The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1902, Page 10

10 T CO CALL, MONDAY, -"MARCH 3, 1902 AWFUL TRAGEDY BRINGS TO A CLOSE THE LIVES OF HARVEY GALLAGHER AND MRS. MAY WILSON £ i st chapter in of love extending over three a story years was written in blood some | time during rday n United States Hote eet, when Harvey P driller, shot and-k man with whom he had been living ay Wilson, divorced wife of Pacific conductor, and then sent b through his own heart ible tragedy was not discovered clock yesterday afternoon ant Burnett and Policeman 1 entrance to the room. The an was found lying on e door. Her face was a d on the inside corner ‘ it eye 2 bullet wound was found from which the blood had flowed freely g ber golden brown hair. On a air before the mirror of the dressing- . murderer, a square-jawed, ven man of 30 years, sat in a ng position with a bullet hole ough his heart. . His upper, outer clothing had been re- moved, with the exception of the under- shirt. From the position of the body and the condition of the clothing, it was evi- dent that after Gallagher had sped the bullet which ended the woman's life he had drawn & chair in front of the mirror, sat down, pulled back the flap of his un- dershirt and inflicted a wound on himself that proved instantly fatal. His heaa hung back over the chair, and the open, staring eyes were turned in the direction Wwhere his victim's body lay. On the floor beside the dead bddy of the mean was found the weapon with which the crime was committed. It was a 38- caliber Smith & Wesson revolver and two the ¥ eye a of the cartridges in it had been exploded. | The woman was fully dressed, with the exception of one shoe, which had been removed. Her right hand was crossed over her breast and her Jeft hand was the key to her trunk. A small diamond and gar- net ring was on one of the fingers of her right hand and around her neck was a {, attached to a small watch. g was neat and of moderate ADVERTISEMENTS. T.H. 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MAYERLE, . - 0 German Expert Optician, has pot moved, but remains at 3071 Market street, | | In Drunken Rage Man Murders Female Companion Who Deserted Home and Husband to Follsw Him, and Then Sends Bullet to His Own Heart While Seated in a Chair in Front of a Mirror SUICIDE AND VICTIM DISCOVERED IN UNITED | Former Spouse Comes to City Intent on Avenging Himself and Unknowingly Lodges in the Same Hotel Where His Divorced Wife Paid With Her Life' the Penalty of Her Guilty Passion £ I ! ] STATES HOTEL, AND HER FORMER HUSBAND. The discovery of the tragedy was made by J. C. Yoakum, a brother-in-law of the dead woman. He and his wife had an ap- pointment with Gallagher and the Wilson Wwoman to g0 to the Cliff House yesterday afternoon. They called at the United States Hotel and went to the room occus pled by the couple. Repeated rappings failed to elicit a respongse, and, noticing that the key was on the inside of the door, Yoakum surmised that all was not right within. He lifted himself up so that he could see through the transom and got a view of Gallagher's dead body on the chair. He at once notified a bellboy, who summoned Sergeant Burnett and Police- man Pearl. The officers pried out the transom with a hatchet and the bellboy crawled through the aperture and opened the door. ‘When entrance was gained the room pre- sented an awful sight. The woman lay with her head against the wall. Her face was severely bruised, which must have come from a beating adminstered before fhe killing. The position of the body showed no signs of a struggle. She must have fallen and died almost in- stantly. The surroundings indicated that after the murder the man had proceeded to commit suicide with the utmost delib~ eration. He had tilted the glass in the mirror to such an angle as would afford him a good reflection of himself as he sat in the chair. His undershirt was not perforated by the bullet, but the flap was slightly powder burned, indicating that he had pulled it back and pressed the muzzle of the revolver against his naked flesh. In the room were nine empty beer bot- tles, which had been brought there since the chambermaid had cleaned up the apartment the afternoon before, The bed had not been occupied, but a broken bot~ tle was found on it and marks which {nds- cated that Gallagher had thrown the woman across the bed and beaten her with the bottle. As soon as news was received of the tragedy at police headquarters, Detectives T. J. Bailey and Tim Reardon were de- tailed to take charge of the room. They expelled the crowd of curlous spectators and took care of the effects until the ar. rival of the Coroner’s deputies. Husband in the Hotel. Last night W. L. Wilson, the former husband of the murdered woman, slept on the same floor of = the hotel where his wife lay dead and had no intimation of the terrible se- quel of her unfaithfulness to him or of her presence in the house until an hour after the bodles had been found. He had come up from Bakersfield last night with | TWO THIEVES CAPTURED BY POLICE OFFICERS One Robs Room of Hawaiian Singer, Another Breaks Into a Stcre Window. James Simpson was arrested about o'clock yesterday morning by Mulcahey and booked at the - Prison on a charge of burglary. Saturday night between 8:30 and 10 o'clock he broke into the room of W. R. Macomber, a gnember of the Hawaiian Glee Club, at 121' Powell street, and stole a mandolin, guitar, cam- era and overcoat, which the officer found in his room at 15 Eilis street. Charles Reynolds was arrested about § o'clock yesterday morning by Policemen