The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-14
troduced into the House to-day making the
legal rate of interest per cent and 5 per
cent by contract
THE CLENDENINS.
The Woman Who Committed Suicide SUD-
posed TO Have Been The Divorced Wife.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 13.-Chief of Police
Coyne mas been actively engaged this even
Ing in trying to locate the parties who COM
mlted suicide at Bakersfield yesterday. The
man. who is reported to have been a Cor
porai In the regular army and located here,
Is supposed to be John Beck. who
was discharged from service about six
M Onths ago, and who, up to the
present time had been running cigar-store
in this city. He left here few DAYS ago
and was last heard of at Los Angeles up to
the time OF the notorious Clendenin divorce
case. Mrs. Clendenin was known to hut few
people in this city: She and her mother
came on visit to Clendenn's
place, about nine years ago. The
cousins married not long after and contjn
ued TO live on the ranch. But one child
was the issue, boy, who has never been
clear-mlnded; he is also deaf mute. In
spite OF the inharmony which resulted the
father was devoted to the boy About three
years ago Mrs. Clendenin left home and
came to town, and eventually acted as a
pianist for dancing school. Over a wear
ago she sued for divorce on the ground
OF cruelty, petltlonlng for division
OF the pro perty and the custody of the bow
The suit was mal0dorous, bringing out al
legations against her character, and resulted
in the boy being awarded to the father
under certain conditions. Subsequently, Mrs.
Clendenin petitioned for the BOY on the
ground that Clendenin had violated the
Courts order in not permitting her to see
the child. Judge Pierce then ruled that
she be given the custody of the boy.
aud that afternoon he was shot down on
Fifth street by Clrndenin. The suit that
followed was bitterly fought by eminent
counsel, the defense bringing an insanity
expert from Canada to testify to the insanity
In defendants family, as Judge Pierce had
ordered. The sentence pronounced was
fourteen years. 1t was supposed that Mrs.
Clenuenn was with her mother, Mrs.
Sharp, at Florence. ATiZ.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 13.-From DISPATCHES
received here it is believed that the woman
murdered at Bakersfield is Mrs. John NJ.
Petty, the daughter of G. w. Robinson of
this city, and that the man is Charley
Hastings of San Diego, with whom the
woman has been keeping company for about
year past. Mrs Petty left her husband,
who keeps saloon 10 San Diego. sometime
ago and returned to this city, and then
went TO San Pedro. where she worked
in hotel. 1t is believed that Hastings fol-
lowed her to San Pedro and induced her to
run off with him. The couple then went to
Ventura, from which place Mrs. Petty
wrote to her parents here. 1t is believed
that they then made their way
to Bakersfield, where the tragedy
occurred. The husband of the woman is
saiu 10 nave passed through this city TO-
night from San Diego, en- route to Bakers
field, to be present at the inquest. Mrs.
Petty's parents were interviewed tonight,
but were very reticent, refusing to give any
information.
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 13.-The man WHO
shot woman and himself on Sunday is
still living. They came from San Diego.
There has been found a Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company receipt showing where he
had sent money from San Diego to her at
San Pedro. He is a discharged Corporal
from the regular army. 1t is now believed
she is the divorced wife of Glendenning who
time ago