The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1902, Page 17

| e . TR i @all; hr‘ _ibrary ¢ XCL—NO. 71, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1902—THIRTY-S1X PAGES. * A FULLER, FOUND MURDERED IN A VACANT HOUSE, CONTRIBUTES ANOTHER MYSTERY OF HORAOR TO GRIM ANNALS OF SAN FRANCISCO CRIME 0’6#000«00‘0' +44444 444 gi VOTHER mystery of horror has been added to the terrible story of crime in this city. Eleanor Fuller, a mere child, has been found murdered in a vacant house at 2211 Sutter street. The circumstances attending the tragedy make it one f most harrowing which per haps has ever startled the city. O+ 4443444444444 4444 4444440 : Pages 17 10 20 S R S SR .0000000. Ctetttts PRICE FIVE CENTS. . Alice Maud Fuller in an interview late last night declared positiv ely that the body of the gul found in the vacant house at 2211 Sutter street was that of her daughter Eleanor, who disappeared from her home on the evening 0f Jan- ¢ distracted mother shows plainly the effects of wecks of worrying over the mysterious absence of her child, and while she has all along entertained a strong suspicion that murder had robbed her of her offspring she was not pre- awful revelation that the day was to bring forth. When shown the wearing apparel that was taken from the room in the Sutter street house in which the body was found the poor woman nearly collapsed, but soon recovered 'y identified the garments as those worn by her daughter when the unfortunate girl left home on the fateful morning to answer the advertisemeht of John Bennett. The body was further identified at the Morgue by Attorney -ant, who was well acquainted with the girl and peculiarly qnahficd for that pam}ful duty. Mr. Grant said the clothes of the dead girl were identical with those worn by Eleanor Fuller when last he saw her, and that the features, y resembling those of Miss Fuller, were too badly decomposed for positive identification. i ‘ BODY LYING | IN AN EMPTY DWELLING H. Deane Discovers < Unfortunate’s Remains. Are Looking for . Hawkins, Who Rer ..ed House ive That He Enticed the —— e} [ IDENTITY OF GIRL IS OBTAINED Attorney Grant Says Miss Fuller Is at the Morgue. Suspected That John Ben- nett and Hawkins Are the Same. Mother Sees Her Child's 'CE‘ R O (=] W G | to Her Untimely [ Clothing -and Knows End. | Garments. fate of Eleanor Fuller, demand was complied with at rious disap- | | once. Subsequent to that the® = pagnry 2L has movements of, “Hawkins” are 5 7 ef;‘c;?fh:fc;g;f 7 not known. One‘of the neigh- o Vel sl bors, H. Asher of 2213 Sutter T was found | street, saw him entering and i bedroom of leaving the house about that at 2201 time, but he is not sure of the Sutter t sterday after- "|mm"m‘m"mum : | I | 7\ % y number of times he saw the der disclosed " [N l mwwh. \ P ) stranger, or of the dates. the body is The owner of the house, E. C. s es to il Priber, inquired for himself at a of Minnie the ‘Golden West Hotel and dis- Lamont. covered that the name “C. W. last | Harkinsf’ on t.he' register had g lice Maud i been mistaken for “C. B. Haw- kins” when Umbsen’s clerk had made his inquiry. He at once became suspicious and reported his discovery to the real estate agents. Investigation was begun by them that convinced them that “Hawkins” had not moved into the house, and when they sent an employe yesterday to pre- pare the house for some other tenant the crime was discovered. Aside from the meager furni- f the murdered h C. Grant, the been the the family. clothing with- nd any doubt the body is re. nty that the e chamber of ng worn by she was last - murderer. 4 % 5 - 1 Pugse Foonn i 1 : ; - PR Y E £ % lay entirely - i | 73 3 ture m. the be:room where the large cham- dead girl lay, the house was emp- nished ex- | ’ & In the ha.ll sever.al letters were chair. The THE MYSTERIOUS VICTIM OF AN UNKNOWN ASSASSIN, HOUSE, UN- found, having evidently “been er’s plot had FURNISHED AND UNOCCUPIED; INWVHICH BODY WAS FOUND, AND slipped under the door, by the R g 1ES THE REMA F s i MAN WHO IDENTIFIES REMAINS AS THOSE OF NORAFULLER. irciie After ithe mintdes wes at least ten - ! . & remained in the done. They were merely circu- prevent suspicion being turned that he was living at the Golden upon him when the murder West Hotel, and a clerk was sent should be discovered: to the hotel by Umbsen & Co. to “Hawkins” is described as a investigate. He reported that man of possibly middle age, me- Hawkins was all right, though dium height and rather stout of subsequent inquiry showed that build and florid of complexion, no C. B. Hawkins had been a and with a blonde or reddish guest at the Golden West. He lars from furniture dealers, dry goods houses and others, sent to the address obtained from the real estate agents. Some of them were addressed to “C. B. Haw- kins” and some to “Mrs. C. B. Hawkins.” On a mantel were found several similar letters, he means used , and yet the e body and its con- i the disorder of the unmistakably to 1 not to suicide. Who d was who did the ccomplished his and what his mo- t matters of con- se who seek to ry are at once the question of man Bennett, uller went to ac. n to care for a child. is remains a mys- had been seen several places ly at the t at 55 Geary ption, how- y with that ot > his name as C. B. Hawkins when on January 8 he rented from Umbsen & Co., the real estate firm, the house in which Nora Fuller was mur is John Bennett, who advertised for a girl to take care of a child? When these. questions. are an- swered it will probably be found C. B. Hawkins? Who that Hawkins and Bennett are - STl e P11 the same and that both names are masks behind - which the monster who did the murde1 sought to hide his identity *de‘ his foul plot was hatching" and to mustache. Bennett’s description had inquired there once for mail tallies with this nearly enough to establish, attendant circum- stances being considered, - the fact of the two names being merely aliases for the same man. A man giving the name of C, 'B. Hawkins applied to Umbsen & Co. on January 8 for an unfur- nished house, to be occupied by himself and wife. He said there were no children in the family. After inspecting the house; 22711 Sutter street, owned by E. C. Priber, and vacant since January 1, when the former owner moved out, “Hawkins” said “he would take the house. “He had said a hotel clerk now recalls, and let- ters addressed to C. B. Hawkins and to Mrs. C. B. Hawkins, Golden West Hotel, or 2211 Sut- ter street, had been delivered to him, but no knowledge of the identity of "Hawkms” can be ob- tained there. Upon the erroneous'report of the clcrk “Hawkins” was ac- ceptcd as a tenant. . He paid $30 for one month’s rent. and was given the key. Later in the day he returned and said that there was a lot of rubbish in the house that must be ‘removedi or he would not take the place. His » none of them giving a clew to the identity of the persons ad- dressed. With them were cards of various business houses. Ap- parently they had been gathered up by the murdered girl in the belief that she was going to become the mistress of a household to be equipped by the man who had enticed her from home. A small leather purse. evidently the girl's, contained several blank cards and one on which was written the ad- dress “Mr. M. A. Serebrenck, Cornabe, Eckford & Co., Port Arthur.” The house was utterly unfurnished, with the exception of a plain, cheap bedstead, a ¢mattress and bedclothing, the linen being unbleached, amt-a cheap chair. All of these articles showed evi- Continued en Page Eighteen.