The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, Assault. AN UNKNOWN ASSASSIN. Captain Bohen Strongly Suspects a Relative With Whom She Had Trouble. particulars of the terribie crime, sum- moned zll the availablé men, and ordered them 10 assist in running down the cruel murderer. Up to not succeeded in arresting him. The Chief of Detectives was unusualiy reticent about what he thought was the While arranging the carpets in one of | the which she intendel to oc- Mary A. Clute, a ratier at- was murdered rooms cuy ive appearing woman, n unknown assassin last evening. The brutal crime a flat at 80 was committed Alone and in Guerrero street. midnight, however, they bhad | MOST COWARDLY MURDER Mrs. Mary A. Clute Beaten to Death While Defending Herself From | 1 | untit shertly after 6 o'clock. a vool of blood. either murder or O1 ~uicide, but cour:e, that meant I didn’t ran ba Dr. Kastendieck. He was tben I telephoned ior Dr. Jerome A. Anderson. He was our, al-o. The third iime I teiephoned for Dr. Inman, and was lucky enough to caich him. “Assoon as he arrived we_went up to the room and lit the lamy. I wanted to take a policeman up, too, but the one that I had noufied had iert the ¢ roer, becanse I had not taken time to explain to him what the troutle was. The doctor said e woman was dead, and that it looked to him like a case of criminal assauli. Seeing that it was a case for the police 1 went downstsirs in company with the | physician and notified Officer M. J. Fil- Len.™ Assoon as Filbenlearned of the murder he teiephcned the ecnth-sircet station, and Officers K. C, Rotinson #n . J. A. Feeney were at once detiiled to the scene. They touched noth- ingin the room and would allow nobody «Ise to do so, pending the arrival of some- body from police he dquarters. Son tfierward Deputy Corover O'Brien ar- rived, but did nothing w.in the bo ¥ un- 1l the arrival of Deteciive Sevmour, une der whose examination an investigation was made, Mrs. Clute lay prone uvon her back, with ber feet poiniing toward the ucor wav. In onecorner lay the breom with which she had evidently been sweer Bot case show that it was one of the most dastardly crimes ever committed. The lower part of the house 1s occupied | by L. A. Legg, a horseman. whose busi- ness detained him at the Oakland track He knew | nothinz of the crime until he returnea | from there, wien the full circumstances were related to him by his wifs and his agea fither, George B. Legg, an invalid. Tney were the only persons who saw the sssassin afier the consummation of hi. {deadly deed. The elder yentleman’s | the floor when the first blow was s:1uck. story «f the circumstances surround ng | Direcily ouiside the half-open doorway the murder is as follo { # dustpan Iay. Her head was Iying in a “*About 5 o'clock I was sitting in front | pooi of blood ana her features Were so of the fire, when suddenly I he.ra the | smeared with the ruby life-fluid as to be sound of a heavy body striking the fl or ! totaily unrecoznizable, Overa-ainst the head, followed by two "or three |d orway leading into the frout room was ms in quick succession. My daugh- | another pool of blood, arnd the door-jamb -law was out getiing end my | w s spactered with it. There were no con- first thought was that bad | necting 1ools or :treams, :iving rise to defenseless the unfortunate woman was | motive for the horrible crime. stooping down, evicently engazed in| “It was not robbery,” he remarked, | arranging the carpet, when the murderer | ‘'but further than that I refuse to state.” sneaked up behind her, and with a A d:spaicn from Watsonville, where the murdered woman formerly lived, received | last night, probably throws some light on | the mysterious murder. It reads as fol- ling-pin killed her. As she fell to the floor, of the most cowardly m a victim of omne evar com- rde mitted in this city, she uttered a scream | lows: which was heard occapants of WATSONVILLE, Dec. 15.