Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-07
KICKS ALIAS VAKELEY.
HE CELoRoFoRMs HIS ALLEGED WIFE
SUPPOSEDLY FOR HER MONEY.
he Told Her TT Was Camphor and Was
Sure Cure For
Headaches.

Police officer Farrell was strolling along
] street yesterday morning about o'clock
when his attention was attracted by an
elderly and somewhat respectable looking
man, apparently about so years of age, who
was acting in rather strange manner. He
was gestieulating wildly with his arms and
now and then would yell at the passers by at
the top of his voice.
The officer followed the man for some
distance, and becoming convinced that he
was intoxicated placed him under arrest
and took him to the Police Station, where
he was locked up to sober off. He gave
his name as J. w. Kicks. Farrell thought
no more about the matter, and resumed his
promenade, considering it a trivial case and
did not enter any charge against the pris-
oner, intending to release him when he re.
covered from the effects of his spree.
Five or six hours after this occurrence,
Ben Steinauer, proprietor of the New Will
lam Tell House, came to the police station
and reported that a woman was in his
house who was suffering from an overdose
of chloroform, administered to her by her
husband, evidently with murderous intent.
He said that the couple had arrived Satur-
day night from San Francisco and had en-
gagged room. Yesterday forenoon the
room was locked, and several times the
chambermaid, in passing through the hall,
had heard some one grooming within. The
girl finally reported the matter to Steinauer
and he made an investigation. He found
the woman lying upon the floor in an I'M
conscious condition, with her hair and
clothes disarranged. Heattempted to rouse
her, without avail, and fearing that she was
dying, summoned physician. The doctor
succeeded in restoring the woman to her
sensts after considerable difficulty.
THE woMAN's STORY.
The doctor and Steinauer questioned the
woman, and she stated that during the
night she had been troubled with head.
ache, and her husband went out and pur-
chased bottle of something which he said
was camphor, and sure cure for head
aches. She inhaled it, and that was the
last she remembered.
Where is that camphor?" asked the
doctor.
The woman pointed to where it stood on
the wash-stand.
1t did not take the medical gentleman
long to find out that, instead of being CAM
pQOr, the lQlQ was cnl0rOI0rm.
The necessity of reporting the matter to
the police was realized by both gentlemen
and Steinauer did so at once
Chief of Police Lee and officer Frank
Rider got into buggy and drove at once
to the lodging house. The woman re-
iterated the story told to Mr.. Steinauer, but
also added that, since she had discovered
that she had been chloroformed and that
her husband was missing, she had come to
the conclusion that his intentions were to
rob her, and possibly to murder her. She
gave her husbands name as J. Wakeley
and her own as Mrs. Jensen.
Thought you were married." said one
of the officers.
"Well," she said, hesitatingly, 1--WE were
married by contract, and have been living
together about month" She then went
on and told that Wakeley had wooed and
won her, but did not like the idea of being
married by priest or minister; hence the
contract business. They lived happily for
two or three weeks, and then Wakeley
persuaded her to sell out her lodging house
business, SO that they both
MIGHT GO TO CHICAGO,
Where she owns some property. After
selling out they packed up, and her per-
sonal effects twere shipped to this city-so
Wakeley told her-to await their arrival
here. Upon their arrival in Sacramento
they bought bottle of whisky and took a
room as the New William Tell House.
Both drank rather freely and the bottle
gave out. Wakeley said he would go out
for another, and as she had a headache, he
also volunteered to get something to re-
lieve her. Before going out he coaxed her
to put her money-some $200-under the
pillow, as 1t was not conducive to good
health TO sleep with that amount of gold
nestled in her bosom, as she was wont to
carry it. When he had gone the thought
struck Der that burglars never forgot to
search under the pillows for valuables, so
she slipped on a wrapper, and taking her
money, took it down TO the Office and de.
posted 1t with Steinauer for safe-keeping
When Wakeley returned he exhibited the
bottle Of chloroform, but, telling her that
it was camphor, easily persuaded her to in.
hale its fumes, after he had saturated q
handkerchief with it. This occurred al
about 2 o'clock in the morning, and that
was all she could remember.
The condition of the room, the bedding
and the woman's clothing indicated thai
Wskeley had made a vigorous search fol
the $500, but not findiDgit, and being unable
to arouse the woman, he became frightened
and left the place, locking the door aftel
him. He did not forget, however to drair
the whisky bottle before leaving.
The officers considered the matter very
serious affair and at once set about to locate
Wakeley.
what kind of looking fellow is he?
asked Rider.
Mrs. Jensen described her worthy spouse
and it struck Rider as tallying exactly with
the intoxicated individual whom Officer
Farrell had arrested early in the morning
did he ever travel under the name OF
RinkS on cd p
Yes, / think he did," replied the
woman.
Bully" exclaimed Rider, Shaping his
knee, TO give force to his glee. why
we've got him in jail already, and won
have TO do the bloodhound act at all"
Rider departed at once for the prison snC
left the Chief 10 get further particular!
from the woman. Arriving at the station
house Rider repaired to Kicks cell anC
greeted him as follows:
Hello, Wakeley! How about tina
woman you brought up from Frisco with
your
Kicks jumped as if some one had ex
ploded bomb under him. who tolC
you about that woman ?" he gasped.
Why, you did when you were drunl
this morning" answered Rider, venturine
a little fib in order to draw his man out
The h / did Ny God, what fool
am, and Kicks Wakeley began TO tea
his hair and curse himself violently. Ride
could get no more out of him-he did no
need any more.
No charge has as yet been entered sgains
the man, as it was thought advisable Il
wait until he is thoroughly sobered up
when he might be able to tell more about
the affair.
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