Joy and Cavanaugh and booked at the ity Prison on a charge of burglary. The s discovered him in the act of rob- he window {n Morris Epstein’s store, v street. He had broken the wirdow, but did not have time to steal anything before the officers caught him. —_——— St. Patrick’s Convention Meets, The 8t. Patrick’'s day convention met at 1133 Mission street vesterday to further 5 Policeman | its plans for the St. Patrick's day cele- bration, the avowed intention of either Inducing her to return to him or killing the man who ~was responsible for her' ruin. After much solicitation he was at last allowed to view the bodies in the same positions they were found. He gazed down at the face of the woman for some min- utes, with every evidence of deep emotion, and then said: “‘Yes, that is Roar May, and that is the man who took her away from my home. Poor little girl, you have paid dearly for the pain you caused me, and as God hears me, 1 forgive you.” ‘Wilson is a Southern Pacific conductor and has a run between Bakersfield and Lathrop. He is a well-appearing man of 40 years and bears evidence of being pros- perous. He was deeply stirred by the shocking tragedy to which he was such @ near, though unconscious, neighbor, and could scarcely control his feelings. Eloped With Gallagher. “‘She was my wife,” he said. *‘We ware married in Oakland five years ago and went to Bakersfleld to live. I did every- thing 1 could to hake her happy.: I am a rallroad conductor and my run made it necessary for me to remain away from home forty-eight hours at a time| Dur- ing my absence this man Gallagher, who is a well-borer by occupation, became enamored of my wife. She found some- thing in him to like, too, because three years ago I returned home to find that she had fled with him. I trled to bear my sorrow as best I could, but I always loved her, and whenever 1 knew her. whereabouts 1 besought her to return to me. I saw her last about two years ago. She was then on her way to Bradley to join Gallagher, who was employed there. She refused to leave him and I let her go. “I arrived in San Francisco yesterday, being brought here by information that my wife was stopping with Gallagher at the Golden West Hotel and that he was abusing her. I brought a gun with me, intending to kill this man. I went to the Golden West this morning and sent .a messenger boy in to te.l Gallagher that a man wanted 16 see him on the sidewallk. The clerk told the boy that Gallagher and my wife had left the hotel. I then went for a walk, and on my rtturn to my room I was notified of the tragedy. “Gallagher was a thoroughly bad man. He deserted a wife and three children In Bakersfleld to elope with the woman he killed last night, and from what 1 hear he was in the habit of abusing her shamefully ever since he took her from me. ‘. “I shall take charge of her body as soon as the authorities are finished with BEACH TAKES THE CROWD AWAY FROM THE PARK Absence of Music Causes the People to Seek the Ocean- side. Those never-falling points of interest, the Park and Cliff, drew a large crowd from the city's crowded districts yester- day. Owing to the absence of -the music at the Park a greater number were pres- ent at the beach. The weather was cold and clear In spite of an attempt on the part of the clouds to glve the earth an- other wetting, There was quite o swell on the ocean. 1 and vessels coming in and going out the “gate’’ created no small interest to the crowds on Land's End and the balcony of the ONff House, There was an unusually large number of people driving in the Park, but pedestri- ans were not 8o much in evidence ag Sun- day generally finds them, Those who did wander through it winding ways found ample amusement at the aviary, paddocks and aquarium. ——————————— Try the Cafe Zinkand for lunch. Good meats well cooked, well served. ’ —_—————— The first patent was issued to Samuel lh;lpIHnl in 1790 for making ‘‘pot or pearl ashes.” it and accord her a proper burial. After she left me I secured a divorce from her, but I always regarded her with great af- fection.” Wilson registered at the United States Hotel yesterday with a woman whom he represented as his wife." He denied, how- ever, that he had been married since his divorce, but wouid not say who the other woman was. When he informed her of the murder and suicide she ran into her room crying, “Poor May, poor May,” and shertly ‘afterward the couple left the hotel. Sister Is Prostrated. Mrs. J. C. Yoakum, sister of the mur- dered woman, who was present with her husband when the tragedy was discover- ed, was completely prostrated by the shock and had to be removed to her home in a cab. Her husband gave all-the In- formation the couple possessed regarding the identity of the corpses and the cir- cumstances surrounding the tragedy. ‘T met May and Gallagher on the street last Thursday evening and she told me she was stopping at the United States Hotel husband, Harvey Gal- ald Yoakum. “I called there me she had secured a divorce from her former husband and was now married io the man in whose company I found her. I made an engagement with them to go to the Cliff House this afternoon and brought my wife with me. When we could not Bain entrance to the room and I found the key was in the lock I thought some- thing awful must be hidden by that closed door. I stood on the knob and locked through the transom. I could see the body of Gallagher on the chair, but I was unable to catch a view of May's body, as it lay close under the door. I at once notified the bell boy and shortly afterward two policemen removed the transom and