The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY . 18, 1898. FOUND DEAD IN HER BED WITH A RAG TIGHTENED ABOUT HER NECK Mrs. Sadie Carpenter Makes a Mysterious| Plunge Into the Unknown. | MURDER AND SUICIDE THEO-‘ RI(ES. I Under Arrest—0Dark Tragedy of a Fourth-Street Lodging- Houss. About three yearg ago people were shocked and women in the “tenderloin district” were terrarized by the mur- | rous deeds of a strangler. Several women fell victims to his fiendish lust | for blood, and all the efforts of the po- | lice to discover his identity were futile. ~The police are agafn confronted with what some belteve to be the work of a | A Man Said to Be a German Baron’ | strangler, the victtm being also a woman in low life. The nan was Sadie Carpenter,who | occupied room 10 in the Hubbard House, 139 Fourth street. So far as known, she was last seen altve in her room | about 11:30 o’clock Saturday night by | Joseph Von Lochner, who occupied an adjoining room. s room 11, a nolse as if some one were | m 10 about half-past 1 Lizzie Riley, who occupi rd he mos o'clock yesterday morming, and notified » Prieur, the night clerk, that thing was wwrong in room 10. Prieur knocked on Von Lochner's door and roused him from his sleep. To- | entered room 10, and while ed his attention to lighting s Von Lochner went to the bed 1 the womsm was dead. A calico was tied tightly round throat and Von Lochner quickly osened it. Her face was still warm, but her hands were cold. Prieur notified Policeman Tuite and yman’s bodg removed to the About two hos was arrested and ts” pending an in othing =0 far against him ex- t one who |is prior to her d of the woman, later Von cked up in stigation. 5 > Was a nid that s w ny acts of kindne: O'Keefe on the case. They clos exam- room, but no strug- | gle could be found, nothing in the room being disarranged. When found by Von Lochner the woman was lylng in | bed dressed in the wrapper she always but thought it advisable to hold him till a complete Investigation was made. The captain is inclined to the theory that the woman_committed suicide. Von Lochner says he had known the woman for about four years. He had been a friend to her, but that was all. She had recelved a letter from a friend | Saturday morning containing a medal. | night,” The pin of the medal had become loose and he took the medal and pin with him et them fixed. got home shortly after 11 o'clock last he said, ‘“and Mrs. Carpenter’'s room door was partly open. I went in and gave her the medal, She talked a little about her friend George, who had sent it from Chickamauga, and then com- plained of not feeling well. She was pre- paring a poultice when I entered and after she had gone to bed I bade her good night and left the room, closing the door, which had a spring lock, after me. “] went to bed and was awakened after 1 o’clock by the night clerk, who told me there was something wrong with Sadlie. was dead, but her face was still warm, although her hands were cold. Von chner was a lieutenant in the German army during the Franco-German war and his friends say that he s a baron in his own right. He recelves a pension of $370 per}{ear from the Ger- man Government. e is a widower, hav- ing a son employed as a plumber in this city. He came here in 1¥76 and was for some time employed by C. Ehmann, a ?hotogmpher on_ Fourth street. His riends say that he was never known to be in trouble before. The one roomer in the house who seems to hold the key to the situation is Mrs. Lizzie Riley, but the police doubt her story. Her room is No. 11, adjoining the one In which the dead woman was found. Mrs. Riley's story runs as follows: *“I was awakened out of a sleep after I o'clock this morning by a scuffling noise, which I could not at first locate, It seemed to come from overhead at first, but when fully awake I discovered it to be In the room next to mine, the one oc- cupled by Sadie. This nolse soon ceasea and ve way to a pecullar scraping sound, like a spool of cotton running over the floor. This continued some twenty minutes. I became very nervous and was determined to see what was the matter, when the door of Sadie Carpenter’s room opened and then was closed with a bang. I heard footsteps of some man who wore shoes that creaked going through the hall and down the stairs to the street. SADIET;\RPE}'TER AND THE ROOM WHERE SHE WAS FOUND STRANGLED. her sides. Captain § Lochner and he felt convinced that he ymour had a talk with Von | and I went straight to the bed. | had nothing to do withthe woman's death, | round her neck, which I tore off. slept In and her arms were stiffened by | He went and got the key and we en-| He turned on the gas| tered the room. 1 shook her twice and then I noticed the rag | tance. She | “After