The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1896, Page 9

SWED BY THE b INSMNTY PLEA . Mrs. Susie Martin, Who " Killed Her Hushand, Acquitted. .‘_Sp,eédy Decision by the Jury in Judge Wallace’s e Court. HYSTERIA OF THE PRISONER. Formal Ocder That She Be Remanded ‘- to the Custody of the Sheriff Alarmed Her. Mrs, Susan B. Martin, who shot and killed ber husband, Jobn F. Martin, in the City Hall last March, was scquitted by a jury in Judge Wallace's court yester- day on the ground of temporary insanity. The names of the jurorsin the case are as follows: E. P. Sjovall, Joseph I. Twobig, M. A. Grabam, George Lake, John O'Connor, Matthew Culiigan, C. J. Cheney, J. P. Flanning, Thomas Finn, William Staham, C. M. Foster, Joseph {ohn. When court opened there was not a very large crowd in attendancs for the reason that public interest had subsided because the acquittal of the defendant was con- ceded in advance. Mrs. Martin, the defendant, was dressed in her usual somber attire, though her face was greatly flushed, in contrast with the deadly pallor of her countenance dur- -ing the earlier days of the trial. The color in the prisoner’s cheeks, however, wgs,not the hue of health, but rather be- tokened the culmination of the excite- ment which a trial on a charge of murder would naturally arouse in a mind already distraught by sorrow and misfortune. Pr. J. 8. Barrett, wno performed the ““autopsy on Martin’s body, described the course of the bullet which inflicted the fatal wound. - Jonn Hayes, sergeant of police, testified hat he met ck Martin at the ferry bout 9 o'clock one morning in last February. Martin told him that he had “ been living with a woman and was think- ing of taking her forsa trip to Stockton. He also told of a visit by Mrs. Martin,who was looking for her husband. She was -Weeping bitterly and said she wanied to - find ber husband. Bhe spoke of her great love for Martin, though he had left her without a cent or'a bite to eat. . Apart of this testimony was stricken ont on motion of the District Attorney, though none of the lawyers seemed to con- sider it of importance to either side. . Ned Foster, whose wife is a sister of Mrs. of Mrs. Martin, testified that he knew a greaf deal of the domestic life of the pris- oner and her husband, whom she killed. He.said that Martin abused his wife al- fnost all the time_ from the date of their marriage; Martin earned $90 a month, for awhile as a member of the Fire Departmert, and afterward received $150 2 month a deputy County Clerk, yet did not contribute a cent to the support of his wife, but spent his money carousing with “hobos’ and evil companions, male :nd female. This sort of conduct began whileMartin was engaged as a barkeeper at the Bella Union Theater, and continued fintil Martin’s death, : Mr: Foster said he knew of a time when Martin obtained $800 by a corrupt political me, about the time he secured his po- sitién in the County Clerk’s ofhce. The witness saw the monev. It was in $20 -pieces—two stacks, of $400 eacn. © *Do vou know how Martin cot that mo;'ey".’”'askeu Attorney Carroil Cook. “Yes. -+ . “How did he get it?” To this question District Attorney Barnes objectel and it was withdrawn. Mr. Foster testified that he witnessed Mrs. Martin, and had often advised her as the sister of his wife to obtain a divorce, but sht said sbe couldn’t do it, because slie loved her husband so much. * Counsel for the defense, Thompson, de- clared that they had nothing further to offer on behalf of the prisoner and Dis- trict Attorney Barnes responded that he had no additional testimony. ° Deputy District Attorney Walter S. Hinkle made the opening argument for the prosecution. He said that the shoot- ing of Martin by his wife, the prisoner at the bar, was not denied and had been proved beyond dispute. The only defence that’had been set up was insanity. The allegation of insanity, Mr. Hinkle said, must be submitted to the analysis aud détermination of the jary under the instructions of the court. ! . Mr. Hinkle did not vigorously combat the theory of insanity, but simply asked the jury to account for the presence of the pistpl in Mrs. Martin’s pocket. He said that the pistol was undoubtedly taken by the woman when she left the house with the intention of shooting her busband if he'should refuse to go back to_her or to give her some money. Mr. Hinkle ad- mittea that Mrs. Martin had been abused by her husband, but he mildly contended that for all such crueity she had ample opportunities for securing a legal separa- tion. Are builets to be substitut-d for the orce courts?”’ asked Mr. Hinkle, and with this conundrum he left the case with the jury; having occupied seven minutes in his speech. Attorney Kowalsky addressed the jury on behalf of the defense. He painted the unhappv life of Mrs. Martin, and de- nounced Martin as s monster and a brute, who drove his wife to desperation and in- sanity. The devotion of the prisoner to her hus- band daring his sickness was extolled, and Mr. Kowalsky said that it betokened the beroism of a woman who loved the man she* had married better than she loved her own life. He said that she had been be- -queathed a diseased brain and that her in- teilectnal powers were inadeqguate to with- stand the monstrous strain that was put oh it by her husband. The ‘most cruel thing, Mr. Kowalsky said. was the reply that Martin made to ‘his wife when she appealed to him for food because she was starving. Then on the wiblic highway,in the hearinz of strangers, he scoffingly toid her to resort to a brothel for earning a livelihood. o Such words may not justify the killing ‘of such a creature as even John F. Martin, according to the codes of the books, but -there is a law above the law made by .man, M. Kowalsky declared, and tnis law he invoked in behalf of his client. He pictured her as suffering from a frenzy - of insanity at the time she fired the fatal Attorney Barnes, and he was sure that that officer would do what is right. But | quent argument for the defendant. He reviewed the testimony of the witnesses, shot, I ‘this is & case which appeals to the man- and concluded by saying that the killing Mr. Kowalsky expressed thankfulness to the gentlemen connected with the Dis- frict Attorney’s cffice for the courtésy that had been extended to the defense in -this cuse. He paid a tribute to tie manly fairness and devotion to duty of District N\ hood of every honorable gentleman, and the gentlemen connected with the Dis- trict Attorney’s office are subject to that feeling the same as the rest of mankind. Atterney J. V. Eddy occupied the greater part of the afternoon in an elo- | denial. several scenes of trouble between Mr. and | THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1896. of Martin could not be disputed, and that nd he was held for trial in the United States the only question for the jury to.decide was whether Mrs, Martin was sane or in- sane st the time she fired the shot. If sane she ought to be convictad and if in- sane she ought to be acquitted. District Attorney Barnes closed the ar- gument for the ' prosecution. He said that a murder trial is no place for sym- pathy or gallantry, and that the jurors, 2s well as the lawyers, must do their duty. Ithad been pleasant for him to hear ihe kind words of the attorneys on the other side, yet he would cast behind bim the compliments of the gentlemen and proceed with the presentation of Wwhat he said he was pleased to call ‘some of the prosecution’sideas of the case.” Mr. Barnes said it made no difference what kind of a life Jack Martin lived. That life Lad been wiped out by the bloody sponge of assassination. It was true that he had not gone outside the tes- timony to attack the defendant here nor to protect the memory of tbe dead man, because that is not a part of his duty. He believed the witnesses who told of Mar- tin’s misdeeds and cruelty were truthful. 1f he had not so believed he would have called witnesses to disprove their state- ments, S Mr. Barnes said thatthe killing was un- disputed, and he agreed with couusel on the otherside in the declaring that the only point for the jury to decide was Whether Mrs. Martin was_able to dis- tinguish between right and wrong when she shot her husband. If sane, convict ber. 1finsane, let her go. He said that if the theory of counsel for the defense were to be accepted it would come to such a pass thatifa woman should walk into the courtroom and shoot any member of the jury, or even the Judge on the bench, sie could be acquitted on the ground of temporary insunity by simaply employin, Colonel Kowalsky or Colonet Eddy |§ make an eloquent plea in her behalf. Mr. Kowalsky excepted to the remarks by the District Attorney. Judge Wallace gave the usual statutory Charge to the jury. He expiaired that no words used by the dead man would justify a modification of the verdict from n:urder in the first degree, provided the jury should find that the prisoner was of sound mind when sbe committed the act of killing her husoand; that the presump- tion was thatthe woman was sane at the time, and tiat the question of her sanity or insanity must be decided by the jury. The jury agreed orr a verdict in’ just four minutes. Two ballots were taken, some members of the jury voting *‘gnilty” on the first ballot, ‘When' the jury returned no one was present to n{x)reuent the District Attorney. and Judge Wallace, becoming impatient at the delay, appointed Attorney Sweeny to represent that officer. The verdict of the jury was then ren- dered in these words: “We