opencd the door. Fortu- nately I had removed my wife to the par- lor of the hotel and she did not see the Interior of the room, or I think it would have killed her. As it is, she is in a seri- ous condition from the shoek. My wife has not known much of her sister’s whereabouts for several years. May was 26 years of age and was born in JTowa, ”She has lived in California eight years, Ejected From One Hotel. So far as can be ascertained, Gallagher and the woman came to San Francisco about ten days ago. They ‘'stopped at the Golden West Hotel, on Ellis street, for a Wweek, but were ordered to leave there last Thursday because their drunken quarrels annoyed the other guests. They refused COMES HERE TO MANAGE THE SANTA FE RAILWAY A. G. Wells Arrives to Take the Place . Left Vacant by the Death of W. G. Nevin. A. G. Wells, who was recently appoint- ed general manager of the Santa Fe Rall- way Company to succeed the late W. G. Nevin, arrived in this -clty last evéhing and registered at the Palace. Wells was formerly general superintendent of the road, with headquarters at Los Angéles. Accompanying Wells on his trip were . J. Shepard, who succeeds him s gen- eral superintendent at Los Angeles; Chief 1 rsl;lm-er R. B, Burns of Los Angeles, Su- rintendent A. D. Schindler of Kresno, 1ain Master ‘R, H. Tuttle, Superin- tendent W, B. ‘Beamer of San Bernar- dino, = Superintendent John Denair of Needles and Superintendent 1. L. Hibbard of Winslow, Arizona, The party’ made a visit of fnspection to every station on the road betweer this city and Albuquerque. This was_done o that Mr. Wells could familiarize himself Wwith the conditions of the road as tne territory over which he will have super- viston ‘will be all that west of Al- buquerque, ——————— ‘Trapper's Oll cures rheumatism and neuralgia. Drugeists, 500 fask. Richard & Co., 408 Cluy. B e e e e S B R SRR to vacate their room and Policeman Pearl was called to eject them. He says they | were both under the influence of liquor when he went to the room. The man had destroyed a hat belonging to the woman | and she claimed he had otherwise abused her. She said she wanted to leave him because he was cruel. Gallagher told her | he could not live without her, but they | finally agreed to separate. They moved thelr effects out of the Golden West and evidently became reconciled again, be- cause they went together to the United States Hotel Thursday night and secured a room together. They were very quiet and attracted no particular notice there. No One Heard Shots. No one around the hotel saw them Sun- day night and nobody heard the shots which ended their lives. This was prob- ably due to the noise of the storm which was raging outside. Mrs. Benjamin, an employe of the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, says she heard a wom- an’s screams Sunday night about 11 o’clock, but she was busy at the time and did not pay much attention to the inci- dent. It was probably at this time that | Gallagher administered the beating which | was preliminary to the murder and sul- cide. The electric lights were still burn- | ing in the room when the door was forced, showing that they had been burn- ing all night. . Gallagher was rather shabbily dressed, but in his pockets were found $12 8. One | trunk and two grips were in the room, | the trunk containing the clothing and ef- fects of the woman. There were some letters and photographs among them, but nothing to show that the terrible deed was premeditated. The bodies were removed to the Morgue and will be kept there until the Coroner has held an Inquest over them. The room at the hotel where the tragedy occurred will be In charge of the Coroner until after the inquest. A telegram received last night from Bakersfield says that all parties to the tragedy are well known there. Gallagher has been employed as a_weil-driller by several companies in the Kern River dis- trict and made his headquarters at Kern | City. Mrs. Wilson was the second wife of 'W. B. Wilson, a rallroad conductor, his first wife having died about eight years ago. The relations existing between Gallagher and Mrs. Wilson were generally known in Bakersfield and Kern City. ‘When Wilson left for San Francisco he confided to his friends that the object of his journey was to search for his former wife. FINE MUSICAL SERVICE HELD AT GRACE CHURCH Vested Choir, Under the Direction of Professor Holt, Renders a Choice Programme, The regular monthly musical service was held last night at Grace Episcopal Church. Professor Willlam Henry Holt presided at the organ and a cholce pro- gramme of hymns and sacred music was rendered by the vested choir. The pro- gramme follows: | Anthem, ““God Shall Charge His Angel | Leglons,"” l%;/ Lucantoni, choir; tenor solo, | +Comfort Ye and Every Valley,” from | Handel's esslah,” J," F. Veaco; “Im- mortality,”” by Case, cholr; barytone solo, "'Lead, Kindly Light” 8. Homer Hen- ley; “By Babylon's Wane,” cholr, Among_the singers were Willlam Me- Donald, Fred Purdy, Cyrll Holt, Charles Goetting and Charles Parent. ————ee Pictures and Frames. February of this yesr has been even better than January in the picture and frame’ business. We did not think it would be possible, but as the new styles of frames become better known the trade steadily increased. A cordial invitation to examine the new thin;s is extended to all, anborn, Vall & Co., T4l Market street, * ADVERTISEMENTS. i We have now on sale a mosl ele- gant assorimenl of NEW WASH DRESS FARRICS, in all the lalest materials for Spring and Summer wear. 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