The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1896. MURDERED BY HER FRENTIED HUSBAND Nick Claussen Shot Down His Wife in Cold Blood. | NO MOTIVE IS EVIDENT. The Killing Occurred in Mrs. | Foley's Home on Everett Street. | SURRENDER OF THE ASSASSIN. | | S NI | | | | | | A Pitiful but Hopeless Attempt Made by His Eldest Son to Prevent ! the Crime. | branded with the mur- | nd the bars of the City Prison ithe woman who was the vietim of his ungovernable temper lies at the Morgue with two ragged foullet holes in her left arm. ace last evening at 5 e of Mrs. Foley at 12 Claussen -called on | afternoon for the : rooms, as she had rom her late residence al at 120 : our after she had arrived at Abc the h band, in a state of in- tox: cked at the door and asked Mrs, his wife was in. Being in- formed was, he entered and went to'a be in the rear part of the house, in w hich his wife was sitting. | 1 arrel, and They ately began tc Mrs. inter- and_told | ne had better leave the house | Willie Claussen, the 11-Year-Old Boy Who Attempted to Take the Revolver From His Father’s Hand. minutes he returned and without speaking | that his father w | ful crime and he end [Sketched in ! THE City Prison by a “Call” artist.] MURDERER. | to any one walked to the room where he | had left his wife. He drew his revolver from his pocket and fired three shots at her.in rapid succession from a distance of about three feet, the bnilets taking effect | as before stated. At the time of the shooting, with the exception of Claussen’s 1l-year-old. sor Willie, no A in the room who coild v light as to the cause of the aw his father draw the as he is, he knew to commi avored to wrest pistol from tne” murderer. He grasped it with both hands and held on to it with childish desperation, refusing to release his hold until after two shots had been fired. He was then shaken off in time to see his frenzied father shoot a third bullet | into the prostrate and bleeding form of the aying woman. | In amoment the wildest excitement en- | sued. Crawds began to gather around the house where the ¢rime had taken place. A number of policemen who had been at- shining revolvi tracted by the sounds of the shots forced |} g and captured tanding over the the smoking revolver their way into the buildi the a: in, who was body of his still in his hand. 1n the meantime M Merritt, an ac- quaintance of Mrs. Foley, had made Ler way up the back stairs and into the room where the shooting had occurred. She loosened the clothiug about the neck and breast of the wounded woman and en- deavored to bring her back to conscious- | ness by applying oratives. Her work was in vain, for in a few moments the patrol wagon, which had been telephoned | for, arrived and the still unconscious woman was started for the Receiving Hos- pital. This proved to be an unnecessary journey, as the woman died on the way. Her body was laid on a cot in the hos- | vital, and the Coroner notified:: The body was removed to the Morgue. Claussen, still showing the effects of the liquor he had been drinking, but other- | wise cool and collected, as if he| hardly realized the enormity of his.crime, was securely ironed and taken to the City | Prison. { Hedid not appear in the least conscien ce- stricken at ‘committiag such a sold- blooded murder, but rather acted as if he had done someth ing that he had no rea. | son to be ashamed of. MRS. CLAUSSEN, THE [Sketthed by a MURDERED WOMAN. . “Call” artist.] Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S.'Gov’t Report RS Baking w%fiPbMMkml ABSOLUTELY PURE In answer to a question as to what prompted ‘him to kill his wife he said: ““Well, she called me a bad name, and [ shot her.” He denied that the deed was prompted by jealousy, and repeated that it was simply "because she cailed zhim a my second wife,” said Claus- sen, “and I married her five years ago, about a year and a half after the death of my wife. She wasa chambermaid in the Russ House, where 1 was working at my trade as a baker, and we became at- tached to each other and got married. I was then 33 years of age, and she. wasa year older. *“My three children, two boys and a girl, are by my first wife, and better children never lived. She was always kind to them, as-kind as if they had been her own. I will say that much for her. “For the past'six months we had not lived happily together and six daysago she left me. " This afternoon I called at 12 Everett street toengage a room and met her there by accident. We had some words and she called me names and I shot her. “I have been working at Engelberg’s bakery on Kearny street racently, but have worked in bakeries in different parts of the city.”’ Claussen’s sister, Mrs. Mary Christen- sen, wife of a master mariner, who lives on Dolores street, called at the City Prison last night to see him. They conversed together for a few minutes, and she seemed deeply affected. She has had Claussen’s danghter Lena living with her since Friday, and she will take the two boys home with her this morning. They were asleep in Matron Gillmore’s room when she called, and she thought it better not to disturb them. The three children are: Willie, 11 years ot age; Louis 9, and | Leua, 7. It was learned that Claussen was in- sanely jealous of his wife, and when he very frequent, his jealousy became in- flamed and he abused his wife. Three or four months ago she had him arrested for threars against life, but the charge was dismissed as he promised to behave him- self. On Friday he was drunk and hedrove her from the house. She went to live with a frfend on Powell street, the two boys re- mained with their father and the little girl went to the house of her aunt. Yesterday afternoon Willie went to Powell street to see his stepmother, and | not finding her there he went to i2 Ever- ctt street. He was there talking with her when Claussen and the boy Louis called. Claussen went out, and when he returned he told the two