The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1902, Page 27

/c » \,7\ inaade CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES SEYMOUR MAKES PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO FASTEN SHOCKING MURDER OF POOR NORA FULLER UPON PHARMACIST CHARLES A. SEIFERT THE LAST PHOTO PRISONER ||' Gastypvpy. SAYS HE IS | INNOCENT | O Yl R[5l fina SEIFERT AND MASWKINS' SIENATURES | SHOWwWING DissiMILARITY OF PENMANSHIP Claims to Know Noth- ing of the Mur- derer or Victim. ! < SEYMOUR DECEIVES THE CHIEF Leads Him to Believe Seifert Is the Assassin. le frame of was inclined t he w r in any that = h having been th by his at- rations he m ding him- uring the period of Nora Ful- of her body in the HIEF OF POLIC® WITT- MAN was much disappointed yesterday when it became evident that the . arrest of Seifert would not help to clear up the mystery of the murder of Nora Fuller. He had been led to belleve by ths detective ora Fuller's body #\\8 2N\ ¥ the Palm Con- department, always zealous In blowing its eet .r.nm t own horn, that the disreputable apothe- - g wr < 3 cary either had-a hand in the crime or ed me to a couple of INTSE|°K' knew who was gullty. Speaking of the wo a nt to the Turkish OF SEIFERTS arrest and the exoneration, Captain Witt- man said: “I had been led to belleve that in Seifert we would find a man who might give valu- able information of the manner in which Nora Fuller met her death. He dressed much in the same fashion that Bennett is represented to have assumed. He fre- AEhe i Stnt § say he occasionally went to the Popul s that she | . He was known to have been acquainted - [ Gy 2 4 | With Emma Searight, and it was Inferred e i, i B, ]y : Quaintancasot Nora. Fuller. " Ho was par- ey | PORTRAITS OF THE MAN UNDER ARREST ON SUSPICION OF BEING THE MURDERER OF NORA FULLER. Hesiecty fonk of the ey ' 2N . many particulars.” perfumery | < ¥ epoke 1o | * Chief Wittman Not Satisfled. ‘5 INNOCENCE OF SUSPECTED ASSASSIN AND UTTER Raoanm | returned ght. That | seen Nora | fert was In every particular a counterpart | of the man described as Bennett by ¥ INCOMPETENCE OF CHIEF OF DETECTIVES SHOWN |i sz b imid was exactly similar to that of Hawkins, — He did not care to reflect upon the deted- ot dm. | Although Warrant for Druggist’'s Arrest Was Issued in January No Attempt Was Made to Apprehend Him | e 3ibic shonte mis " b et t puy her the country whom he should have had In io- her services H 3 . 3 -y er & efore, whos her servi e her Until an Opportunity Presented Itself to the Police for Making a Fine Theatrical Display. o MRy A g In settling up with the carnl | R : £ Wednesday could have been -ascertained gement I found I needed ,,u,m‘ e = by u?ybm‘l,y‘ oxcept, perhaps, & San > 1 went out to Miss Searight's HE colossal stupldity dis- was a suspicion that Seifert was the as-| department the perpetrators of crime, | disposition to leave the city. About ten 'and there are many who assert that had | Francisco detec tve.. 3 and .asked her for them. She played by Captain of Detec- | sassin of poor No#a Fuller. He admitted, | even though they display the mark of | days ago Seymour came into possession | he managed the Fuiler murder case much | Captain Seymour came to consclousness e n't give them >, 4nd we had & tives SBeymour in his manage- | however, that Seifert was charged with | C&in upon their brows, will remaln unde- | of “information tending to show that if | better results would have been achieved. ‘lnni enoug! |y1“dm:r‘1-nz} s‘flr‘n —_ e w words over the .. It may have f the Nora Fuller | Shhn s i tected and unpunished. Seifert was not the assassin of Nora Ful- | Those who have studied the workings of | he had concludes a ert did no eshe who started the police on the mpat.c® ©eached Its cll- | otaining money by false pretenses and | “pe fnvestigation of the facts in con- | Jer. ho at least knew sometning about the | the detective department under Sevmour | Nora Fuller. It was & conclusion that at I was conuected with the Ful murder case reached Its cli- | that he was merely arrested to answer | nection with the murder of Nora Jfuller | afrair. Notwithstanding this, Seymour | insist that he - has proved his incom- | Was apparent from the first to any one ’ - max yesterday when it was |to that charge. by Seymour has been marked from the | took no steps to land his man In jail, [ petency -beyond all question and that |with ordinary common sense. but the Sey- t iade any effort to dodge demonstrated beyond ques- | Seymour Shifts Blame. commencement by a masterly fuactivity | but'permitted him to walk the streets un: | Wittman should in justice to the Police | mour brain moves slowly In such matters. . to last Wednesday I was | tion that C. A. Selfert, who was ar- After B CIBK tnati ¢ th and. a total disregard of the laws of in- [ molested. The time for a grand coup that | Department and for the preservation of | He spent the morning in lr‘.