The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1897, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1897. I MISS LAURA MILEN 1S K0T A WIDOW Judge Coffey Declares Her Marriage Contract a Forgerxy. Decides Also That the Woman's Son Is Not the Child of the Late Dr. James. Relatives of the Dccedent Will Obtain Possession of the $60,000 Estate Now in Probate. Judge Coffey of the Probate Court yes- terday morning handed down his opinion | in the contest over the estate of the late Dr. Chbarles A. James, wherein Laura Miien James, so called, claimed to be the widow of the deceased by virtue of a con- tract marriage. On this account she de- manded half the estate and presented in court & boy baby, which she declared to ve the posthumous son of the decedent, and for him she asked the court to set aside the other half of the property. To this arrangement the heirs of the dead man objected and a contest ensued. In his opinion Judge Coffey decides that the pretended rriage contract is a forged document; that the young woman s not the wife of Dr. James and conse- is wizow and tnat the not the child of the de- ames. not nt is was one of the lonzest that rred in this City. It began on December 9, 189, and continued inter- mittently until March 13 of this year. The battle was stubbornly fought by Attorneys W. H. H. Hart, Aylett R. Coiton ana George W. Fox on behalf of the pretended widow ana by Attorneys George D. Shad- ue and George Hudson for the heirs- b at-Jaw. The prize at stake consisted of :mproved real esiate in this City worth a bout §60,000. The ulleged marriage contract cffered the female cizimant is as foliow SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 6, 1895. W idersigned, Charies A. James, sged 60, and Laura Milen, aged 19, do hereby mu- 1aliy bind ourselves unto each otner as hus- and This agreemengQr caz-ract o be anthority 1or same belore G CHa La The finding of this paper was the su of comment in the opinion given by yesterday the Witness Ciuett, clerk f Public Administrator, made a thorough examination of the premises nd was not able to find any such paper. who searched for valuable? papers equally nnsuccessful, but when At- torncy Hari looked through the desk of the deceased he quickly discovered the valusble writing. Judye Coffey remarsed | that this illustrates tne importance of a man knowing what he is trying to find. The others were looking for a will, while Mr. Hart was more interested in finding a marriage contract, so the contrast was found and there was no trace of any other foun important paper. { The history of the relations of Dr. James and the woman who claimed to be nis widow covered a very short time. They met for the first time December 13, 1894, and, according to her story, were married by contract on the 6th of the succeeding month. He died suddenly | tweniy-two days later. nsel jor the claimant contended that she was a pure young girl and declared that it was not reasonable to suppose that she was capable of carrying out such a | scheme as was involved in this marriage- | contract matter. To this suggestion coun- | sel for tue heirs at iaw responded that she was dominaied by her stepmother, Mrs, Jessie Luella O:reil Milen, who was | proved to be the author of a book called “Thre Temptress; or Was He to Blame?" This volume was so vile that it was seized by the Society for the Prevention of Vice. Attorney-General Hart seemed to think | act unwarranted, and intimated in 1he course of the trial that “the ground- | work of the book is not immoral.’” i Juage Coffey does not concur in this oninion. His verdict is recorded as fol- | lows: “It may have a profound moral purpose for the prc tion of purity of | thought and action, but if that be its in- | tent it is too deep and obscure for the car- nal sense to penetrate ba it is essentially & | book, a bawdy book; the letter piess tien up to the [asciviousengravings, the | tenor of the text turgid and tawdry, the composition execrable in every respect, | cheap, coarse, ungrammatical; and, as- | suming it to be originai in conception, it is ineffably vile in matter, manner and | execution.” This book was printed by the Bancroft Company of this city, and was cop, righted by M. M. Packer under the ficti- | ous name of M. M. Caine. He explained on the witness stand that he did this be- cause his mother’s maiden name was Caine, which circumstance brought out <he following comment by Judge Coffey: “‘Rure mark of respect for the memory of | one’s mother. Since the time of the first | Cain it may be doubted that any such | mark of filial veneration has been be- stowed on a descendant of Eve.” Andrew C. Cunningham, who made the | encravings for Mrs. Milen, testified that she told him the nude form in the photo- graph used as a frontispiece was