The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1905, Page 3

R TH]:“\. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1905. MURDERS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, THINKING HER A WITCH. Louis de Paoli, an Italian gardencr, brained his sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine de Paoli, with a heavy chair yesterday morning presence of his wife. The De Paolis believed that she had cast a spell over the family. The story reads like a tale of ancient itchery days of the Puritans at Salem. De Paol: is under arrest. In Fanatic Moment | Louis De Paoli Strikes. A W Beats Qut Woman's | Brains With a mee or of the —3 BELIEVES HIS AWFUL CRIME JUSTIFIABLE “Sinee week ago last Thursday 1™nd my whole family have beem under the influence of spirits. The spell | | comes on me at 12 o'clock and grows stronger until morning. I know that I killed Catherine. 1 was sorry to do it, but she had a spell on the children and they werce about to die. It was either I kill her or five S If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reason- able amount of utdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one’s improvement in cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches, etc. It is all-important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one ot known quality and excellence, like the ever pleas- ant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup 1 th 11 . 0 2 Charter Oak str ok St e it Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effect- sistsioIn-Jw: wan ‘i al® right until 1 took some ° ually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after = 5 ol upe i white medielne which I effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, ittle family, yes e woman to death with simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating, or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manu- facture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most bencficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth con- sidering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bought from a man who was pussing., Then the influence began. I had to kill fier. I had to.'—Stutement by Louls de Paoli. PUNZNIZR o il > «I pray kard to get spell to go away—seven times I pray to St. Antome—then I pray to evil spirit. Then my babe he start to die again. My hus- band cry to her to stop it. She turn her back. Then my hus- baud he kill her. Better one ‘ die dhew S aB Rant bottle” of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a ‘,fl “'," V5 5:,"“,:““ o bt 5 laxative remedy is required. Flease to remember that the S e e Sl genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size oUW De PAOLS g i IN KILLING “My husband he killed Katy. fell on floor. It was terrible sight her or we ail die. Better one dic Then he kill. He right. to sleep. tell ber cast off spell. She ery: three times. 1 THINKS HUSBAND WAS RIGHT SISTER-IN-LAW Katy had spell on us. If they sleep they and we die. ‘My God! I canuof I bring bim back to life. He bit her with the chair, and she . - Yet he must kill her—he must kill (han five, that what he say to me. She try to put children My hushand he shake her. He 4 ¥ baby’ he die We pray.”—Mrs. De Paoll. est hour of yesterday morning compelied . the h and to commit fearful murd: Believ m his heart that b s in-law, Mrs. C ne de Paol trying to. help the crazed famil: 2 time, had cast a speil over himseif, his ! young wife and their three little omes, « they were all about to w.e be- elie mystic witchery, Louls de a heavy oaken chair and ck h on the head with it. Once € struck and she fell to the floor s hed the heavy wooden trate form. It broke into a ¢ from the force of the [ alike in his ferocity, he reached for a great block of wood that was lying by the kitchen stove. Stand- ing over her quivering body he struck and struck until the head was crushed be- yond recognition and the woman lay still in death PRAYS TO EVIL SPIRIT H belief civilized to- y exist among the unexplored hearts of Bruno | Then the man fell upon his knees and | prayed. Not to God in heaven, but to the spirit of the evil one. unknown power, the power which he be- {lieved had begun to rule his life and had made him do muraer. Not once did he ask | forgiveness for his crime. He belleved that he had done no wrong. He prayed with all the fervor®of his soul that the | spirit of death surrounding. his family be removed and that he be allowed to be | once more a free man. At his side was being enacted an- | other tragedy, not of death, but of liv-| anaticism. The young mother, ing that she was acting under a | Taxation Without Representation. | message from an unseen power, was Yet. Yet why he kill her? He must kill : 2 whipping the three little children to her or we die. Better one dle than flve— That is what the Rail- | keep them from falling asleep, the | that is what he say to me. Then he kill breal 0! E whip em an " 3 - e fought England rather than |gicak ©f dav she whi whipping for a ' With us. She try to put children to sleep. pay an unjust tax. The Rail- road Rate is more unjust, greatgf and more arbitrary moment while she prayed to God to de- liver them from the power of the evil one. Motherlike, she cried in griet when the little ones screamed in agony than any tax levied by the from the la of the whip, but fa- . natic that she 8, would not cease statz.’ hat are we going for fear that they would fall asleep to do?. Read “The Railroad |and be lost to her foreve 5 Then came the dawn ven o'clock Rebate,” by Ray Stannard nd the praying and whipping had not ) s Baker, in December McClure's, ceased. Shortly after Antonio de Paoli, and learn how and why you brother of the man who had committed pay this tax. . McClure’s 0ut - | 1250707 the snurdered wommn. come 5> to-day. J0 cents—$5.00 a2 |the door to see why his wife had not rear., lcome home to cook t breakfast. vear. All sewsigtands (., - |2omp QoS e cook door and told s | him that his wife was dead to get help. A little later two saloon men of the McCLURE COMPANY Antonio ran 44-80 East 23d Street NEW YORK neighborhood—D. Brasottl and Joseph ' Lecari—were attracted by the screams |of thé children. They peered through the kitchen window d saw the man and his wife on their knees praying. On the floor a few feet away lay .the ploody corpse of Mrs. Catherine de Paoli. It had not been moved from the spot nor had any attempt been made to conceal it. Horror-stricken at the terrible spectacle before them these two men hurried away, and, not know- ing what else to do, telephoned to Father O'Sullivan of the Corpus Christi Parish. Quickly a search for an officer | was made and Mounted Policeman | Walter Mitchell hurried to the spot. . POLICEMEN FIND DEAD H g BODY LYING ON F‘I.OOI! Inside they found the crazed family, | the dead woman lying on the floor | drenched in her own blood. Leouis de Paoli quietly submitted to arrest. His' Use D™ Graves’ Tooth Powder end note the delicions after taste. Even if you have good teeth they need regular atten- ton twice-a-day. Watch the effect on your friends, In handy metal cans or bott D" Graves’ Tooth Powder Go. TO REMOVE THE $PELL | He prayed to an ! + wife and the three little ones were taken along. ! At the City Prison Louis was examined v Captain of Detectives Burnett and was then taken to a cell and locked up. The wife and bables remained in the prison untfl the afternoon, when the smallest babe, Annie, 1 year old, was re- moved to the Central Emergency Hospi- tal. Leonora, aged 4, and John, aged 6, were cared for by Secretary White of the California Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children. Down in a little cot in the insane ward of the Central Emergency Hospital lies Mrs. Louis de Paoli. By her side is the little baby, sleeping so soundly that it seems as if nothing could wake it up. The woman does not seem to be affected | by the terrible tragedy which was | enacted before her eyes. She is a dark- haired little Italian woman, with black | streaming hair and snapping eyes. She is grief-stricken over the death of her sister-in-law, a relative whom she dearly loved. Grief-stricken, yes, and she sheds honest tears over her passing. Yet through it all there lurks the spirit of fanatical triumph. She is dead, ves, but | she died because she was punished for the spell she had cast. She deserved to die as a witch. Such are the thoughts of this murderer's wife. THINKS HUSBAND HAD A RJGHT TO KILL “Katy is dead,” she cried. *“Yes, she is dead. My husband he killed her. He struck her once, twice, more times with the chair and the wood and she fell down on the floor. The blow hears in my ears | SISTER My husband he cry ‘No, no!' Then she go nearly to sleep. My husband he shake her. She cast spell. She try to go but my husband no let her till she cast off spell. She cry, ‘My God, I cannot’ He | shake her. My baby he die three times. I bring him back to life. We pray. I | pray hagd to get spell to go away—seven times I pray to St. Antone; then I pray to evil epirits. - My baby he start to die | | cine. The medicine was white tablets for stomach trouble. Louis and his wife took them. That night the spirit of the evil one talked to Mrs. Louls de Paoli It said to her: ““Do not let any one in your house- hold sleep on the eighth night from this. If sleep comes to any one you will all die.” She told the mes ge to her husband and they worried over it. They believed that the pellets which they had taken were possessed of the devil and that they were under the spell. The eighth day was Thursday and the cighth night Thursday night. All day Thursday De Paoli and his wife prayec in their house, sometimes to God, some- times to the saints, and in moments of fanatic insanity to the devil. That even- ing they went over to the house of the brother, Antonio. Antonip asked them what was the matter, and they told him that they were not well and asked him to come to the church with them to pra Antonio would not go, but allowed wife, Catherine, to accompany them. The party arrived at Antonio’s house again about half past ten o'clock. There Louis grew afraid to go home and Cath- erine accompanied them. v Up to this time.there had not been an intimation that they thought Catherine had cast the spell and théy had not told her of the warning that no one should sleep. When they walked into the little cottage Catherine began to put the lit- tle ones to bed. “No, you must not,” cried Louis and his wife in one breath. CATHERINE ATTEMPTS TO GO FROM LOUIS’ HOUSE Catherine laughed at their folly, as she thought, and