, 1874-01-30
A TALE OF BLOOD.

a woman NktFNGfCu ny RQCr 14ARDnnUs
who then Outs His own Throat
nll&l Dies by ERls Victims Site.
from Tho San Franetsco Chronicle, Jan. 20.
Yesterday afternoon at about 5 o'clock re-
spectabio-npponring man called at the Droui,hat
Hotel, and told waitor In tho restaurant that
ho wished to see young woman who ho be-
loved lived In tho house, and who was hnown
there as Mlsa Towers. Tho man Was quiet in
manner, respectfully drossed in dark clothes, and
apparently about SO yoars old. He waa q
stranger, and had nevor been seen In tho house.
before. Tho waiter took him to o front room, yns
tho second floor, knocked at tho door, and Y q
moment tho young woman known as Misf5~v.w-
ora stood before thom.: The stranger rushed
kiss, and, closing tho door, they Loft the waiter
In the hall to ind his way down to tho restaurant.
During the. next twenty minutes the two:
was in m ordinary tons. and with no indioatlon
OF anger or excitement Of my kind. Soon after
this, an old nun employed tn tho house had oc-'
TO e ss and StoF
the latter with hat aud umbrella in hand, as II
about to leaye. ) In minute or two only aftnr
this, the men bolow. In the restaurants heard d
| noise as if Of acufle, and presently the noise
! Of some one falling heavily. The waiter who
| had shown the stranger in rushed up stairs, and
was horriaed at seeing tho young woman lying
ing from her mock. and running In streams and
rivulets upon tho door. The waiter saw no
more, but screamed, and rushcd for policeman.
Tho noise brought til O old man who had last
seen tho parties, from an adjoining room. AZ
his eye fell upon tho ghastly acono, tho stranger
was just crawling on his hands and kncos from
tho bedroom. His throat was cut from car to ;
ear. the blood was pouring from the wound IN
torrents, aud leaving a rod, au'y trail behind
him as he crawled, He reached the young
womaus side. laid his head upon lie breast,
and sinking down III the pool Of blood by her
side gaspod out his Ito in ono convu1sivo strug-
The two bodos lay side by sids, and tho cloth
ing Of both, from head to foot, was actually sat-
oyer 25-and had evidently been quite pretty
open, and horrible in their Ehaatlineas and beau
} fashionably made. and ler whole appearance
aud that OF her room indicated a person With
some claim to gontiiity., On the right side Of
she. died. beginning from the middle Of tho
4 neck, In front, 1t extended around to hor right
, ear, and terminated in the thick muscles in tho
back OF tho neck. 1t was at least two or three
i inches In depth, and, Of course every artery on
that side was severed.
The man at hor sido was large and powerful
He had dark hair, black eyes, black muatacho
! and imperial, aud was rather neatly dressed in
1 dark clothee. Ho had on heavy boots, and hiB
pRntaloons were rolfod up to keep them from
: tile mud. The wound which ended Ills lifo was
= made directly across tho throat, aovering both
. jugnlarB, windpipo, and cutting clear into tho
root Of tho tongue.
: From tho papers found on the body Of the
i hst La bpa S aupsr q sars
addressed to other pamos: One Of these was
. Harry J: Androws, and still another Fred. Per.
9 rlmAn. He WIS engineer by trade, and lie had
thom certificate from tie United States autlor-
! ities--of Ills professional ability Al these "ero
made out in the namo OF Randolph Mitchell, and
the inference B, therefore, that that Washis true
nanle There was not single letter or paper
though 10 iudicato what the parties to eacll
other, or the causo OF the horrible decd but,
from a circumstance already known to the oili-
: cers, aud which will DO given further OH, i'd
would aeem that thoy were husband and wiro,
and that jealousy was the cause Of tho deed.
t ni ths police force "h1 Tas slightly
to this city sonlo little timo ago, and recently
went to work in scott's saloon, on tho corner Of,
t Koarnoy and Sacramento streets: That she
. took the room at tho Droulhat Hotel about a
week ago. aud for some reason desired to keep
j her place Of residence secret. On Sunday, tha
|, officer said, lie was accostod by stranger-an
heard tint aglr nss.aod Annie Towers @ Or Ross a
. lived in that nolghborhool, and ho wanted 10
j know II the officer could direct him to
s ss oasl s5ass blscr afs Hs IL a ssa Won't es ns
i . history OF tho girl be was in search Of, saying
+ TINT ahe was from Tahoe City, whore she for
. 1nerly had husband; that, while living there
husband that he bad poisoned himself and died |;
thath had heard the girl was in tho city aud he
il wanted to find her to tAAe her homo. He did
: not toll tho officer What his name was nor her
i, true name The ollloor, not putting much filth
. in the story, refused to give the informa-
(; tion. and the man went of. This man, bow
8 over does not answer at all in description
u to tho person who committed tho horrible
l. deed yesterday. 1t ls possible however, tlat
n the mum who accostod tho officer may haye been
so1 by Mitch oil to find out his wfos residence,
and told the story he did for effect upon tho off,
:. cor. Tho man Who now lies dead In the Morguo
10 ls.a stranger here, md no ono has yet appeared
o who evor saw hin, before, but BY to-day it is
l. probable tint whateyer mystery surrounds tho
case will 10 clearod up. The circumstances now
oil indicate that tho man waa tho Woman'a hlis-
o baud, aud that he murdered ler IN tit OF Jcul.
ousy, beoauao shs would not Live With h1n1, aud
then coolly ontlel his own life.
An 4Ili&ernte H1i1liOnairc.
II Fxoa ths .Sep I"rk World.
20 james Costello, long and we'll known aa resl-
read nor write. and set nanagcd by patient liz
" dustry aud natural business tact to acquire and
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