The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
E. LIVERMORE
SHOT DOWNBY
WILLIAM STEIN
Property Man at Princess The
atOr Killed by Brother of
His Dead Wife
Slayer Says Victim Drove His
Spouse to Suicide and
Claimed ChatteIs

Edward L. Livermore. property man
at. rhe Princess theater, whose wife,
Mrs. Marie Ellen Livermore, COM
mitted suicide last March. was shot
and almost instantly killed late yes
=. terdav afternoon by William a. Stein.
r brother Of Livermore's dead wife.
T.: stein says that the murdered man drove
. his wife 10 her death by his cruelty,
and that he has beaten Stein on sew
eral occasions since then and threat
ened him with death The murderer,
who is under arrest. declares also that
Idvermore has insistently demanded
his wife's share Of the Stein estate and
ordered that it be paid to him before
the estate. now under probate, has
been settled according to the process
: Of law.
SHOOTING FOLLOWS QUARREL
1.-The shooting took place at 2345 How
ard street. where Stein lives with his
= Brother. Frederick J. Stein. and where
<L1vermore resided with his wife until
:. she took her life March IS last. Liv-
= e-more went TO the house. he said at
'the time 10 get some Of his belong
-*ings. and an alteration took place
tlEat ended with the murder
Liyermore received three bullets in
the face. two of them shattering his
.5aws and ranging upward into the
head. He staggered out of the house
to- the street and more than 100 feet
e. away before he fell, stein following
CLOSELY behind him and ready TO shoot
at the first hostile move
TT--- -fe-~ora nT1 n
McSweeney. attracted by the fusillade
-of shots, put stein under arrest, while
Policeman J. J. May placed Livermore
into a. wagon and had him driven to
The Mission emergency hospital DR..
,Tillman there pronounced him dead.
BOTH MEN THREATENED TROUBLE
since the death of his wife. Liver
more has not resided at the Stein
home. but he has sent word often to
the two brothers that he must nave
his wife's share Of the Stein estate in
order to support his two young chill
dren Finally he sent a note TO the
two accusing them Of trying to keep
him from securing his property, and
threatening them with harm if they
did not grant him his share Of the es-
tate at once. To this Frederick J. Stein
replied. under date of August 25:
Your insOlent note received on my
return home Kindly make no further
attempts to enter premises at 2345
Howard street and save yourself seri-
GUS trouble"
LivermOre's answer TO this was his
appearance at the Stein home yester-
day. He was asked by William Stein
what he desired there, and, on stat
ing that he came for some of his be
longings, was allowed to go upstairs.
PRIOR ATTACK ALLEGED
According 10 stein Livermore re-
-I.ained long time upstairs making
considerable noise moving chairs and
. articles Of furniture about and evil
IDENTIFY striving to annoy the occu-
pants Of the house.
stein went up to see what was going
Ion. and Livermore, he says, attacked
him. Then. the revolver was drawn.
= end. the bullets sent into Livermore's
head.
= William A. Stein, the murderer. is a
b.: retired merchant, 81 years Of age. He
~ IS unmarried. Livermore was Il years
Of age and a native Of New York. He
lfas a brother, Arcaibald Livermore,
who is an electrician of Oakland, and
sister, who resides IN Berkeley.