—Mrs. Mary Clute, lower flat i that something | Who was murdered this evening, was daug ter of the late Mr. ey summoned C. W. Mark, ithe Everett Giammar was wrong vice-principal School. He immediately entered the house and in a rear room he found Mrs. Ciute lying on the floor, her iace covered with blood lowed from a gaping wound in the of her head. She was dead, her skul been crushed by the cruel blow. g that a wanton er had | aud Mrs. Ruitles of t Mr. and Mrs. Ruttles died with th of each otuer about nive mion s. Clute atiended them during their fa ss, and remained until & month or so after their death. ¢'s husband, who is a commercial was here and attended the funeral. rumored at the time of Rut 2 wns worth about $10,000, s’ death that h that a mu daughter. Shortly after she went been committed Mark at once notitied the | neisco 1o reside. She was in Wat- police ective Seymour was sent to aout three weeks ago (rying to make make an investizauon. He found the ngemeunts 1o rent her property, which is body as it had ifalien, the woman’s dis-|situated on Main street 1n Watsonville. She anged cloth 1dicating toat an at- | had no children. 1 been made 10 commit a erim- | After the body of the murdered woman was found Captain Bohen at onc irs he e two gold ri , ons | graphed to Watsonville to ascertain hic ner a short time be- | something of the antecedents of Mrs, ore her m by her husband, who is | Cluts. As soon as he received a reply 1 commercia veler the employ of | he started his men out on a new trail with Price’s Ba Powder Company. She | instructions not to return to police head- 4. which was found dress. was at- which was broken he timepiece. r the detective dis- s pu liowing receipt for q 4'uis would seem that Bohen believes that one of the relatives of the dead woman is suspected of having cansed her death. Last night Joseph Foley, a carpet layer was taken to police heaiquarters and closely questioned by Captain Bohen. He i was the last man seen leavine the house wom and the fi e reit of the hou | | it was bequeathed to M:s. Mary | arters until they had landed their man. | on in Which the Woman Lay and Condition of the Room When C. W. Mark Arrived at the Scene of the Crime. THE [ URCERED WOMAN. ' the that the woman had fal'en there st blow and bad then man- ared to regain or ty recain her e-t before the assassin struck t e second blov und he: | ral cellul i! bair- ,and tne only evidence of a struggle he fact that one or the pins wa- broken in two pieces and her bair was badiy cisarranged. = Her clothing, when Mark arrived on the terrible scere, was drawn neariy up io her knees. A further examination developed that the woman's was torn to pieces, her person were found a bunch of nickel and a gold wateh and chain, | an'd on ber t'ners were two old 1ings. An examinatic the chest of drawers |in a closet off the adjicent haliway showed several articles of wearing ap- parel and revealed the fact that nothing b longing to the woman had been dis- turbed. Under the clotuing a purse con aining $56 in gold and s There iver. These revealed the woman's identity, for up to that time everybody had been in the | aark as to who she was. One was from Miss Stachi Blanchard to Mary A, Ciute for tue rent of the hou<e for a month and was dated Tuesday, the 14th inst. It was in the sum of §15. | _ Toe body was then removea to the | Morgue and = thorouzh examination In the front room which the a coupling-pin, th made of the premisas, adjoining that in commit ed | use on the ordinary car. | with blood. It was lesrned from Miss | Bianchard that tbe pin cou!d not have | been in the house, Shortly after the body had been kind m Te- T woman lay on the floor, her head being in know whether or not she was dead, so I | to the store and telephoned for | in, and ! news to the Seven- | were also several receipts for bills paid. | | crime was | It was covered | on y sob and moan. ut the tin NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS BUY NOW, before the best is sold. Trade mornings to avoid the crowds. Then you can choose at leisure, make care- ful selections, get the best and re:cive the attention you deserve. TO-WNIGEIT. Not on sale until 7 o'clock. 