went on undressing the lit- tle ones. She soon saw that the parents were in earnest and desisted. Meanwhile, as the family-sat there, the thought -be- gan to grow that Catherine was trying to kill them all. “Had she not tried to bring on sleen?” was the question that troubled Louis and his wife. The little ones could hardly be kept wake. Their childhood demanded sleep. he mother gave them vinegar to make them sick so that sleep could not come. t intervals the parent prayed. Then Catherine saw that those whom she loved had become fanatics, and = ton, fell on her knees in praver. TEi prcved her undoing, for the crazed pat- ents#ok it as an evil sign. Often the little babe fell asleen and the mother would wake it up quickly. Te- wards midnight Catherine made another mistake. Her motherly feelings could not stand this show of fanaticism and her heart revolted(at the ill treatment of fhe little ones. She tried to make the parents let them sleep. From that minute her fate was sealed. At 2 o'clock she grew sleepy. She turned her back to the father. “Turn around,” he commanded, “or T will kil you.” Thoroughly frightered now Cath- erine screamed and tried to get out of the door. At this point the fears of the man made him a raging beast. ‘“No, you shall not go. Make the children as they were last week and you can go.” “My God, I cannot,”” shrieked Catherine. Just then the baby fell asleep. With an agonized cry the man seized the chair and struck her. She fell senseless to the floor. He struck again and the chair was broken in pieces. Then he stood over her with a wooden billet and struck and struck. The murder was done. A scene which would have startled even the men and women of Salem in 16% had been enacted in the twentieth century. At theé city prison De Paoli told Chief Burnett the whole story. He belleves that he acted in the right and that he saved his family, BEREAVED FAMILY CAST IN MOURNING BY DEATH " dered woman, was loud in his lamenta- tions/ for his wife. She-had been a very good woman and they had lived happily together. He did not seem to realize at again. My husband he cry to her to stop it. She turn her back. The baby began to die. I whip it. Then the others begin to_die. My husband he furious at her and he pick up chair and strike her. Then she fall and he kiil her. Was it not right for her to die? One die or five? She die. Better that way. They will not hurt my husband. He must do it to save family.” It was thus that she talked to the po- lice, to the doctors -and to the néws- paper men, and it was in this way that | 80od reputations. the story of the tragedy was made tale seems to have been as follows: About three years husband began to read 'about spiritual- ism._ They believed somewhat in it and did not attend the Catholic church, -to which they belonged, as regulafly as be- fore. TLouis is a gardener and he was frequently attacked with rheumatism. He took medicine of all kinds.- His wife was also ill. Gradually they lost faith in the rower of God and the priests. [ BUY MEDICINE FROM AN : UNKNOWN SPIRITUALIST The belief in the spirit of the evil osie next grew in their minds. ~Still, they did not believe that they had fallen un- der the ban of the devil. A week ago a spiritualist doctor from Oakland called at-the house and sold them some medi- knowp. From the woman's own lips the ; first that she was dead, but when he saw her body lying at the morgue he gave way to abject grief. The five children— Mary, age 15; Virginia, age 13; Louisa, age 10; Clorinda, age b, and Tony, age 2—were crying pitifully all day yesterday. Mary was at business college when she received the news of her mother's death, and she refused to be consoled. Netghbors are taking care of the family of Antonio. The De Paolis were respected in the neighborhood. They were poor but all bore Both men were flower gardeners and cultivated violets for mar- ket. In the very kitchen where the mur- der tbok place a large basket of carna- 0 she and her |tions and violets was ready for market. The house has been closed by the poiice. —_— The Future Holds No Worry For the man who Intrusts the details of Kis business to the Shaw-Walker Card System. It don't forget and keeps the employes from over. ng details. Please let us show you. San , Vail & Co., 741 Market st ————— . DICKSON, Tenn., Nov. 24.—Fire ear| da¥ destroyed almost the entire %e." .$ muéh of the residence nortion of ‘this place, entalling = loss of about $125,000. ————————— Sportsmen’s Train. Over the Scenic Northi Shore R. R., via Sausalito Ferry, at 3:15 p. m., for Point Reyes and way stations, on Sat- urdays. . B . L Antonio de Paoli, husband of the mur- | AIFORNIA FiG only, by all reputable druggists and that full name of the company — California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Reguiar price, 50¢ per bottle. oan francisco ACANS ADMITS ~ HE IS A THIEF —— Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTL Nov. 24.