“mz l\ dls ‘;rt lmost continuously, | rested at Esparto on Friday, ostensibly r & close examination of the pris- | quetion and deduction that would cause | was to startle the world and bring Sey- | Its credit assume the active direction of | the circumstances surrounding the pris- i g the streets openly, meeting | o onesziament but actully for com- | oner and the failure of all who had seen | a third-rate country constable to blush to ( mour into the refulgent glare of enviable | its affairs, When Captain Lees was ap- | oner's career Into Some shape where he i e v knew me, ‘and on several o met and talked with Lester ar Bennett and Hawkins to recognize hind | be guilty of. Clews that were brought to | publicity was not at hand, Suddenly Sei- | pointed Chief of Police to succeed Crowley | could find a shadow of an excuse for the as the man who had rented the house at | his attention were diesected and dis- | fert concelved the idea of going to his| he did not relinquish his supervision of | theatrical manner In which Seifert was plicity in that crime, had absolutely no | sworc out the warrant on | connection with that shocking event. e % missed by Seymour without leaving the | mother's home at Davisville and this | the detective department and it was well | captured on the suspicion that he knew v rested. I did obtain §5) | The arrest of Seifert was of the bur- | {1 Sjiter street, Sevmour began to shift | ieciilors”of his office and without the | vent was twisted by Sevmour Into an ate | for the city that he did not. What Cap- | Something of ‘the Fulier_ murderer, bt decelved him regarding | Jesque order and was accomplished with « P to the Morse detective | gjjghtest outside inquiry. \ tempt to escape. Then followed the thrill- | tain' Lees” did then Captain Wittman | was compelled to acknowledge his mis« Market street, but I ga the sole object of attracting public:atten- agency. He recognized that the faux pas 1 ing pursuit and capture as narrated. should do now, and until he does so the | take. 3 my promise to pa = DPJOCE DR RELEN L | was of a character to bring the detective Official Duties Neglected. Tt required only a few minutes for Sei- | detective department of the police bureau Contradictions Are Ignored. \ Jew days :f,-'.’fim}(} not “:,’:"r‘r:x’“““x;on‘ ':‘l:fc‘:'h“ ‘::a!';:’r‘:‘!l’:>d was | department into public ridicule and to ex- | People who offered statements made by | fert after his arrival vesterday to prove | in San Franeisco, irresponsibly managed | rhe Jack of resemblance in appearance | pos Fare’ o re curtly - tol ng . his innocence of the suspicion cast upon | as it {s by Seymour, will continue to be | and handwriting between Seifert and the ring the city for me, | issued In the latter part of January, and | Poce MIEEIt as e head, to severe criti- | other partics were CHIUE (Gl 1o BrINE | K by the detectives. 1t'developed that | mere child's play and ultimately develop | s "Hamwikine the Knewn habits ot tho ©y mustyhave done a|could have been served at any time prior | Lot JSRC O mall callber | ¢ ther effort was made .to locate thera | he was guilty of passing forged checks | into a farcical adjunct of the municipal- | guspeet and his lack of money were flat because 1 could have | 1o Wednesday, when Seifert went to Da- | 1o, [S¢ 10 positions of power through | or'to ‘gecure their testimony, however im- | and that he was not’ unduly desirous of | ity. contradictions that he could have any hour by anybody who | oo o hte mother and to cele. | CrCUmstances over which they have no | portant it may have been. In the arguous | making the acquaintance of tie police if | geifert will probably be released to-day. | connection with the crime. These facts e b iyt ha t her | CONtrol rather than by the force of indi- | task of reclining in his upholstered office | it could be avoided. He answered all | He made arrangements last night for the | were known to Seymour several days be- Does Not Enow Grant rate his thirty-third birthday at her | vigunl merit, Seymour trembles at the | chalr Seymour worked with commendable | auestions put to him with a frankness not | sottiement of T. C. Lester's claim of $24 | fore the arrest was made, but he was s ) . . | home. thought of criticism and cowers like a | 9iligence, and what he did not know of | to be expected from a .guilty man. He | anq this done he can no longer be held. | anxfous to do something to pacify the o _Rot know e Graham, Hugli | The departure of Seifert gave Seymour | cova Ve SLCCRR, W0 X cases under investigation by him he found | even discussed his little escapades ‘with | Tt develops, however, that several persons | public indignation arising from his help- Mre. Py any of the people | the gopportunity he was looking for. - He - acts are subjécted | ng giculty fn extracting from the news- | women and the various projects invented | who hold forged checks issued by him in | lessness in the face of such a crime, and d wigh the Fuller | 00 CPROTHINLY 70 to Waddiana. snd to scrutiny. Thc_- conception of Seifert's papers. by him for raising money. -In fact tiere | yarious small sums have notified the | he countenanced a flasco. mma Sea- STV A 7 