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We are confiaent b st known | extracts ar in daintz Oriental m, orted d.rect from the our prices on exquisite ini owest in tne ¢ the ving ma or mer 1 ndise / (INCORPORATEN] 937-945 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. it revealed the fact that all had been fractured iy morgue last the woman’s s ‘0 a moan of husband’s ‘lark gave vent ’ \ fainted in her | Kind hands at once brouznt |a heavy biow in the regi RATHJEN L BROS. aoms, of the left sid - the 7o) er resioratives, but no sooner had | of the occipital bone. here was a deep she been back 10 consciousness | cuton the rizhit tempie and a sliznt one brougnt X ited wgain. This was once og over the lefce Her nose was broken, ted, but finally she came to her | probably being tne spot wiiere she re- =1f, and her grief was so great | c2ived the first blow, as the one on the she could not speak for sometime— | tase of the skuil would havs produced | instant unconsclousness. The cut on tie right tempie may have been caused by contact with the jamb of the door when the woman fell. ~aly G hat 01" she crield, “*it wasonlv Mon- I cime up here with her, .nd in the best of heal.h and spirits : nis i l\"“‘"c":,‘;‘:i"‘_f“:'x;;” _— All the Christmas Novelities 3 e i vlain that Mrs. Clute’s FOR LITTLE CUBA. Delicacies, Bonbons, Tree et B oot Vengna dad Captaia MWihonsy | Omanients: - and. Candles: 8 209 2 = : Thi : Arranging for a Mass-Meeting. Jarents d ed some months ago. This ex- 4 ging & ~_ Mlafeilltheiiesuce infber DoskaBDE fwo| | A delagaiion shmnotafof i H Jones | MEIREE=DAY. SPECIALS. { | i | | ‘ | i black-bortered handkerchliefs, at first | president of the Cuban L S Pom T : 3 | Muscherini, its secretary; D Buns, (AN BUES. . ..o e Db sband’s name,” said Mrs. Clark, | Charles Campbell, Dr. Clark. B. Cuao- Fin-v an | of new crop rin the emplov of the Pr ce Baking | ™) m | s e o Tatil within a §tort | Colonel-T. all active Cuban | jop ERRY. ... ; =il 5 Page atrect. apathizers, called last evening upon | TORT AXD SHERRY qt. hot. 356 | | I Captain Mahoney, the Cuban army officer who registered at the California Hotel on Tuesday lust. To them the captain showed his creden- tials, and in addition he has wriden Eust 10 the central Cuban organization and he ha ving lived s born in Watso which was cein Wa n she ew years. She ,and on the death ce ved quite a large he- the cau-e of her recent onville. back she learned that e 3 bottles $1.00 Qt. reguiarly 50 cts per bottle GERMAN SPECIALTIES: | the place whe e nad lived was about | €XDects soon to be able to show telegran:s CiSranI el e Tepruchen: SmetauIEee e to be turned intoa private hospital, an ym there. If the credentials prove ail Tackcrie: N Hbere s HonIG K honen: Tt . around for another 1t the gentiemen intend to arrange a Monis-Kuchen Thorner Mandel, Anise Bis- at once began to lvok around for an place. She founa it here, and ber death mass-meeting on som- near date, and s Legg, that she was going to visit _her « ter for a day or two. Detective Seymour sent for her ye-terday as soon as he ar- | rived at tie place where the murder and - wilh th Captain Manoney will be the principal | oo L “Mrs, Ciute married my brother. She | speaker if he be still in the city. It 1s in- ‘\'“h ..lhh “ was a woman of a very lovable disposi- | ‘ended to arouse all the Cuban enthusi- ‘ i Al tion and about 42 years old." jasm which formerly characterized the | C WD D, Mrs. Ciute's husband is now in Nevada. | CEYe 2 b O s ViV . A een him to return | o ;}P e m,,‘|“‘f,,‘:"o,),b"eH:Q';; aiid to it n | Braves Will Entertain. iA Curistm:s gift P | man prominent in Ma-onic circles, and | A grand benefit ent will be given | that will tast and his w.fs was a member of the tern | under the ausp quoss Clubin | always bs zppre= | Star. The couple formerly lived in Ne- | Native Sons’ Hall Au elaborate | ciated. 