The San Francisco call., 1909-01-06

ing notified of his condition. The pa
tient was conscious throughout the
ordeal. but his condition is at present
critical
Refuses to Prosecute
Since the night OF December Il. when
his wife in a frenzy rushed at him and
gashed his thigh with butcher knife
and then fed. leaving him to die. Nc
Cormick has steadfastiy refused TO
prosecute her, and the woman. who was
taken in charge by her wealthy father.
has vouchsafed no explanation of her
murderous deed. She is at present in
the Napa asylum for the Insane. al
though the relatives of Mccormick be-
lieve that money and influence have
been used to place her there instead of
in prison. and Miss Eva Mccormick as
serts positively that the woman is of
normal mind.
Mrs Martin Mccormick, the mother.
who is daughter of the late United
States Senator James Gray of Ken
lucky, and whose husband. McCorrnick.s
father. was the son of William Nc
Cormick, former United States senator
from Iowa. declares that in the event
Of her sons death the Long millions
Will avail nothing against bringing the
woman to justice. and that she viii call
upon influential relatives of the Gravs
and McCormicks 10 have the woman
punished. Mccormick will not allow
his wife TO be prosecuted during his
life, but in the event of the operation
failing the mother and sisters will take
matters into their own hands.
Stabbed Month Ago
Nearly month has elapsed since Nc
Cormick as found by his landlord. DR..
Biehle, huddled upon blood soaked cot
and moaning in agony. Thirty-six hours
before his wife had plunged a butcher
knife into his thigh and fled from the
humble cottage at 16 Vulcan place. and
he had crawled into the corner and tried
his best to stanch the squirting wound.
For two nights and day the wounded
may lay without food or warmth. and
would have died but for the arrival Of DIR.
Biehl=, who had him at once conveyed
TO the central emergency hospital.
Bieble notified the police and the next
day the woman was arrested and taken
to the city prison, but when the wound
ed man heard of this he wrote TO Police
Judge Shortall asking that she be dis
missed. as he would place no charge
against her. The woman was released
on 800 bail furnished by the attorney
whom she had engaged. and she went
her wey, never inquiring about the man
who lay friendless and at the point NJ
death, a charity patient in a hospital
but who, weak and in torture as he was
had no thought of revenge, but onlv
struggled with the authorities to pre-
vent Eer being punished.
Mccormick was removed to the IJni-
versity hospital, but his case became
critical, blood poisoning setting in.
When it was thought he was about To
die Assistant District Attorney Duka
was notified and came to take his ante
mortem statement Mccormick. with
indon.itable courage, still refused To in
criminate his wife and declared he
would not die Mrs. Mccormick was rear
rested. however. and her bail set at
$4,000. 1t then developed that the
woman was the daughter of ]. NJ. Long
the millionaire syrup manufacturer.
Wife Sent to Asylum
Soon afterward the woman was r.
moved to Napa insane asylum. and on
Christmas day McCormick's brother in
law. who had arrived from Los Angeles,
consented 10 having an artery opened