that T jumped up and opened my door, went 'out in the hall and called the night clerk. He came with great reluc- I then told him that somethins was wrong in number 10. He woke up | Joseph Lochner, on whose door he pound- twice. Lochner came out in a night- 8own and the two entered.” Mrs. Riley did not know the deceased very well. Bhe says that Mrs. Carpenter was secretive, reserved and attended to her own affairs with a jealous care. Mrx. Riley heard several people enter her room during the evening. he last one who gained admittance to her knowledge was 8 heavy-set German. This was about 9 o'clock. Bhe heard Mrs. Carpenter say good-night to him a half hour later as she escorted him to the door. Mrs. Riley, of all the roomers, was the only one who gained a slender confidence of the dead woman. She says that Mrs. Carpenter mentioned to her a few days ago certaln feurs of being strangled by same person who had once before threatened her life. The rooms of Lochner and Mrs. Carpen- ter adjoin, with a door between. Accord- ing to the statement of one In the emg‘fl’ of the house this door was seldom lockea. On Mrs. Carpenter's side there are two screw eyes, through which a curling-fron was run. This was found in place when the body was discovered. The statement of Mrs. Riley of hearing what she thought was a scuffie In Mrs. Carpenter’s room is pa.r:!s’ borne out by the appearance of the dead woman's face, which would lead to the Impression that she did not dle without a struggle. On the left side of the face just below the ear is a mark of a finger nail, and on the right side of the nose close to the eye there is another distinct mark of a fin- sor nail which drew blood that flowed own the side of the nose into the nos- tril. There i8 also a large abrasion on the left knee and a smaller one a littie below it, both having the appearance of being freshly made. Policeman O'Keefe also noticed that when he first saw the body in the room there was a red mark on the throat. These are against the suicide theory. and there are other things. The woman had nearly $1300 to her credit in the HJ- bernia Bank, so that poverty was not staring her in the face. She had an offer of marriage as soon as she got a divorce from Carpenter, if ahe felt so inclined, and she had a pleasant home with her parents and children in Monterey waiting her al- WaYS. It was first reported that robbery was the cause of the strangling as no money was found in her room, but that is ac- counted for by the fact that she banked all that she could spare. The last de- posit made by her was $25 on July 5. If Mrs. Riley is to be belleved, and there s apparently no reason to doubt her, there was a man in room 10 shortly before the woman was found dead, and it is within the range of probability that he was the man wfia had once before threat- ened her life. It is, however, strange that no screams were heard. ‘According to papers found in the dead woman’s room her malden name as Sadie Anderson, and_she was married in Chariton, Towa, on February 28, 1884, to J. Mark Simpson, who is now In South Dakota. She was divorced from Simp- son about eighteen months ago and last December married Henry 8. Carpenter, a shoemaker at 401 Tenth street, Oakland. The marriage took place at her parent's home_in_ Monterey, where her two chil- dren by her first marriage, two girls, one 13 years of age and the other 10, are liv- ing. She did not live long with Carpenter as she had occupled the room at Fourth street since last Christmas. Several letters were found amonf her apers from Carpenter, the last sent from inlhrop on April 12, couched In affection- ate terms and lellIn% her that he had got 8 nice house for his business and wanting her to x}t} to him and start a millinery store. e called upon her at her room about six weeks agn, so the police say. There were also several letters from Sergeant George Gillivan of Company F, Fifth Regiment Michigan Volunteers, at Chickamauga. The last was dated July 10 and he called himself her ‘“‘future hus- band” and spoke of the happy time they would have when they got married after the war was over. It was from him she | got the medal referred to by Lochner. \V | / Ry R REY FATHER_ L S Grace the Archbishop Acts, The mpressive ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the Youths' Directory was performed yesterday afternoon by Arch- bishop Riordan in the presence of an im- mense concourse of people. The site of the new home for friendless boys Is on Nineteenth street, near Guerrero. Long hefore the hour appointed for the exer- clses every point of vantage from which they could be viewed was filled with spec- tators. The seats provided in the imme- diate vicinity of the structure were soon fllled. With the arrival of the various socleties, the members of which were to take part In the ceremonies, there were over thirty thousand persons grouped about the building. Archbishop Riordan officlated in plac- jng the cornerstone and laying the mor- tar, using & sllver trowel presented to the Rev. D. O. Crowley by Willlam Broderick. The people stood with bared heads dur- fng the ceremony. A grand chorus sang “Hear Us! O Father!” This was es- pecially arranged for the occasion by J. W. McKenzle, and_was from “Cavalleria Rusticana.”” Miss Minnie Powell was so- Jogst. 