find the de- fendant not guilty, vecause of her in- sanity.” _When the verdict was uttered Mrs. Mar- tin burst into hysterical sobs snd then swooned. Just as she revived she heard Judge Wallace deliver an order that she be remanded to the custody of the Sheriff in order that the question of her present sanity may ve inquired into. These words brought to her mind the possibility of a life spent in an insane asylum, and she began to shriek, but was finally pacitied by her lady friends who had come to her support. The verdict was greeted with hand- clapping by several persons in the au- dience, but this demonstration was quickly suppressed by Bailiff Curtis. Judge Wallace's order remandine Mrs. Martin to the custody of the Sheriff was subsequently modified and she was per- mitted to go home with her relatives, it being understood that she shall be in court at 10 o'clock this morning. At that time a physician’s certificate wili be presented showing that Mrs, Martin is not at pres- ent insane and she will be discharged from custody. GOLD MINING EXCHANGE Prompt Dsnial of a Report Re- fl:cting on the Insti- tution. O:ficers Assert That the Exchange Is on a Sound Financial Basis. A statement published last evening that the Gold Mining Exchange was in the throes of dissolution calls forth emphatic The managers of the institution assert thut the rent of the officesin the Mills building is paid to January 1, 1897, and that several members are ready to put up the coin at once if necessary to pay the rent of the same quarters for another year. It is the impression of persons on the inside that a clique of men desiring to get possession of the exchange equipment started the report for the purpose of im- pairing public confidence in the institu- tion. J. F. Crosett, secretary of the exchange, said last evening that there was no thought of closing the doors of the institution. The business was going forward in a man- ner satisfactory to the members, and every- thing inaicated a permanent and success- ful career. The following statement was given out Igst evening by authority of the executive committee, president and secretary of the Gold Mining Exchange: A statement appeared in an evening paper 10 the effect that the Gold Mining kxchange is about tv close us & financial failure. Inguiry at the office of the exchange in the Milis Building fails to show such to be the case, its Prospecis ior success now being greater than ior some time past. It is true that General Turnbull resigned the presidency of the ex- change on October 1, but this was because of the time and attention required by his own privaie business and not for financial reasons connected with the exchange. While some mistkes may have been made in the past concerning its methods of operation, these are rapidly being overcome and the exchang® is to-day on a sound financial basis. owing no man anything and paying its. bills promptly. The Ogh'er! of the cxchange are at & loss to understand the animus of the statements pub- lished, and while a few of the charter mem- bers have resigned for verious reasons the majority are in fuli accord with the present management, and the exchange will be kept open and pushed to an assured success, there veing more encoursgement 1o this end than at any time since its organization. 1. R. Wilbur of the Royal Consolidated mine is now president of the éxchange, and as soon as its reorganized plans can be setin opera- tion the exchenge will be able to fulfill the objects for which it was founded, regardless of the jealous animadyersions of its enemies, The paper publishing the alleged failure above mentioned has always been considered iriend of the exchange and in an interview icld by officers of thuat institution with the proprietor of that paper he expressed regret for the misieading and untimely publication. ————— EDWARD KRUSE’S WILL. All the Estate Bequeathed to the Two Younger Sons. , Thbe will of the late Edward Kruse, who died in this City on the 1st inst., has been filed for probate in Judge Slack’s court. The estate is supposed to be worth $1,000,- 000 and is bequeathed to the two younger scns of the testator, Edward P. E. Kruse and Emi T. Kruse. An explanatory clause in the will reads as follows: In thus giving to my said sons, Edward P. E. Kruse and Emil T, Kruse, all of my estate, I am not unmindful of my son, William H. Kruse. Ihave confidence that he wiul at all times be well cared for by his said brothers, and 1 enjoin upon and require of thenr that they make provision for him, monthly or othervlse, during his lize, as their judg- ment will be proper. Edward and Emil Kruse are named as executors without bonds. The will is dated May 7, 1896. i .. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Iaxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25¢. in TRAGIC END OF ~ CHILDISH SPORT A Child Plunges Down the Well of a Stair- way. Leaned Over the Fourth Landing Banisters of the Hotel Alexandria, DEATH FOLLOWS THE FALL. She Was Tossing a Rose to Her Piay- mates When She Lost Her Balance. Hazel Josephine Peters, a child of 5 years and 1 month, accidentally fell over the banisters of the fourth-floor landing of the Hoiel Alexandria, 781 Sutter street, Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The little girl received such injuriesin falling Circuit Court aud his bail fixed at $1000. J, Scully, the husband of the woman, who secured the letter, has begun & suit for divorce from his wife and he claims that Hamilton is the cause of all the troubie in the family, THE MAP IS READY. City Property-Owners Will Be Given n | Chance to Inspect It for - Thirty Days. A representative of the City Surveyor's office appeared before the Street Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday to request the payment of the money for the work on the new City map, wi.ich he stated was now snbstantially finished. Two weeks ago Mayor Sutro vetoed the authborization of the Board of Supervisors for the payment of this money, on the ground that this map when accepted by the City would become the standard of judgment of the rights and claims of the City and also of private property. He de- clared that a thorough examination into the accuracy of the map Was necessary be- fore acceptance or adoption, and therefore the map should be placed on exhibitionin a public place for sixty days, and, further- more requested that an able and impartial surveyor should be appointed to carefully examine and report in writing on the ac- curacy and correctness of the map. After the Mayor had again gone through the arguments used 1n his veto, which were favored by Supervisor Benjamin, the Street Committee determined to lay the matter over for thirty days, during which time the map was to be open to public in- spection at the office of the Burveyor, in the City Ha!l. This delay is intended to give property-owners a chance to see that the r individual lot or lots are.properly laid down on this map, which will be to all intents the “organic” real estate law of this City, if adopted by the Board of Su- pervisors. HUTUTOAUTL OIGD \ Position on Fourth Floor Landing, Hotel Alexandria, From Which Hazel Peters Fell to the Basement. directly to the first-floor landing that she died some hours later. Medical aid was promptly summoned and the child re- gained consciousness. The child was the daughter of Mrs. Peters, whose home is at 4422 Del Mar ave- nue, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. | Shaw of St. Louis are sisters, residing temporarily at the Hotel Alexandria. Each lady had two liitle girls and it was the custom of the four children to play in the corridors of the fourth and fifth stories of the hotel. The little girl Hazel was leaning over the banisters to throw a rose to one of her playmutes, when she lost her balance and fell. The sad accident was a great shock to the mother and Mrs. Shaw, who went to the hotel three weeks ago. Relatives in 8t. Louis were informed by wire of the melancholy accident. Dr. Winslow Anderson, who was first summoned, called Dr. Heystein in consul- tation. They found on examination thdt the child was internally hurt beyond hope of recovery. The case was reported tothe Coroner, who became convinced by inves- tigation that the death was accidental. SAN RAFAEL RACES. for the Be Entries Bicycle Events Run Next Sun- day. The following are the entries for the road races to be held at San Rafae! next Sunday: Five-mile handicap—Willism L. Loos, F. E. Rudolph, Lloyd Schmitt, John Schlosser, Charles Oliver, L. Roy Smith, C. F. Armstrong, George Felix, H. B, Williams, Thomas Haysel- den, C. Roy arney, George Willlam; One-mile handicap—H. W R. H. Douglass, L. C. C.; Al H. 8mith, C. C. C.} Williem L. Loos, 8. C.C.; -William H. Smith, I. C. C.: J. D. Ginochio, Un.; F. E. Rudolph, F. H. Flagor, L C. C.; Fioyd Schmitt, .; W. T. Valentine, C. C. C.; B. C. Raynard, B. C. W.; H. C. Griminestein, I C. C.; John Schiosser, 8. R. C.: Charles Oliver, F.'W.; L. Roy Smiih, 8. R.W.; George Archibald, I C.'C. 3 Joseph Kingsle: C.; F.R. Haley, 3 Goodwin, 8. F. R. C.; Uyrus Deckelman, Un. F. Armstrong, 8. R. W.; George Felix, 8. R. W.