that of ber step-dangiter Laura. This was de- nied by Mrs. Milen and her step-daugh- ter, There was some testimony tending to prove that Dr. James introduced the voung woman as his wife to certain per. sons in this City, but this was discredited by the fact that he dia not make any re- marks to his most intimate friends and associates. Several dresses that were given %0 the young woman and her step- mother were shown to have been the cast- off apparei of Dr. James’ former wife. He had tried to sell some of this clothing to | a servant girl, but she declined to become a purchaser. Miss Ella Sullivan, a dressmaker who | was employed to change the garments | formerly worn by the doctor’s late wife so that they could be utilized by his new ac- untances, testified tnat while she was fitting Mrs. Milen’s dress Laura came in and Mrs. Milen said to her: *‘Let's blow | the old man in for theater ticketsand a supper,” and Laura said she would try. At this particular period of time, accord- ing to the woman’s present story, she was | the wife of Dr. James by contract, and | her steomother knew of the relation ex- isting between her and the doctor. The court reierred at length to Attor- ney Shadburne’s point that if the al- leged wife had really made such acon- tract as is here alleged she would have kept it in her own possession for her pro- tection, instead of leiting it remain in the vossession of another, where it might be lost or destroyed, io the irreparable dam- age of herself and her progany. In conclusion Judge Coff-y quotes evi- | dence to show that the claiman: here did not assert that she was the widow of Dr. | James until about February 13, which was more than two weeks after his death; she did not weep at the funeral and showed no sign of bereavement: she threw a rose in the grave arid at once left tho cemetery with her chaperon, Mrs. Milen, the author of tnat unspeakably nasty book, “The Temptress,” and the court is of opinicn that the scheme of widowhood was concocted some time after the death of Dr. James. In addition to declaring the pretended marriage contract a for- LT AT A A AT AT A AR A AT ATATANANALANANAMALAHANAAMAMAMAMAUAAUA AV A ALAUATANAN | was found dead in her room gery Judge Coffey says it is defective in HALE BROS SR 3 ?\.'] /_ REED-BODY BABY CAR- TACES, steel wheels, G endra bra e, hmed with he tom, parasol top, this bugky re- @ 4-75 taila 3186 50 Co<t and seling S price foc ~ignal ~ale Fach Kvery bugsy we advertise is full size. hus Clinched Tubber ures be put on for §1 extra READED.-WO0OD BODY BaBY CARRIAGEN. reed trimmings, PLUSH .LINED REED.BODY CABS, silk-finished ribbon cloth Geep and scalloped ruffie. ele ntly Tined with plush, Bros- $11. Costaud sel ing price O { ANS, 2-quart, 9()C a ple wal Saie price 20 Each ENAMEL WASH BANINs, ! HALE FROS I A % 7, carni HALE BROS No unreliable goods at any price. HALE BROS. ' Third Week of Signal Sale! Values grow as the sale goes on. 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LADIES' FINE ETAMINE SKIRTS, the colored linings show through the gauze like etamine, v swell, bound wita veivet, an elegant : kirt, perfect fit, easily worth $5. Slgnal Sale Price. e i RED ALPACA LADIES' BLACK FIC SKIR(S, beagtiful patterrs in Inige esigus, seams all bound, carefully made, rieat for shirt waists and vac: e e S T e e G LN o i i A MEANAT AR 0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0 000000 0-0-0-0-0-0 000000 000000 000000 G-00000 COR0V0 0000000000000 0000000000 A Big HALF BROS. —= Purchase of Cloaks and Ou- The story is briel. turer hard pressed for cash spot cash offer for. tated, was pre<sed. accepted. morrow. garment as represented. ing Suits, A ominent manufac- We made him a entire line. He hesi- Sale begins to- Not an item over-estimated. Every Come early. LADIES’ COMBINATION UT- ING SUITS, a swell collega checked skirt and a n jacket, & pert littl very latest cut, ¢ thoroughly 1i Signal Saie Price BREAST TATLOR SUITS, chic, smart and up-to- date. @/egantiy maie and ver stylish. jacket a a with silk, perfect in signal Sale Price To give you an idra of the values we & offering we will say the above sult retalls a $12 LADIES FANCY MIXEDSUITS, jacket sl lined, revers front, iavels rrimmed with pearl b tons, skirt thorougily lined and bound, & Suit that reteils regu- ¢ larly st $10. Signal Sale Price tion. ' Signal Sale Price. Each | LA DIES' FINE SERGE SUITS, | 7" black or navy biue. jack ned. the best su the LADIES’ FANCY PLAID SKIRTS, I o S tnis skirt is thoroughly lined with ensliy wereh $10. Signat S percaiine and vound with velvel, ®0.50 | Fiics "7 2 fadsrem porfect fit, o bargain #:85. Sigual L— | Goin Bale Exive [ Each | 1,4 DIES' COMBIN ATION SUTT — green eflects, the veat litt LADIES' OUTING SKIRTS, in green Eton jacket trimmed with