3 vada, | yrogramme has been 4, which io- | & Lo g il ST cons Mise Stachi Blanchard is a seamstress | cludes e G 2 of the Cross GO D el ‘oat of coffee 5 t i b, solos by prominent artists anc by occupation and nhas a sister in the TR e e i s dressmaking business. She rents the the sturdy braves and their | 2FLY S bk 8 ping house at 803 Guerrero from :he owner and ¥ » soct E LAt i ' . has suble: the lower part to Legg. It is & [ 66 T} ) 1 furnished, but the upper rooms are rent « SERANaEe Y | ( 011 ) fl“ 0 ee unfurnishea. The front room is occupied | 1u4 greamer Doric arrived ia port from | U . by bersolt. &Tueaday afternoon ‘ahe Went | oy 1asi night and’ snchored aff etvgs | Thisis Coftee at its best. A most delicious away with the statement, made o Mrs. | whart. 1‘ blend of tiue Mocha Java. | CPEN EVENINGS. 21 STOCKTEON STE!; Il Matn £T1op that cough wi'h Low’s horehound cc svrup. price 10°, 417 Sans me st *® attempted assanlt was comm tied. = 3253 Fi“more St" TeL‘s\zVen “Iknow of the woman,” she asserted, NEW TO-DAY! ) 152, “no u-ther than that she came to see | e ey asout the rooms on Moaday and en- aged them yesterday 1 rent in advance. She appearad very quiet and refined. As regards the presence of the coupling-pin, I can think of no reason whv 1t should have been in the house un- 1 t | less the man who committed the cr.me brought it with him.” { aying a month’s ‘*“‘JII&;‘ EAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 1897, Recefved of Mrs. Ciute the sum of $15 for rent of rooms at S03 Guerrero street, irom December 14, 1897, 1o January 14, 1898 [Signed] LAURA R. BLANCHARD. In the room adjoining the one in which the unforiunate woman was murdered was found the coupling-pin which the | murderer had usei. It was covered with | blood and hair. Captain Bohen, of the murdered woman. According to his statement he is employed by the Cbicngo Clock Company. Yesterday afterncon he and 2 man named Harry | Jackson were sent to her house 1o lay | some matting. They lelt the store at 2 o'clock =nd reached the house twenty-five minutes later. As they rang the doorbell Mrs. Clute appeared and assisted them in carrying the matting upsiairs. Jack<on, a few minutes later, left the premises to return to the store. Foley after completing the work asked Mrs. Clute what she thought of it. She replied that it suited her, and then left. Foley subsequently left the premises and as he walked downstairs he heard a “rustiing of skirts,” as if some woman was approaching. Without waiting to as- certain who it was Folsy walked away. He 100k his satchel with him and walked along Twentieth sireet to Mission where he boarded a car. He rode to Sixteentn street, trannferred to the Fillmore-street line, and thence to Huight street. Subsequently he visited a {riend at 833 Shrader street and remained for a short time. Foley afterward went to a barber- shop at Eighteenth and Guerrero streets, where be heard that Mrs. Cluie had been murdered. Foley says that he saw no one enter the ouse while he was there. —_——— {A MOST DASTARDLY CRIME 1 learning the meager & ] F ] RHEUM Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, scaly skin and scalp humors is in- antly relieved by a warm'bath with CoTr- cuRrA S0AP, a single application of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood | purifiers and humor cures, when all else fails. uticura d. POTTER DEUGAND CHEM. B e ton- < Hia fo Cure Salt Rheum, * free e Baby Blemishec, FALLING HAIR Pgesd’sy smerad Sois Tlred by Curic |b All the Evidencs Points to a Bruta! Assau t, The murder occurred at about 5 p M. and tne circumsiances surrounding the | | | | | | bappened to her. She was all right and | thought that it might have been some children playing in a yard near by that bad made the noise, but by that time | had concluded that the trouble was up- stairs and went into the hallway an calied our, *What is the matter up there?’ Igot no an<wer, and then went to the froni door to summon heln, as mv phyvsi- cal condition is such that I was not zble | to go np and see for myse.f. “Just as I and Mrs. Le g reached the | front porch a man came out of the small | alleyway to the south of 1he house, the @ntrance io the 1ear stairway, and started up the street toward Twenty-first streat at arapid walk. I called to him and asked | what the noise upstairs meant. He made | no response, but quickened nis steps, and | then I caled and ask d him ag and then « th rd time=, the only resuli being | that when I made the third call he started | to ran. He did not turn around once, | and I could not see his face at all. He was short and thickset, wore a dark sa:t of clotning and had biack hair. i “Immediately I called for help, and the Itanian who xeeps a vegetable-s: the corner came over 1o see what JOSEPH FOLEY, THE CARPET-LAYER. |4 | Mrs. Legg siates that the carpet-laye - | | or l )O Y S Knee pants suits | 9 to 15 years 1TUR KiSH RUGS! TO-DAY! and FRIDAY, Dec. 16 and 17, 2 0’CLOCK —— |At 230-232 SUTTER STREET. Grand Closing-Out f the Famous Collection ot ‘Tha Turkish Rug Co, | . EASTON. long pants suits 16 to 19 years 'fOlll' mackintosh;i‘ Pt } flfty 0 18 years -one fift leggings y | reefer suits i 3 to 8 years | | long pants sailors suit and cap to match 7 to 12 years THURSDAY chinchilla reefers 8 to 14 years long cut ulsters 6 to 12 years middy suits H 3 to 10 vears SLDRID +E & CO., Auctioneers. | AMPLE | ACCOMMODATIONS | | | IN THE ‘ LADIES’ GRILL ROOM | OF THE | | PALACE HOTEL | | For the Increased Holiday | stylish middy suits 3 to 8 years | | | | | | . | overcoats with velvet I collars 8 to 19 years five matter. He went up and came rushing | down at the top of his speed and said there | moved came one of the saddest scenes in wasa woman lying up there who evi-|connection with the whote of the awfu: al- dently had a fit. Then I went across (o the | fair. grocery on the corner, and there found a gentleman, who volunteered to see what | was the trouble. Hecame over and went upstairs. That is all I know about 11.”” The man who responded to Legg’s ap- peal was C. W, Ma:k, vice-principal o/ the Everatt Grammar School. who lives at 3722 Twentieth street. His story of what he saw is test told in his own language. “I was in McHugn & Ryan’s grocery,” said Mark, “'when theo.d gentieman came across and stated excitedly that some- thing was wrong in the house opposite. I ran across the way and up the stairway to the room indicated. The body of the isconnected with a firm wnich deals in brooms and bru~hes at 1134 Sutter street, is married to Mrs, Ciuie's sister-in-law. Ciark learne! that a woman had been | murdered at 803 Guerrero sireet by seeing |a crowd in t of THE CArL bulletin j board and being attract d 10 the scene and reading the notice of the crime He atonce had a premonition that i might be his wife’s sister-in-law, and hur- ried hom= to tell his wife the news. When he and his wife reached ihe house in which the crime was cdmimitted and found their fears materialized there was a heart- rending exhibition of grief, It seems that Frank E. Clark, wio | Astrachan and chinchilla reefers 3 to 8 years | Patronage. | Foley, came to the house between 3 and 4 | donars g o'clock in a buggy with anoiher man. He took bis s and siepped out and tone | other men. whom she did not notice par- ticularly, drove away in the buggy. At the house where Mrs, Ciute tormerly resided, 230 Page street, all was excite- ment wh n the news of the murder ar- rived. Mrs. M. A. Uschold, the landlady, stated that the dead woman was devoted to her husband and that they were more like two vouthful lovers in tueir de- meanor toward each other than anything else. According ¢ her Mrs. Clute siept there Tuesday night and left the house at 4P M. with asmile on her face and evi- dently in the best of spirits, An examination of the body at the UNITED STATES LAUNDRY, £ 1004 arket §t, Rear Powell, | Telepnone, Soutn 220, Open evenings ROOS BROS 27-37 Kearnv corner Post | NOTARY PUBLIC. | A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC, '638 MARKET ST, OPP. PALACK HOTEL. ‘Telephone 570. Residence 909 Vaieucia treet. Telephone—“Lhurch” 15, | | | |