} Tom Heyseiden, Reliance; C. Roy Barney, to 0. George Williams, £ R. W.; M. Lind, 1. C.’C.; F. 8. Drake, I. C. C.: A. L Bugen, 1L C.'C.; Joe Catanich, L C. C. The officials will be: Judges—W. H. Tooker, A. L. Grifiith, W. Huley, J. F. Handcock, Pop Fields, C. Troul liet; Starters—Robert Lennie, J. G. Lewis as- sistant; timers—H. H. Stratton, L. Burris, G. D. Heydenfeldt: marshals—M. 8. Hotehkiss, V. A. Dodd; scorers—W. Groshong, J. S. Sheda, A, E. Scott, G. Sulliean, C. 8. Myrich; clerks of the course—George Brouiilet, George Panira, J.J. Reed; umpire—W. 1. Pixley. g igege T HUNGRY AND NEGLECTED. Rough Experience of a Four-Year-01d Child on Elizabeth Street. “I'm hungry.” The speaker was a four-year-old, a little, dirty, sad-faced, weeping boy, who had about him many visible signs of neglect, ‘‘Hungry, chld ?” asked a good-natured woman. **Where’s your mother?’ “Don’t know,” said the little fellow, beginning to cry very hard and rubbing two dirty little fists into his two teariul eyes. Poor little Georgie McKewen, who lives withi Lis parents at 8 Elizabetu street, be- tween Guerrero and San Jose avenue, was having a hard time of it. His father was away at work. His mother was visiting saloons. The little boy was at home, cry- ing with hunger. Indignant women heard the cry of the little one and learned his story. Their sympathy went along with their indigna- tion and he got something to eat. But four days passed and there was no fire in the McKewen home. The child shifted for himself as best he could. Finally com- plaint was made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Officer McMurray was sent to look up the case. He found the mother drunk, the house filled with smoke from a fire which had been built on top of and outside of the stove, and the household was in general disorder and confusion. Mrs.‘McKewen was arrested for cruelty to a child. ————— Hamilton Held for Trial. Robert J. Hamilton was before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday on a ch of having sent an obscene letter through tne United States mail to Mrs. J. 8. Scully of 337 McAllister street. The prosecution put in a strong case, but Hamilion made no defense | RICHARD DEY TO APPEAR. He Will Be Asked This Morning to Produce the Famous Contract. This Will Clear the Decks for Action for the Trial Which Will Begin Next Monday. The attorneys on both sides of the Fair will case are sharpening their battle-axes and burnishing their legal armor for the great contest which wili begin next Mon- day morning. Sufficient of its surprises and complexities have already been pub- lished to show that it will be a celebrated case in the annals of legal jurisprudence, and that a considerable part of the evi- dence will be of a conflicting character. For this and other reasons there is ex- pected an interesting contest of skill by the opposing counsel, and the court will be presented with many very hard lezal nuts to crack during the progress of the trial. A preliminary bout will take place in Judge Slack's court this morning, wken the question will be argued as to whether the court shall order. Richard Dey to pro- duce the now famous $500,000 contract for the inspection of Delmas & Shortridge, attorneys for Dr. Levineston, the executor named in the will. The finishing up of this matter will clear the decks for action, and the battle will be witnessed with the greatest interest by the whole people of the States of California and Nevada. Cheese cannot be properly digested un- der three hours and a half. MONEY 1S TO BE HAD IN- PLENTY Holders May Scon Borrow on Their Country Properties. The Leading Local Bankers Take an Optimistic Look , at the Future, PROSPERITY 1IN PROSPECT. The Wheat-Growers Have No Longer to Look for Favors From the Capitalists. The rise in all farm produets has placed the farmers in a better position than they ‘have been since the panic of 1893. As a matter of fact the drop in wheat, and general hard times in 1893, acted as a stopecock for the savings banks’ output on untry property loans, t is very different now. The farmers are getting big prices for their products, and the banks are not slow to recognize that outside loans are as safe, at least, as those in the City. The semi-annual dividends which are ‘to be disbursed shorily, affect, to a certain degree any action savings bank directors might tdke in the way of loaning money. Then, as President B. A. Becker of the [ German Savings and Loan Society stated yesterday, the desire to loan money on outside property will be dependent greatly on ihe withdrawals from the bank at the end of the year. “Asa rule,” he said, ‘the 1stof Janu- ary is a date on which most business af- fairs are started or concludea. In either case it means the withdrawal of funds from the savings banks. It depends greatly upon the amount of witharawals whether or not outside loans will be sought. “Itis too far aheaa at this time to say that we will be ready to loan money on country collateral, but I feel satistled that, conditions being normat (as tuev are now), all savings banks will be pleased to loan money on outside properties after Jaunary L. President Albert Miller of the San Francisco Savings