braid, and brown mixtures. a beautiful (.50 jacket thorougly with skirt, worth #5, (horoughly lined and DO — | heavy silk, worth Signa bound. Sigi.al Sule Price. - Each| Sale Piice It seems impossible (0 describe ihe true va've of these goods. They are worth nearly double our asking price. Evers gsrment is exceptionaly well made and verfect fiiting. No charge for alterations Purchased ut about half value and sold at prices next to cos SHIRT WAISTS AND--- WASH GOODS. NEW PERCALES, some very new and striking designs. nothing better for Doys’ walsts, warm weather dresses, etc 10cand Yard SCOTCH LAPPETS, some vers late ar- rivals show floral pattern on pure | £O white ground, would make a swell 9 walst, At Ha) SR Yard LADIE®' FINE DIMITY WAISTS, separate laundered collars, laun ered cufls. medium snadcs and pretiy de- 50° signs. At Hales. Eacn LADIEN FINE DIMITY WAIS'S, . collars and cuffs leurdered, collar de- EC “zshabie. a good | ne of designs and O colorizs:to select from. At Hale's.. _Each LADIES' FINE DIMITY WAISTS, separable_iaundered collar. soft-fi ished c preuy floral effects on @ 1.00 , & perfect waist. At — Each | Black Jet Hatpins NOTIONS AND ART GOODS. COVERS, fches square. CROCHET SILK, 30 yards on a spool, zood line of cotors. nal Sale jrice MOMIE LINEN I SCARFS, stam ped and £ 16x30 inches 3e, 3ucand 450 each 16x70 inches............. c each 18x70 inches 5¢ e 20X72 inches. ... c each MOMIE LINEN TRAY kRS, openwork pat 9KC stumped and fring, <9 inches..... Each Hales Stockinet Dress Shields, No. 1, 6e pair 240 Pins in & paper. Black Corset Steels, 5-b Alluminum Thim! paper form and would not be or binding the Supreme legally suffivient fect under the decisions of ourt of California, so be de- cides tnat the claimant has no right to any part of the old Dr. James estate. |SUICIDE OR HEART DISEASE. Mrs. Mary Jordas Expires U Peculiar Circumstine s. Mrs. Mary Jordan, who lived with her Mrs. Tayloz, at 642 Folsom street, yesterday under circumstances that indicate that she took her own life. She purchased a half-ounce bottle of chloroform at Dr. Rottanzi's drugstore, expiaining to the clerk that she wanted to clean a pair of gloves. When the body was discovered neither the chioroform nor the gloves could be found. Surs. Jordan, who was 26 years of age, has been living apart from her husband, . H. Jordan, of 810 Mission street for er Very si some time past. She nasone child. She | bad recently been treated at one of the free polyclinics for hesrt troubles, and several supposed that this diseass was the cause of her death. Coroner Hawkins de- cided to hold an inquest. The contents of the stomach wiil be analy zed. The man with a weight on his leg can’t hope to win in the race. A man with a weight on his health can’t expect to compete in life and business with those who are not handicapped. A man who spends two-thirds of his time in business, and one-third of his time brmg sick, cannot be expected to ac- complish more than two-thirds as much as the man who at- tends to business all the time. If his brain is heavy, and his blood sluggish, because of constipa- tion, he will not suc- ceed in doing any- thing very well. Constipation is the cause of nine-tenths of all sickness. It isn’t considered sickness by most people, but it just the same. It i serious sickness, because causes almost all of the ill- health of mankind. foms of it are istlessness, poor a bad taste in the mou‘ég, diz- ziness, biliousness, and las- situde. Constipation can be cured easily and certainly by the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are perfectly sim- ple —perfectly_safe. They are not at all violent in their action, and yet they are more certain than many medicines which are so strong that they put the system all out of order. The great advantage of the *‘Pleasant Pellets” is that they cure permanently. You don’t have to keep on taking them. You don't acquire a ** pellet habit.”” Take them regularly for a while, and you are cured permanently. After that, when you find your- There are ke them onl, self ‘suffering from indigestion. many medicines offered for the same pur- pose on which druggists make a bigger profit. For this reason, some druggists would rather sell the other things. If your own health is of more importance to you than the druggist’s prosperity, you will ine sist on having what you ask for. dohn H. Briggs on the Discard. Every whist player that reads this article ould cutit out and preserve it. In our inion itisone of the best papers that has r been written on the subject. It should | be read and reread. Jonn H Briggs is known throughout the whist world as one of the greatest expert players living. His letter is quite lengthy, but in justice to Mr. Briggs we siiould publish it in 1is entirety or not at all. The