3 h"lth Archbishop Riordan, who was in full canonicals, were a number of acolytes Ll )i il priests: Very Rev. Father Frieden, 8. J.: Rev. Father Allen, S. J., Superior St. Ignatius; Very Rev. Father Maximillan, O. F. M., Superior St. Boniface; Very Rev, Father Raphael, O. F. M., Superior St. An- thony's: Very Rev. Father Redehan, St. Peter and_St. Paul's; Rev. Patrick J. Foote, S. J.; Rev. Vincent Festa, 8. J.; Revy. Patrick George Butler, 8. J.: Phillips; 8. J.; Rev. McNaboe: Rev. Rev J. Hicks, Cummins, and the Rev. Horatio Steb- bins of the First Unitarian Church. It was originally pianned that the Rev. J. Prendergast, V. G., should dellver the address of the day. At the eleventh hour he was taken ill, and Father Con- rolly of St. Paul's took his place. He spoke without g‘rapuauon, but his heart was so full of his subject that he enter- ed upon his discourse readily. He held the attention of the vast throng to the end, being frequently interrupted with applause. In part he spoke as follows: 1 am sorry, and I am sure you will be disappointed ‘to learn that Father Pren- dergast, who was to address you on thig occasion, s too Il to be present. He it was who concelved the idea of establish- ing in this olty & home for poor negleoted boys. It would give him infinite pleasure o eist In laying the cornerstone for his new home for orphan boys. This ceremony which you have just wit- nessed marks an epoch n the higtory of charitable institutions in our oity. It enlists the sympathy of every true and triotic citizen. ery man is willing o burden himseif for the education of th nf generation. There 18 no tax 20 wlilingly as that for the maintenance of public schools. We all know the value to ghurch and state and soctety of education. o chiidren for whom we so willingly pay this are the children who come from good homes. They are sately guarded by the best of influences and kept from evil in- fluences. Not 8o the children who become wards of the Youthe' Directory. Brought up in the streets of a cosmopolitan city like this they are open to many influences that are bad. Modern clvilization tends to gather large populations in big cities, The peopie t t 1ive eo closely togsther that there is scarce- T ’rhnh-m- of soclet; 1y room to breathe. has its drawbacks. vice, Temptations are placed before peo- ple Who have not been prepared to offer in surplice end cassock, and the following sutficlent res{stance. The the proper place in which Rev. M. J. Giles; Rev. Father Conway; | Rev. Joseph F. Eyrne; Rev. P. J. M ; Rev. John F. G ; Re Kenneally; Rev. Rev D. Connolly; Rev. P. R. Lynch; Rev. D. O'Sullivan: Rev. James Melvin; Rev. P. N to educate the boy or girl. Thers is no other place its equal. Almighty God found- it and Christ made the marriage tie in- dissoluble for the protection of the children. The Youtbs' Directcry is intended to sup- ply the place of home for poor boys who through the fault of parents have been deprived of that blessed haven. The ma- jority are sent from home when the de- mon of drink enters it. They are cast upon soclety without the protection either of father or mother. - The boy deprived of a Christlan home appeals strongly to the heart of man. That man is devold of man- hood who would remain passive when he could relieve the sufferings of a little boy wandering about a city, with no future before him except one of crime and is’ responsible and & bound to supply the remedy. We must take an in- terest in homeless and neglected boys. The Youths' Directory has done this in the past, is_doing it now and in the time to come will be still more useful to-day foretells, It will then be tenfold what it le now, especially If you take an earnest, practical Interest in It. The speaker then sketched briefly the history of the Directory from its origin, He epoke of the scope of the work, em- bracing, as it does, boys of all creeds, all nationallties. He explained that no ef- fort was made nor would it be tolerated to interfere with the religlous belief of even one little child. He eulogized Father . O. Crowley for his unselfish work on behalf of the institution. He pralsed Archbishop Riordan for his iInterest in the workings of the home and thanked