Union is strong in his feeling of the country’s prosperity. ~‘We have never ceased to loan on prop- erties in this City, but when Bryan was nominated we shut down completely on loans on country property.. The other savings banks dia the same. Since the election returns have come in and we un- derstand theroad we are to travel things are different, and we are open to do busi- ness again. ‘*As 1o our refusal to loan money here- tofore on country rroperty, I may say that it was principally that the customers who came t0 us were those who were deal- 1ng with other banks and were unable to pay their interest. We do not care for that kind of business. We have, to-day, at our meeting of directors, passed favor- ably upon several applications for loans on City property. “I am satiefied that by the end of the year the savings banks, feeling secure in the prosperous outlook, will be ready to resume business and loan all the money the farmers require.” E. T. Le Breion of the French Savings Bank agreed with what his confreres bad to say as to the prosperous outlook. His bank, however, like the Hibernia, has con- fined itself mostly to loans on inside prop- erties. < i The resuit of a canvass among most of the banks of this City is to the effect that money must be easier as tbe natural re- sult oi the feeling of security caused by the defeat of Bryan. ASSAULT TO MURDER. Frank Moore, an ex-Convict, Impris- oned on That Charge. Frank Moore, an ex-convict, was locked up at the City Prison yesterday by Po- liccemen Freel and McMahon on the charge of assault to commit murder. About ten days ago Mocre and Frank Johnson, 1122 Broadway, had a dispute, and Moore pulled a knife out of his pocket and stabbed Johnson twice in the abdomen. Johnson had his wounds dressed at the Receiving Hospital, and was taken home. Moore was arrested two days later and detained in the “‘tanks’ penaing the re- sult of Johnson's injuries. Johnson’s condition was precarious. for a few. days, but be is now believed to be out of danger. Moore has an unsavory record. He has served termsin San Quentin prison for robbery and burglary. ——————— New Patrol Wagon. The new covered patrol wagon, which re- cently arrived from New York, has been sup- every child is taught to use the dagger plied with brakes and was laced in the service yesterday at the &mr-f Police Station. Its first occupants were & drunken sailor and & | 198t boy. FOUND TIMES GOOD. J. Goldberg on the Improving Business and the Increased Travel to California. Among the arrivals here yesterday was J. Goldberg, president of Goldberg, Bowen & Co., who has been 1n New York, Boston and other Eastern cities for the past two months. Mr. Goldberz came by the Southern Pacific limited, the first train of the kind leaving for the coast this year. He brings gratifying news of the condi- tion of business on the other side of the mountains. It is, he says, very much brighter than it was a few weeks ago. Confidence is being rapidly restored. Many factories, hitherto idle, are starting, &nd everybody feels that from this time on times will get steadily better. Besides this the Eastern people are looking to California for their winter va- cavions. A good many are coming into Southern California now, and later on he believes they will come in large numbers. ‘The train on which be came, and which arrived here at 12:45 P. M. yesterday, brought about forty through passengers, and left many at Pasadena, Los Angeles and other points. Some of the passengers were going to San Diego to spend a por- tion of the winter. There is a bright outlook, so Mr. Gold- berg thinks, for lively times on the Pa- cific Coast. The stirring times may not instantly come, but tge improvement promises to be constant and substantial. —————— FELL FROM A HAYLOFT. Adam Zimmerman Meets His Death After a Long Debauch. The body of Adam Zimmerman was re- moved to the Morgue from the City and County Hospital, where he died early in the morning from the effects of afall from a hayloft. - He was formerly a laborer in the Richmond Dairy on the Point Lobos road, but was dismissed ‘because of his fondness for drink. The man would not keep away from the premises, but would ceturn and beg for money, and frequently he slept in the ibarn. On the night of October 20 Zimmerman got 25 cents from one of the men and later went to sleep in the hayloft. Inthe morn- ing he was found in an unconscious con- dition on tie floor. A broken harness- rack showed that he had fallen from the top of the hayloit. He was sent to the City and County Hospital, where it was fouad that his brain _had been injured. He sank rapidly until the time of his death. Zimmerman was a German, 45 years of age. ——————— She Came From Vallejo. 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