church
streets yesterday afternoon. II also said
a week ago that the description Of the
holdup man printed in The Call fitted
Carroll TO a IT. At that time. how
ever. / had no reason to suspect him
I know he was not AT the ranch al
Morgan Hill all the time, because
heard about three weeks ago that he
was in town A woman friend of my
wife. knowing she was afraid of Car
roH, telephoned her about three weeks
ago that Carroll was in town so that
she could stay away from the nursery
AT Fourteenth avenue and Lake street
where she might run into Carroll. MY
wife frequently visits the children.
have already begun proceedings to
adopt them"
CARROLL's STRANGE ACTIONS
Heagerty was inclined all the more
toward the belief that Carroll had
killed his wife because of his strange
actions on the night following the
ira gedy september 25.
The night following his wife's
death" said Hesgerty. Carroll watched
outside my place until left and then
be tried TO force his way upstairs
where the children were with my wife