—George E. Adams, the embezzling cashier of the Govern- ment assay office here, it is now known robbed Alaska miners of upward of $200,- 000. Secret Service Agent Connell” and his assistants are of the opinion that Adams has been stealing for mere than two years. This afterncon Adams and his bondsmen, Jacob Furth and M. F. Bacus, bank presidents, held a confer- ence in Connell's office and there Adams told them the whole story, adding that he stole becauée his mother-in-law wanted her* daughter's husband to be wealthy, He offered to turn over his $100,000 worth of property and cash if allowed to make good the thefts. On hearing this con- fession both the bankers informed Adams they would withdraw from his bond. He immediately surrendered and to-night {s in the county jail. Adams in 1897, while cashier of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company here, of which Superintendent ‘Wing of the assay office was then State agent, was found to be short $10,000. aHe was allowed to make good without prose- cution. B R IN TROUBLE BEFORE. Seattle Gold Thief Robbed Employers in Massachusetts. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 24.—George Edward Adams, cashier of the United States assay office at Seattle, who was arrested yesterday on the charge of steal- ing $35,000 in gold, was at one time cash- ier of the Seattle agency of the Massa- chusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, the headquarters of which is in this city. President Hall states that nine or ten yéars ago ‘Adams had some business diffi- culties outside of hls insurance business in Seattle and disappeared for a time. A search of his books by the company’s ex- aminers revealed a shortage in his ac- countg of about §200. This deficlency was paid by an indemnity company and since that time President Hall has heard but little of the former cashier. [CHINA FOR PRESIDENT | STOLEN IN GERMANY YValuable Service Taken From Barrel and Stones Are Substituted. Special Cable to The BERLIN, Nov. 24.—The police of Ham- ,hurg have discovered that thieves have taken a splendid consignment of Dres- den china, which was to have been sent to President Roosevelt. The fobbery was perpetrated recently while the china was | being con eyed in a barrel from Meissen to Hamburg, stones being substituted in the chests for the china. The police in searching in the domiciles | of several bargemen found some of the | plates which were a part of the con-! signment. These were decorated with the pictures of the King of England and Misgs Roosevelt and a dedication and the lns?rlpuon “From the King of Saxony.” The culprit has confessed his guilt. Other | parts of the consignment have been found in various places along the Elbe. There is hope that the whole service may be re- covered. FIVE MEN KILLED * IN MINE EXPLOSION Steamship Brings News of| Terrible Disaster at Stan- ford Collieries. VICTORIA, B. C.,, Nov. 24.—News was recelved by the steamship Aorangi of the destruction of the large collieries of Stan- ford Merthyr by an explosion followed by fire. Five men, including H. Adams, a director, were killed and nine Injuread. Four hundred men were in the mine at the time. Mr. Adams, with General Mah- ager Thomas of the East Creta collleries, was making an Inspection when a small explosion occurred. Immediately after a heavy explosion followed, killing Adams and injuring Thomas. The bodies of the dead were torn and mangled, and heart- rending scenes were enacted. e e San Franelseo Gets Comvent ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 24.—San Fran- cisco was to-day chosen as the next place of meeting of the Natlonal Asso- clation of Collegiate Alumni. WORK IS COMMENCED ON WESTERN PACIFIC Grading Camp Is Established South of City of Stockton. J" The Call. Nov. 24.—The first actual tructive work af the- Western Pa- c in this county Is mow in progress. Special Dispate ntractor Stone has a large grading camp lceated south of town near the intersection of the Southern Pacific and Tesla road lines. The Tesla coal read was taken over by the Western Pacific some time ago. Half a hundred horses and twice the number of men are now at k grading a roadbed to the east of and parsilel with the Southern Pacific tracks in the direction of Ophir street, over which thoroughfare the Western Pacific has a right of way from North street to Hozelton avenue, conmecting with the Tesla line there. The work new being done in this locality makes it plain that the Western Pacific has givem up all idea of abandoning its Ophir street franchise, against the granting of which the people of the east end of town have made such a stubborn fight. The Wes- tern Pacific hopes to secure a franchise over Ovhir street from Hazelton avenue to South street, the latter being the | southern Hmits of the city. DEATH ON GALLOWS IS FINLEY'S FATE Conviet Who Tried to Eseape From Folsom Adjudged Guilty by Jury. SACRAMENTO, Nov. M.—After being out tweive minutés the jury in the case of John W, Finley, a Folsom Prison con- vict charged with conspiracy to escape, at noon to-day brought in a verdiet find- ing him guilty as charged. He was serv- ing a life term for robbery, and under the law when a prisoner is found guilty of attempting to escape he must die on the gallows. Finley was one of the ring- leaders of the gang of desperate convicts who led an outbreak at the prison nearly a year ago and threatened to murder offi- cers who were in their way. Two other convicts are yet to be tried for con- spigacy. good for The prettiest things imaginable; Jjust like a les! onl; lower; actly 20 in. Disagreeable, } high. 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