arrest did not even smack of originality, | ~ Seifert's entrance into the Fuller mur- | Was not the slightest excuse for his arrest | poljce that they will .swear to warrants | *I have never placed much faith in the child and | after an immense amount of searching in | but *t was on a par with most of the | der case as a star actor took place a week | a8 a-Suspect in the Fuller case and even | for his arrest to-morrow. In that event | belief.” said Seymour, “that Seifert was ociates. quarters where Seifert was well known brn.nant achievements of Seymour, which ago. In the latter.part of January, T. C. | Seymour was reluctantly compelled to | Seifert will be arrested immediately upon | the murderer, but there were some cir- he about twolthe fugitive was “found concealed in a | have made the detective force of this city | Lester swore out a warrant for his arrest | admit that fact later in the day. his release to answer to other charges of | cumstances that tended to show he might -d In the middie | yacant kouse” and brought to this city. lht‘:l Ia]guzhl]pg stock of the United States | for embezzling $59, of which sum Seifert | Chief Wittman Annoyed. embezzlement. However that may be, | know something of the crime. ‘These eir- d it cut off. It | yhen Seymour was asked on what chargs | oo, briced & ‘l;]';{:{'I“gr;rfcol:cghgeggum;:lg; paid him $5, Teaving a_balance of $24 re- 2 v Seymour's bubble connecting Seifert with.| cumstances have been explained satis- ntent. - 5 V] a3 " L , l'en ‘lfl;colfegli’sr Belfert was arrested he became myste- | the truism that 45 long a8 Sesmos®ror ;nf;g;‘t{ngwtn”brz!{)ai&uggmour made no| When Chief of Police Wittman heard of | the murder of Nora Fuller has exploded | factorily, as far as I am concerned, and although his | the flasco he exhibited considerable an-| with a loud report. the echoes of which | Seifert can go as soon as he has satisfied k's room rent | riously secretive and denied that there |tains his baton of office as head of the haunts were known and Seifert showed no | noyance. Wittman is a capable officer | will not soon die away. the complaints against him regarding his ey 10 pay it. 1 & o e, 2 g % $ 2 -2 financial transactions. It has been our L B e e 0 . @ | policy to follow out to the end every clew gings of mine / y in this case that h?s come to our attep- o One nignt of clothing, | In company with Charles Conklin and twg'| pecting to get some money, with which I1him how much money was required to; Captain Seymour had him brought down-, In Selfert’s possession at the time of hts | tiom, and the arrest of Seifert was alos Since leay. | Women 1 went to the Winchester. intended to settle these financial obliga- | secure his release. He told her that the Aln';rs 1o his “office, but the diary could | arrest were found several manuseripts. | this line. The information on which 35 were only there a moment. I do not re- | tions of mine in San Francisco. Friday I |balance owed. Lester was 324 and she left | hot be found. Seifért was subjected to u [ Some of them were in his handwriting, | worked was furnished us partly by outs call the women's names, as they were | drove to Esparto, where I went to look | to hunt up I. Truman Jr., Seifert’s at- | thorough questioning regarding his move- | but one lecture was written in a d | side parties. The recason the arrest was uequn.lmalncfl of only a few days. Iflover the ground with a view to establish- | torney, to give him_the money to séttle | ments during January and February, but | that bore a striking resemblance to fhe | not made in San Francisco was because Cen house on | Ny Young girl called at my room it was|ing a drugstore. 1 was looking at a va- | the case. outside of being vaguely indefinite regard- | chirographical fragments known to have | we could not find Seifert. If he was in 2 T one night at a time. 1| during my absence and I did not know It. |'cant store in the town when 1 was arrest- | _Seifert stated that he would be able to | ing his lodging place after he left the | beer written by the man who rented the | the city openly before he went to Davis- s up during last month, but al- “On last Wednesday afternoon J took |'ed, and was not endeavoring to hide, as | fix his whereabouts on any date in Janu- inchester he sald ‘nothing that wou'd | Sutter street house. Seifert explained that | ville, and was generally known to be v enough to pay for a bed. the afternoon train for Davisville, to |has been reported by the detectives.” ary if he could get possession of a busi- | seem to indicate he had any knowledge, here, it is mighty strange that/he was 2 mv\ a{n;‘)};msy;vf: ¢ girl_going to -vpven& nfir birthday with my mother, Mrs. Seifert’s aunt called on -him . at the|ness diary which the officers. had taken | directly or indirectly, of the identity of 1y Too; e inches: o . , who hdve be ampton. I went down there ex- | prison during the afternoon and asked | from him at the time.he was arrested. | the murderer af Nora Fuller. Continued on Page T"'r!'mn'- {'o?u'z?:'}grbfin:!firpgyg 2 weekw o