the various socleties for their support. A feature of the ceremony was the sion_of over 5000 representative members from the various Catholic so- cleties throughout this city, Oakland and Alameda. Its purpose, in addition to com- memorating the ceremony that immedi- ately succeeded it, was to emphasiza the progress the Youths' Directory has made since its inception years ago by march- ing from the first and original Kome and shelter for unfortunate waifs at Tenth and Howard streets past the present home to the site of the new structure on Nineteenth street. The place of formation was Immedi- ately in front of St. Mary's Cathedral on Van Ness avenue and O'Farrell street. The line of march before the procession passed the old structure on Tenth street extended along Van Ness avenue to Mar. ket _street, to Tenth and thence directly toAHow sk G ccom; ng each soclety was a band, {’ed by &‘a president and alds on horse: as the ceremony RNERSTONE OF THE YOUTHIS DIRECTORY FaTHER, ~ConmolLy DELINERING NiS ORATIN =» When the first distant sound of the drum was heard announcing the advance of the procession hundreds of people col- lected in front of the old building on Tenth street and crowded the sidewalks along the entire line of march. As the first column advanced Into Tenth street from Market a loud cheer rose from the mass of humanity in front of the old home and was renewed at frequent inter- vals until the last banner was lost to view In the distance. It was an impressive spectacle to see the little army advancing with banners of the varfous religious fraternities flaunting and waving above the thous- ands in line. Coupled with and carried abreast,” forming a background to the white and varied colored banners, were the stars and stripes, which were in- variably associated with every fraternal banner raised in Indication of the society presented. he entire procession was led by Thomas R. Bannerman, assisted by his several aids. The order of march was as follows: Grand marshal and alds—K. R. B. Rifies, St Ignatius’ Bodality, Austrian Benevolent Society. al and’atds—Councils Y. M. I enior League of Cross, St. Paul's, Sodality ot t. Paul's. Marshal and alde—St. Peter's Ger- Paul's Unterst Verein, St. und Knaben Sodalitat, St. Italian Church, Marshal and .M. C. U., Holy Cross Sodality, 8t. Vincent ds’ Paul, Conference of St. Joseph's, Young ' Men's Sodality of St. Joseph's, odality: i , Divisions 2 to 8, A. 0. H., A Q. HoDivislons 1 to 6"A. ¥ to 20, A. Alameda’ The exercises yesterday were arranged Py and under the direction of the follow- ng: President, James R. Kelly. Vice-President, Matt 1. Sullivan. Secretary, David J. Costello. Committee on_press—Eustace Culll D. J. Costello, C. B, Managan, Georse L. Gallagher, Joseph Sulitvan. Committee on parade—J. J. O'Tools, J. H. Grady, J. J. Donovan, A. B. Maguire, George H. Gallagher. On the stand were the following repre- sentatives of the laity: James R. Kelly, John D. Grady, James Q'Brien, P. J. Kelleher, Frank Conklin, Joseph Sullivan, Carl Eisenchimel, George E. Gaila: itt 1. Sulllvan, Eustace Cullinan, T. John J. lagher, Gus . J. McCoy, C. B. 3. J. Gibbon, General B, 9 Weint, Vin: cent inan, Jq S. Bantnerman, lfiunw Hannen, James H. O'Noll, J. J. O" Sulljves, J. C r, W, W. Py Rlordan, John ¥ o 3 Bmwlb J. B. Intyre, David J. J. M. O'Mahony, J. J. Donohue, P. J. McCormick, R. Shepston, C. B. Flanagan, John D. Mahoney. In the metal box placed within the cor- nerstone were the following articles: Coples of the St. Joseph's Union, Monitor, Volksfreund, Natfon, Arvatsk Bloga, Call, aminer, Chronicle, Bullet®, Report, Post: tory of the instifution in English; his the reignin 'ope; e etropolitan of Eoelelh.::‘le:l Province; the President of United States; the Governor of the State of Californfa; the Mayor of the City of San Fran- oisco and the founder and first director of the Youths' Directory; photographs of the ‘‘Home- less Boy,” a group of Directory boys, the Pope, the Archbishop, the President. the Governor, ‘ools, J. F. 0" Bshllllh- ; poem by Judge Ferral; colns of the glnlud B%::: mtuotn:‘ n°1 mB!. Joseph and the essed n; names cers and members committees ‘who took part in of T g m: name of the archi Mr. Devlin. ADVERTISEMENTS. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT! 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Gillls, apopular attorney of Yreka, is at the Grand. De Putron Gliddon of Colorado Springs is at the California. N. Blackstock, a Ventura merchant, is a gu at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Dr. A. N. Abbott of Boston is stop- ping at the California Hotel. J. Willlams, & popular New York com- mercial man, is at the Baldwin. B8. W. de Witt of Washington, D. C., is a guest at the Baldwin Hotel. M. M. Odell, a well known capitalist of Bakersfleld, is at the Russ House. J. M. Lever, a well-to-do merchant of Vallejo, is at the Baldwin Hotel. Joseph Scott, a mining man halling from Montana, I8 a guest at the California. F. E. Bendixen, a well-to-do merchant and shipowner of Eureka, is at the Grand. 