The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-06
ABOUT A WOMAN.
John Ratio Fatally Stabbed by
William Raymond.
A Tragedy in Low Life, With an Ex-Convict
and Jail-Bird Pitted for the Favors
Of Julia Brinkerhof.

A stabbing ARRAY took place last night
at 937 Folsom street John Ratio was IA
tally wounded in several places by William
Raymond. The woman over whom the
fight occurred is a Mrs. Brinkerhof, unless
Ratios statement that she is his wife proves
true, which is not given the least credit so
far.
About 9 o'clock Ratio and a friend
knocked at her apartment for admission.
"Who's there?" was asked from within.
Ratio responded, Jack" Then voice
protesting against the door being opened
was heard, but at last 1t was and William
Raymond stepped into the hallway.
From that moment deadly struggle en-
sued, which resulted in Ratio being stabbed
first in the hand and then several times
about the body. Ratio sank down. exclaim-
ing that he had been stabbed to the heart.
This alarmed Raymond, and he fastened
downstairs and out into the street. at the
entrance he met two men aud told them
stabbing Gffray had occurred upstairs and
that he was going to summon policeman.
He went to a neighbOring saloon and Dor
fowed police whistle. BY this time the
matter had become bruited, and the two
men left standing by Raymond at the door
pointed him out to Officers Steward and
Reystcn, who followed and arrested him on
Clementina street. He was charged with
assault to murder.
RATIOS FATAL INJURIES.
Ratio was hurried off to the Receiving
Hospital in the patrol, and an examination
of his injuries made there by the Police
Surgeon. He was in very feeble condl-
ton, and moaned painfully under the sur
geon'S hands. 1t was aSceTtalned that ne
had been stabbed deeply in the left side,
about three inches above the hip. and in
line with the navel. The intestincs were
severed in several places and the injury was
pronounced almost necessarily fatal. he
had also an iDciSed wound one inch deep IN
the left arm near the shoulder, and both his
hands were gashed and slashed.
Raymond, who IS also known as Loving
ston and Armstrong, was brought TO the
Central Station AID made the following
statement:
81 am cook by trade. few days ago
Mrs. Miller, the mother OF the woman WHO
was going with Ratio, asked me to go and
stay at Ratios place TO protect her from
Ratios violence, as she was soon to be con-
fined and could stand no i'll usage. / did
so. Ratio called several times at the house
and was very violent On Thursday morn
ing last Ratio took his trunk away and
threatened Inc. Last night about 9 O'Clock
Ratio and another man came to the house
and knocked at The door.
A CARVING-KNIFE USED.
"At the woman's request l opened 1t.
Both of them came in, and Ratio said 10
me: Get out of here, pay the rent Then
both of them held me and beat me severely
! told Ratio that l would use a knife If they
did not stop beating me. They didn't do so
and l took up carVing-knlfe lying on the
table to defend myself. 1 lunged at Ratio
several times and then struck him. We all
three had struggle, RattO trying TO gee the
knife away from me.
Ratio, after a while, sat down on a chair
and said: Through the heart, through the
heart That's all l heard him say. | got
scared and ran out of the back door, and
was caught on ClementIna street. / met
Ratio in the County Jail in 1881 when he
was there to answer a charge of stealing a
boat. Sydney Bell, now under sentence of
death for the murder of jacobson, was there
also. | have served a four years term
across the bay from conviction for burglary
in this city.
81 knew Ratio to be a coward and that
he would bring a gang TO jump me. There
fore defended myself as best | could. He
illtreat~d the woman dreadfully. think
he has lived with her about two months.
Three weeks or so ago l met Ratio and he
told me TO stay with him, as l was broke.
did so at his request, and we have had
some words about the way he treated the
woman"
RELATIONS OF THE PARTIES.
Raymond is about "a years of age and
does not bear the best OF regulations in pO-
lice circles. Although he insisted that
Ratio was not married to the woman, il was
stated last night by Ratios acquaintance
that he really was married TO her. She is q
widow and was married to a man named
William BrinksrhOf, who was drowned at
sea. Her name before marriage was Julia
Miller and her parents live on Telegraph
Hill. Her mother keeps a confectionery
and bakery.
Edward Duff, the man who caught Ray
mond after he ran away, and who went up
to Ratios house, at 937 Folsom street, with
him, gave the following version of the affair:
Il met Ratio about o'clock on Folsom
street, aud he asked me to 60 up to his
with him. When we got there Ratio
'~"r and when Mrs. Ratio
ssd, Jack l
Ia ram,