subheads we have taken the liberty of sdl ing to it THE DISCARD FROM WEAKNESS When you have nocard of the suit leq, 11 youdo not trump you playa card of your weakest suit. Your aim In making a discard 1s to weaken your hand as little as possible, and in throwing a card from your weakest suit you do es little harm as possible. Your aimin establishing your strong suit is to bring in your long cards after trumps areout; you therefore would not discard ifrom that suit unless you were forced to do 8o, for by so doing you would lessen the number of cards to be made in tnat event. Your first discard should, therefore, be from your weskest sult, i DISCARD FROM STRENGTH You pend on strength in trumps to bring in your long cards, and for that reason it is clear, if your oppouents show great strength in trumups by leading or asking for them, that your chance of bringing them in is small. In this case you would Iry 1o protect your weak suits, because it is in these tbat your oppo- nents probably have their strengtn, and you would theretore discard from your strongest suit This is a forced discard, and it is very im- vortant that your pariner shouid recognize it as such. Therelore your partner must assume that you are weak in the suit you first diseard, f trumps are not declared sgainst you; but when trumps are declared against you he must assume that you are strong in the suit from which you originaily throw away. Now that your partner knows that you dis- | card rom your sirong suit when trumps are :gainist you he will, unless he has a ver: | trong suit of his own, lead the suit in whicn you have shown strength by your discard. | ACTUAL TRUNP STRENGTH DISCARD. | The following is most excetlent advice.—E. | But even when your adversary has shown strength fn trumps, either by leading or ca'l- ing for them, if you have or the play shows | that your partner has sufficient strength to hold his own with the adversary, the discard should be from weakness. It is the actual trump strengzh that controls the discard. The lead and the call govern until the develop- ment shows otherwise. To the average player this is one of the most difficult positions in whist. Take an example: An adversary leaas what proves to be a four-trump suit and his partner wins. He makes a return, show- |ing that he had three trumps at the | most. You had one trump, and must dis- |card. It must be very clear that your partner had at least five trumps, and you should discard from weakness. Now this should not deceive your partner. if he has any confidence in you he must give you credit for reading the situation ana play you accord- ingly. It may be possible that a situation quite similar to this might arise: Although your partner hse the greater strength or suf- ficient trumps to hold his own, you may not be uble 10 see it at the tyme that you are called upon to discard. Insucha situation you must discard from your strong suit. Al- though your partner has the trump strength, he is just as able as you to see that you could not place it with him when you discarded He must read you for a discard from your strong smit. Again, suppose that your part- ner opens with a four-trump lead; you have none: sou must credit one of the adversa- ries with five trumps at least, and your dis- card should be from your strongest suit. DISCARD WHEN OPPONENTS CALL OR LEAD TRUNPS. If your opponent leads trumps and your artner makes an echo (you will learn under I | the management of trumps that this is often | done when the player considers himself suffi- clently strong to hold his own with the leader), you discard from your weak suit. 1t your opponent asks for trumps and your partner mekes a call atthe same time you should discard from your weak suit unless the development shows that your partner is out- beld. when you showd discard from your s'rongest suit. What has been said will cover the field of discard in sll ordinary positions: VARIATIONS, INCLUDING DRAYSON REVERSE DIS- CARD. Variations of greater and less degree are often made from the general course. Asan example, the player will often discard from his second best suit in which he has one or more taking cards, when the development leads bim to think that his partner wi.l not | fall far behiud his adversary in trump strength. If his partner leads him this suit he will take and lead his sirong suit and per- haps force off the adversary and siill remain with a re-entry card in his second best suit. It his partner has a commanding card in the third suit his hand is made. It must beevi- dent that the strong suit should bs estab- | lished or probably so. The piay is often | carried still farther; the discard is made irom a second best suit and the player relics upon another lead of trumps when he will show by a second dis that he is not discarding