1. P. Diggs, the great breeder of racing stock, from Woodland, is stopping at the Baldwin. F. M. Meridith, a prominent mining man of Mojave, is at the Russ House for a few days. D. Drysdale of 8t. Michael arrived from the porth last night and is registered at the Palace. Thomas H. Petch, dealer in paints and oils at Eureka, is making a short stay at the Grard Hotel. Among the guests at the Grand are H. H. Martin and E. Pattee, well known min- ing men of Sonora. J. H. Mason of the Ventura Free Press is spending a few days iIn this city. He is at the California. Max Geas of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind at Berkeley, is a guest at the Lick House. Carl E. Lindsay, District Attorney of Santa Cruz County, is up on a business trip, and Is registered at the Grand. George S. Rees and wife of Washington, D. C., are making a short stay in this city. They are registered at the Lick House. Franklin Leonard, a prosperous mining man of Nevada, and A. D. Foote, a min- ing man of Grass Valley, are stopping at the Palace. Frank A. Cressey, a prominent mer- chant of Modesto, is making his head- quarters at the Lick, during a brief stay .| in this city. Among the guests at the Occidental 2re Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Curran of New York. Mr. Curran is prominent in New York insurance circles. C. B. Roberts, a mining man, who has fared well on a Klondike expedition, ar- rived on the St. Paul last evening and I3 registered at the Russ House. Among the successful returning miners from Dawson City, and registered at the Russ House, are J. E. Cleveland, Louis Emkens, John Wick, Fred and H. Bruseth and O. Lateo. C. B. Alexander, a prominent attorney of New York, arrived at the Palace last evening. Mrs. Alexander, who was for- merly Miss Hattle Crocker, is expected to arrive in a few days. W. G. Morris of Seattle arrived at the Grand Hotel last night, returning from Dawson City, where he has been prospect- ing. He states that the laws enacted since last spring’s béom of the Klondike have not done the chances of prospectors much good. Among the prominent miners and pros- pectors who arrived on the St. Paul last evening are F. G. Berry, brother of Clar- enice Berry, one of the most successful Kiondikers, and Frank Phiscator, Clar- ence Berry's partner. They are registered at the Grand. Occupation of the rth;ppdnes. Rev. H. T. Shepard preached to a large congregation last night in Olivet Con- mm Church, his subject being tion of the Philippines.” OLOBERg GBDWEP?G & CO. TAX ON TEA We pay it. You save it. Ten cents om a peund. That means much to us. But we’ll sell more tea. There will be no change here on retall prices or tea standards SPECIAL SAVING SALE. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hams—regularly 13¢ Ib 11C Old Dominion—eastern, sugar cured Lentils—regularly 1oc 1o sigibs zgc T German. Eaten with ham gives new relish. Made into soup they’re excellent Butl’er—regularly 4oc square 35¢C &squarts $r uaranteed fresh and sweet Mustard—French—regty scbot 15C Pre_pamd, ready for use Fruit syrups—reg'ly soc bot goc Pine apple, raspberry, lemon, gum, orgeat, strawberry, vanilla, grenadine, pomegranate—for summer drinks Malt WhiSkey—Wm. Penn 75C regularly $1 per bottle, seven years old pure—medicinal . pints soc Fruit jars—Lightning | FESe ¢ regularly 75¢ and $1.50 dozen The pints are not regular shape but are ood for berries and small fruit he Lightning clasp is secure Paraffine—regularly 5sc b 1b10C Keeps jelly dust-sroof and air-tight Melt a'little Paraffine and pour on each glass Club soda—Schweppes ~ $1.2¢~ regularly $1.50 per dozen Tfi: favorite in English clubs Peach brandy—reg'ly $1.25 goc Do you like the taste of peach seeds ? Good for your stomach Sardines—Tristan 10C Think of it, a tin of good French sar- dines for ten cents. ho weuldn’t eat sardines ? Sierra Salad dressing jgaee 25C reg'ly 30c bot. A good salad dressin, encourages the use of more salads an that means better living—better camplex'xons—better health Flour sifters with wheel 10c Why wear your hands out for 1o¢c Toilet soaps The two-bit kind for 20c Pleasant odors Mall orders entitied to thess prices If posted Jater than Wednesday ot 433 Pine 215 Sutter 1% Californfa San Franc B 1 st Bl s oo i e M’Y Hadway's Ready Rellet for Sprains, Bruises, Sore Mascies, Crampe, Burns, Sunburr ache, Headache, Toothacl umatism, Neu- a, lo\m:~< cl».. i ly for all Bowel ausca, oto. Al druge