The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12

part in the hearing on Wednesday,
when the inquest will be concluded,
or the Lagans could have their attor-
ney appear.
The Conboy inquest is peculiar In
that no assistant district attorney was
present yesterday, as it is usual in
cases out of which may come a charge
of murder that a representative of the
district attorneys office is on hand.
The inquest opened yesterday after
noon with the surgical testimony. DIR.
John r. Clark. autopsy surgeon, de-
scribed the cause of Lagah's death to
be septic peritonitis and paralysis,
caused by the bullet wound in the body
at the spinal cord. DR.. Charles B.
Pinkham, chief surgeon elect of the
central emergency hospital, told of the
treatment of Lagan after he was shot
and OF Lagan's identification of Con-
boy as the man. who shot him. Doctor
Pinkham said that Conboy was intoXi-
Gated when he arrived at the hospital
after the shooting, but that Lagan
showed no traces of liquor. DR.. James
II. O'Connor and DR.. John Lagan, the
latter an uncle of the deceased. testi-
fed regarding the wound and the death
Of the young man.
LAGAN WAS SOBER
George Greenwood, waiter of 71SA
Grove street, Lagan's companion on the
night of the shooting, swore that Lagan
was sober at the time OF the shooting;
that they had found Conboy in the
street. evidently overcome by liquor:
that Lagan went to assist him and was
abused by Conboy, who called him a
pfckpocket and thief and vile names.
Lagan took offense at that and was
walking back to take Conboy to task
for his unwarranted accusations, swing
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he walked, when Conboy fired two
shots, one of which took effect. Attor-
ney Dunno had Greenwood badly rat
tied" as the witness admitted. Dunno
tried to make out that Lagan had been
drinking on that evening and that the
witness was befuddled, both of which
accusations Greenwood denied. Green
wood asserted that Conboys did not
warn Lagan to stay away from him un-
til just as he shot.
NEW WITNESS
Mrs NJ L. Payne of Louisville, KY.
who has been living at the Congress
hotel at Fillmore and Ellis streets, was
the new and important witness in Con-
boys defense She said that she was
awakened shortly before the shooting
by noise under her window, of one
man (Conboy) calling another CLagan)
thief and using extremely vile Ian
guage. She looked from her window
and saw the younger man Lagan) ad-
vancing toward the other man. Lagan
said the woman testified. You call me
thief; I'll fight you" at the same time
shaking his fist In Conboy's face.
Then" said the woman, dramatically
raising in her seat and illustrating her
words by throwing her cloak off her
shoulders, then the young man threw
off his coat, and just as the coat dropped
the man at the lamp post (Conboy)
raised his hand and fired two shots
The young man dropped down, as .f
knocked over by the shot. He was in
his shirt sleeves, L think, though his
right arm might not have been free of
the coat sleeve"
Other witnesses examined were Poe
liceman Louis Nye, J. II. Shaw, pro-
prietor OF the Congress hotel, and
Kropp, the waiter.
Conboy was at the. inquest in the
custody of Detective Sergeant Tom
Murphy His daughters Were with him.
The jurors in the case are: F. Joost,
I247 Market street; M. ID. Robinson,
1850 Market. William Benjamin. Mar
ket and Jones; H. WaIIack, Market
near Jones; +. Cert. SCI Market: Charles
Putnam S71 Market; William STAINS
bury 70S Market: A. A. Barstow. 715
Market, Louis F'otro. 5S7 Market; 7. f..
Gardner 602 Market, and G. f. Palmer
GIG Market.