irom his strongest suit. This s:cond diseard isnot always reliable, for it oft'n happens thet the player is forced to make & second dis- | card from his stropgest suit. Iusuch a case it would be well to make the rev-:rse discard. This is done by playing firs: a higher xnd then @ lower card 1n that suit. If the lesd remains with an adversary it is not so important, for | be may take it that this is your strongest suit and avoid leading it. Butif the lead remains with your partner it is very important that he should not be deceived, for if he is it is almost certain that ne wiil lead to your discard and possibly do great damage by so doiug. FALSE CARD DISCARD, It is quite common for & p.ayer to go still farther and upon an adverse trump lead dis- card from the weakest suit. This play is generally made when the lead after the discard | will remain with your left-hand adversary. | You aim to deceive him in the hope that he will avoid the suit and lead your strougest suit, or the third suit, in which you have fair strength. It must be evident that it is quite importaut that you get the lead before your partner gets in and leads to your discard, which he must read as your strong suit. DISCARD HAVING NO STRONG SUIT. | Another exception is where you have no suit | that can be called strong. You have, for example, two four-card suils, with the queen | at the head of oue and the jack at the head of | the other, your remaining suit being worthiess. | In such & position it would probabiy be better to discard from your weakest suit, keeping the full strength of your four-card suits. quite desirable that you get two discards from vour worthless suit, that you may complete | the reverse discard. DISCARD ON FORCED TRUMP LEADS, ETC. You would not discard trom strength if an adversary should make a forced lead in trumps, unless the subsequent pley showed that his partuer hed the control in trumps. So, also, if your partner makes a forced trump lead aud you have to diseard you should play a card {rom your strongest suit. Suppose that your partner gets in and takes up an ad- versars’s trump lead. In such a position your discard is governed by the following consid- erations: Has partner trump strength or is be leading to draw two for ome? If he is card from that suit | strong you should dis ard from weakness, but if he is leading o draw two for one, the con- | trol remaining with the adversaries, you | should discard from your strong suit. | It may be that you follow every lead of trumps, but soon after are called upon to make a discard upon the lead of a plain sult. “ Here your discard should be governed by the location of trumps. You should discard from weakness if the strength is wita your partner and from sirength if it is with your ad- | versaries. The statement is often made that you should be careful not to unguard a high card; also | that you shouid not discard a singleton when | you need it to lead 10 your partner or to con- | ceal wenkness, The first position generally arises when you | are weak in trumps and there is nothing to show where the strength Iies. Your wenkuess | in trumps makes you hesitate to show your | long suit by unguarding high card. In | unguarding the high card there is danger that | your partner may be fairly strong in trumps | and in thatsuit, in which case it may be very | important that you keep the high card | guarded 5o that you may have a card to re- | turn (o him in thatsuit. On the other hand | there is this danger fzom a discard from your long suit: Your partner may have only moderate streugth in the suit in which | you are keeping a guard to your high card, but having fair trump strength, | and reading you strong in that suit, he may lead trumps for the purpose of making | that suit. Of course, he will be disappointed. The position in which it is safest to discard from the long suit in order to keep a guard to & hign card is when a lead is with an adver- | sary, especially with the lett-hand adversars. | | In this case it is quite probable that you will | get a lead up to your suit unless he has pro- | nounced strength in the other suit. The time when you refuse to discard a singleion, which in itselt is of no value to your own hand, generally comes when the play is pretty well developed. In one | case you refuse to discard a singleton which may be valuable in giving your partner the lead; In another you refuse to discard a singleton which must disclose your weakness, but which, if kept, wili keep the adversaries | in the dark and probebly prevent a successiul | finesse. If strength in trumps is declared on | your side you should direct your partner to | your strong suit, regardless of singietons and | guarded high cards. DISCARD SO SHOW COMPLETE COMMAND. The discards that have been given indicate only thesult, but if you discard the best card | of the suititshows complete command; the | discard of a second best card shows the ab- sence of the best—generally nothing remain- ing. | | DISCARD TO CALL FOR TRUMPS. Some players regard the discard of a card | | | ashigh as an eight as an absolute call jor | tramps. 