boys to go down to the kitchen and “fix themselves up, as he was to take them out with him. When they | left the room to go to the kitchen Mrs. Claussen was dressing her hair in front of | the mirror, and in a minute or two later the boys heard the shots. Such is the story told by Willie. The murdered woman was, prior to her marriage, a Miss Elizabeth Shaw. She was born‘in Ireland thirty-nine years ago, of English parents. If the statements of her friends are true, she ;had always been a hard-working woman, and for many months had been forced to suffer much | cruelty at the hands of her husband, par- ticularly when he was intoxicated. There was less motive evident and the crime was comrritted in a more cold-blooded and heartless manner than any of the many murders that have lately shocked this City. "A CASE OF SMALLPOX. William Kelly, a Student, Develops the | Disease After Leaving This City and Going to Napa. The Board of Health is much exercised over the fact that a case of smallpox has developed in this City. Dr. Bazet ad- dressed a communication to the board yesterday in ,which he stated that on February 20 William Kelly, a student, had called at his ‘office and complained that he was suffering from malaria. He examined the patient and found him suffering from fever, ‘but saw nothing serious in the case and advised a change of air. Subsequently he heard from Dr. Taylor of Napa, who notified him that Kelly, while stopping in that town, had developed ‘a genuine case of smallpox. Inquiry developed the fact that he had stopped one night with a family at 307 Lott street after having been examined by Dr. Bazet and had then gone to Napa. The local physician at once went to the Lott-street residence and ' vaccinated the inmates and notified the Board of Health. An effort will be made to'ascertain where Kelly contracted the disease. ———— Acknowlédged by AlL GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S Teas, Coffees and Spices Best and Cheapest. Try Them. Preity presents given away free. 52 Market st., S. ¥. Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERY WHERE. under the influence of liquor, which | for the detention of those w GOVERNOR BUDD ON'JOAN P. [RISH, Why the Colonel’s Official Head Went to the Basket. A SIGNIFICANT LETTER Received by the Executive the Day the Removal Was Made. THE LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY, Colonel N. T. James Expresses His Opinion of Colonel John P. Irish. Governor Budd was seen at the residence of Harbor Commissioner Colnon on Haight street last evening. When asked if he had anything to say in reply to John P. Irish’s statements published in THE CALL yester- day, he said: *‘It is impossible to enter into a public discussion concerning the removal of Mr. Irish. If the public, however, deems the question of sufficient importance for inves- tigation, I can refer to the report of the joint committee on State Hospitals and Asylums and Public Health and Quaran- tine of the last Legislature. This report may be found on page 297 of the journal of the Assembly, thirty-first session.” ‘It is significant,” continued Governor Budd, “that a Republican committee re- commended the removal by a Democratic Governor of a Republican board of trus- tees. *‘On the day that Irish was removed I received this letter: To James H. Budd, Governor State of California —Sik: We, the undersigned, members of the Assembly committees, to wit, the Committee on Hospitals and -Asylums and also the Com- mittee on Public Health and Quarantine, that jointly investigated the Industrial Home of Mechanical Trades for Adult Blind during the last ].c?\"\nlur& found the inmates in such a state of intimidation that to induce them to speak freely of the affairs of the institution it became necessary to_promise them the protec- tion of the State. This promise was to get at the facts, thus serving the best interests of the State, and it should be kept inviolate. The Legislature not now being in session, | yon, sir, are the only person in _position to re- deem this pledge; therefore we- most respec fully call your attention to the case of. E. B, T of inmates yior, one the who was induced by this promise to give use- ful and accurate information to the commiitees, and 1n a iew days theresaiter, without a hearing and without being itformed of the cause of his expulsion, was " discharged from the home. Now, as he was following his usual dutles at the home, and that, t0o, without let or hindrance, and also that he was ex- pelled immediately after our vi to the home (no charges of misconduct being against him up to that date) should be taken as prima facie evidence that he was expelled for giving this information to the committees, and is entitled to the protection of the State, Now, precedents will bear us out in saying that we believe it is yonr duty as chief execu- tive of the State ‘to preserve the integrity of its representatives by reinstating this blind man, ‘and no pretext or technicality on the part of the directory should pe aliowed to stand in the way. He recently made application for reinstate- ment, which was indorsed and recommended by Superintendent Hays,but his application was rejected by the board and no reason given therefor. We earnestly urge.your immediate action, as he has been unjustly deprived of the benefits of the home for a year or more, and now as he calls upon the representatives of the State to redecm this promise 1t is the duty of the State to do so premotly. Some of the members of these committees are living in the immediate vicinity of the home and have personal knowledge of the facts herein referred to. We suggest that he be permitted the benefits of the home until such time as he is formally admitted. Feeling confident that you will take prompt and vigorous action in this matter, I am, sir, your most obedient servant, “The letter is signed by J. H. GI McDonald, M. Lewis, John O’Day, William