The morning call., 1891-11-08


NV vile and Mrs. II art grew quite Intimate. ana
! have since learned that she was advised by
Mrs. Hart to leave me. | went 10 Wisconsin
some time since to buy lumber and correspondent
WIN my wife frequently and sent her money 10
live
THE LETTERS GREW COLD.
Her letters grew gradually cool, aud finally
rec wed one which nearly drove me out OF my
mind. In II Sue told me she would never live
with me again, ana gave a number OF reasons
1t seems she had been convinced | was not tue
TO her, and know it was Mis-. Harris work She
also said was too eXactiIg. | wired her then
that er sister IN Salt La City was very Ill. and
also wired her some money. She at once went
there, aud | met her with her sister, ihlug lag
that / would gel her away from San francisco
aud might regain my intuenc- over hsr.
." She became very angry at the iuse and took
the next train back for San Francisco. saying
she would NOT have anything to do with me. |
followed her aud arrived here on Friday. / did
not care 10 1T h~T know that | was here and
went to The Brooklyn Hotel, where l registered
as Frank Smith had made UP my mind that
| couldn't live without her (why l wouldn't sivc
i've cents for an existence In which she was not
mine = aud TWO DAYS since bought the pistol
with which did Tie shooting. j had made up
my mind 10 Kill her aud myself if She would not
come back TO me
kearny streets ana asked her 10 90 TO lunch
with me. She went, and after that L asked her
TO go with Inc TO lie hotel aud have talk. she
consented and we went into The Brooklyn par
lors. but As they were crowded We went into
room across the hall. We talked while ana
when She still persisted In her refusal to come
back 10 me 1 shot her Yesterday L Induced
Notary Keys to see her for me. but she would
not return, and then Tried TO ma q IL up day,
but without avail"
AT THE RECEIVING HOSPITAL
There are some discrepancies In Vests story.
He says lie bought the pistol two days ago on
kealny street, vet he also says lie reached here
OIL Friday. His statement that he had registered
under The name OF Frank Smith" is true, as 1t
has been verified by an examination of the hotel
reG Ws the .urs.or. ws,s =, wor. rno, him i,
made statement TO The effect that his wife was
running around too much, but when the report
questioned him be failed to make any men
ton OF that fact There Is no doubt that the man
Is deeply enamoi ed OF her, as lie suffered untold
agony when lie heard some one in the wOmens
ward feichng, as II vomiting. He begged 10
know whether 1t was his vile, and could only be
quleted with great difficulty.
MIS-. Vest also made statement which cor
roborales, III lew details, that OF her husband.
She said:
"My name Is Emma Vest, and sm the wife of
Charles Vest. Three months ago he went East
and, as had found him exactlng and hard TO
please, determined 10 take the opportunity of
breaking with him. | wrote 10 hun saying l
could never live with him agaiU. Two weeks
ago received message from SAT- Lake CITY,
where my sister Is living, saying she was dying.
l at once went there and found her well. 1t was
a scheme Oh my husbands 10 get me there. He
was waiting Tor me. He had been sending me
money while away, aud we agreed TO come 10
San Francisco.
SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.
He went TO Ogden and l left for this city, l
was AFRAID OF him. left my boarding house ana
went TO 7l9 Bush street Oh Tuesday, and have
been there since. To-day met him ON the street
ana went to the Brooklyn Hotel lie took
me up In Room q, and l commenced TO grow
frightened. worked my way around 10 The
bcl-Iope and started TO pull II, but lie discovered
my action and drew a revolver, which lie fired at
me four times The first Shot struck me Ia The
breast. the second In The side, and the other two
must have gone wild. / scIe canned for help, and
when tho peopl- came he shot himself"
Beyond the statement concerning his exacting
nature Mrs. Vest said nothing of any cause for
y
Mrs. Ella l.. Hart Of 713 Hyde street, whom
Vest charges with having caused the first trouble
between himself aud wife. was seen at her resi-
dence last evening, aud talked for an hour OF the
AWFUL Tragedy ana The circumstances that in her.
opinion led up TO II. While making her stale
ment she broke down several times and sObbed
plteously. bemoaning tie dire fate Of her friend
ana companion con pam MIS-: Vest whom she spoke of
narrative Is Substantially AS follows:
MRS. HARRIS STATEMENT.
- have lived In San Francisco for twenty five
years. My husband is a Seaiaring man and
away from homo goOd deal OF The time About
the first OF the year | opened a boarding. house
at 327 Suffer street, and hero l first met Mr..
and MIS- Vest. Some time in Arril-I have for
aud engaged rooms Vest was away greet por.
ton OF the lin ard, Mrs. Vest being a
stranger here. was lonesome and frequently
visited my room. In short time we became ac-
qualnted. and soon became very much attached
10 her.
Eat this tlme she told me something OF her
former lie and OF her unhappy marriage to Vest.
She said that she first met hun While teaching
school IN Iowa, and that the love had ALWAYS
been on his side alone. She said that lie was
always worthless scamp aud that his fathers
money had once SAVED him from the gallOws for
stabbing man with whom he quarelrd when
quite young man. One day while recounting
the woes OF her domestic life 1 asked her. W nv
did you marry ifm, Mrs. Vest? and she quickly
replied, 10 get rid Of him. lie would give me
no reace Father said the night of our marriage
that he would Kill mo sooner OF later, and be-
ileve he viii do II some time'
MAKING THE BEST ON 40 CENTS.
"ln May gave up ihs Sutter-street place and
came to my present quarters. MIR. and Mrs. b.
Vest remained on Suffer street and we fire.
quently visited each other. Some months ago
this place was sold and the inmates forced to
lie tyc. Mr. Vest came here and engaged rooms
for his wife. Two months ago he Ieft for the
East purpoftlng to he on n business trip for
some lumber firm. When lie went away he gave
Ills vile 40 cents and told her to make that last
until his return. Soon after Ills departure she
was taken sick aud for some weeks was con-
lined 10 her room. l gave her money Tor medi-
clue and other things.
"She tslegrapbed Vest, advising him OF her
condition, aud begging for O few dollars to pay
her board, but received no reply. In her sick
ness attended her constantly and after time
sue recovered. About q week ago she received
telegram from Salt Lake, signed Mr. Ray
moud and u was as follows:
II send money will you come. Lettie cannot
live.
" Lettie Is her sister ana she hasteued to Salt
Lake after receiving the money. few days
after she left received a letter from her, In
which she said. Ii was on. of my hus bands
TICKS 10 get me here. He met me at the station.
Let lie Is mol sick at all. 1 don't know what to
do. L am all di c0uraged.'
"SurDOsing that Mrs. Vest was stu in Salt
Lake In ended 10 answer her letter to-day. The