1n the ovinion of the writer it should | | not be so regarded, but only as a strong indi- | It is | | cation of such an 1ntention, DRAYSON'S REVERSE DISCARD. | Occasionally a situation arises where the | | partner of the trump leader is forced to dis- | card from his strong suit. Here he sbouid | start a reverse discard, and if he gets & second ‘dlsclrd complete the siznal, “This is my 1 strong suit.”” Observe that this play indicater weakuess when made upon an adversary's {lrump lead ana stremgth when made upon | partner’s lead, the reverse of the meaning of the usual discard in both situations. SECOND LEAD OF TRUMPS FOR PARTNER'S DISCARD. When the partner of the trump leader gets but one discard upon the leads which sre necessary 0 exhaust the adversaries it is | quite common for the trump leader, if he re- mains with two or more trumps, to lead for a econd discard, that he may find out in which of the two remaining suits his purtner is the stronger. If he continues to discard from the same suit it is assumed that he has no choice between the two remaining sults, in which case the trump ;eader should lead his stronger of the two suits. TORMEY'S ROTARY DISCARD. It sometimes happens that the trump leader cannot #fford (o lead for a second discard, in which case he must guess between the two suits. To avoid tnis situation it has more thanonce been suggested that the rotary dis- card might successiuily be brought into play. Itis as follows: The suits are arranged as fol- lows: Spades, hearts, ciubs and diamonds. Suppose that Learts are trumps. The partuer discards & club to show & diamoud suit, s dia- mond to show a spade suit, and a spads to show a clubsuit. You trump suit is jumped. It mustbeevident that this will be very successful in many hands, but the writer would not recommend it with- out giving it an extended trial. DISCARDS LATE IN HAND. Late in the hand the diseards are frequently made, not to indicate the presence or absence of strength, but rather with relerence 1o keep- ing & guard 10 your own suit or an »dv 1sary suit or to giving your partner the command in his 0wn or some other suit. The Santa Rosa Whist Club in Mourning. The following letter was receivad by the president of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club, and it is 100 good to keop: SANTA RoSA. June 7, 1897, My Dear —: 1 think I have a good joke on our boys, which will do 10 teil. Our Ladies’ Club last week got interested In whist to the extent«f issuing a challenge Lo the Wednesday Night Club. On Thurslay evening they asked four members of our club to meet them, for the purpose of afford- g them a little practice. So four of us (myselt among the number) consented to go and give them the benefit of our superior knowiedge and long exper.ence (?), They proved ver: puptls. for, on the twenty-four boards, they beat us seven. It Is needless to say that we have had to stand a £00d deal of chaff from the rest of our elub. On Mo:day afieri.oon the ladies said that they were willing to g1ve us awother chance in cass could the best we had, and su. ceeded in losing this (ime fifteen tricks. Ourclub s now in mourning for tnirty days. Last night these same ladles v Night Club and won by six. Ihey are In & good siate now to pl or anybody. 1 inclose a copy of a hand that caused a few gray bairs In the head of one of our members Iast week’s games, making only four (0 our 0ppa- nents’nine. Yours truly, ARTHUR L. HARRIS. Interesting Deal From Santa Rosa Clubs declared trumps. South to lead. iayed the Wedues- a anywhere At table No. 1 North and South score 9. At tabie No. 2 North and South score 4. | will observe that the | nd alittle stronger team; so we sent out | e e e s e e Ao e AR A e A e AR Ak R e R R Ok e ARk R kR Rk ok ek ko THREE. VIOLENT DEATES. Two Suicides and vue Accident Inves- tigated by the Coroner. Several inquests were held yesterday upon the bodies of persons who had re- cently met with violent deaths. A ver- dict of suicide was returned 1n the case mma Lemos of 25 Haight street, who on Sundey morning killed herself with gas. Otto Polcow, a butcher at 916 Sutter street, also ended his life in the san manner, and & similar verdict was re dered. In the case of Edward Bernardelli the verdict was accidental deatn. On March 5, while working in Warren & Malley’s grading camp in San Mateo County, was struck on the head with a large rock that roiled down from the hillside. 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