T. Boothby, Robert Gay, Louis P. Zocchi, W. G. Hudson and O. H. Huber.” The Governor directed attention to the fact that Sanders was removed in Decem- ber, ‘“‘yet Irish served two months there- after, and now asserts that he was di charged because he would not vete to dis- place Sanders. ““If further light is needed on the re- moval of Irish and the management of the Institute for the Blind, I refer you to the Board of Trustees. *The four directors anpointed are: T. C. Coogan, J. R. Glascock, N. T. James and Davia S. Hirshberg—men of high char- acter.” . The Governor positively declined to ex- press his_opinion of Irish personally, but was. willing to concede to_the decapitated the right of squealing and making a great noise. Said he: If the public want to know .anything | more about the facts let this extract from the report of the Assembly Committee of the last Legislature be.studied: January 25 we visited the Industrial Home of Mechanical Trades for the Aduit Blind at Oakland and we regret the fact that we cannot make the same commendatory report of this institution that we have of others visited. In this case as in the others we took the manage- ment by surprise and our_investigation.was as thorough as we could make it within the lim- ited time allotted. The bath and toilet rooms were mostly in fair condition, but one bathtub was so un- clean as to be disgusting sight, and the men’s public toilet was in a similar condition to that of a public toilet at a railroad station. The smoking-room s a disgrace to the State. It has a cement floor, which could not be seen for the filth, and while the claim is made by the management that this foom is “hosed” out at least once a week, yet the evidence would indicate that it had not been cleaned" for many weeks. Coal for fuel was piled upon the floor and the seats were in a dilapidated condition. Many of the inmates seen in the Luildings and about the grounds ivere wretch- edly clothed and were so filthy in appearance as to be absolutely nauseating and repulsive, The lowest depraved inmates of the Stockton Asvlum, incapable of self-control, with drool oozing from their mouths and noaes, were clean compared to some of these. There can be no_possible explanhtion for this condition of things other than bad man- agement. Discontent Teigns supreme among the inmates in regard to the management. The atmosphere was rife with petty jealousies and a system of espionage, which we are convinced does exist on the partof the superintendent, was generally complained of. Practical disci: pline seemed to be absolutely wanting. But little attention was paid to the ordi- nary cumElnints and murmurings of in viduals, but a large number of the in- mates, including practically all' of the women, were for some reason or other ab- solutely afraid to talk to the members of the committee, stating that the spies were on the alert and that many timesthey :voreh treated harshly for speaking the ruth. . *‘To-day,"” said the Governor, ‘I visited the Rece vmf; -Hospital in the basement of the City Hall and thedepartment set aside T th e ho are charged with insanity. Complaint had been made that the Sheriff received such unfortunate people and removed them from the cells to? ?mckly after being taken to the hos- pital. . ‘“The investigation showed me that the Sheriff cannot remove the patients too soon. The vlace is simply useful for the purpose for which they are used. The place is cold, and while the sides are padded the front part is- not, and there is nothing to prevent them from butting their heads against the bars. There is no fire there on SBundays, and then they are Eurhculnrlv cold, and it is inhnman to eep people in such a place. . ““I shall go south to look into the institu- tions there, including the San Bernardino asylum and the Whittier School.” Colonel N. T. James, manager of the Alliance Insurance ComPany, character- izes Colonel John P. Irish’s scathing criti- cisms of Governor Budd published in yes- terday’s OALL as a display of Billingsgate; that he himself has no wish further to call forth by making any retort to the tirade di- rected at him. *“I do not care,” said Colonel James, “‘what Mr. Irish may either think or say about me, but I think that ‘the cowardly and uncalled-for attack against the family of Mr. Hays is the result of his guilty knowledge in having gone to Washington with papers io obtain a position for Mr. Hays and then taken it for himself. ‘*Where did he get his title, anyway? I think you would find it was simply from having served on the Governor’s staff. ‘Jack Hays' father was the celebrated Texas Ranger, one of the history-makers of California. 1f he were alive now and Irish should see him stepping off the Oak- lml‘d boat he wouldn’t stay on the penin- sula.” LONGFELLOW SCHOOL. Boards of Health and Education Trying to Determine Upon a Plan for lts Reopening. The Board of Health and the Board of Education held a joint meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of Dr. Morse on Stockton street, the purpose being to ar- rive at some conclusion concerning the Longfellow School, which has been closed by the Board of Health, atd the Rincon School, which ajoins the Longfellow, and which that board threatens to close. Of the Board of Education there were present: Clinton, McElroy, Henderson and Knox. Of the Board of Health: Drs. Hart, Williamson and Morse and Health Officer Lovelace. The members of the Board of Education declared that it was of the utmost impor- tance to open and keep open the schools, and the members of the Board of Health said they recognized that fact, but the health of the pupils and the City was of the first importance.” Some plans were presented looking to = tempdrary abatement of the nuisance until the summer vacation, when it is possible that the Longfellow School may be aban- doned and other provisions made for the pupils. 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