The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-06

the land end Of the wharf in time to hear
splash and see body floating in the water
HE procured a boat ard rowed to the
spot against heavy tide, just in time to
effect a rescue. The woman-for he soon
found it was a woman-stOutly resisted his
efforts to rescue her. Sire was taken to the
hospital connected with the prison. Cues
toned as to what had caused her to jump
overheard, she preserved an obstinate ST.
lence and would only say that her name
was Antonio Won Apponyi, a well-known
name in Austria, by the way.
''She appeared 10 be about % years old
and five feet i've inches in height, rather
slenderly built, sharp-featured, and with
very determined air. Her eyes had an ap-
pearance of wildness. which, together with
her general appearance. her wet, entangled
hair hanging down her back and her scanty
attire conveyed the impression that she was
demented.
''She received the treatment her case ap-
peared to call for, but all attempts to obtain
information from her proved futile. She
had nothing on but her stockings, skirt and
q white DiQuet chemise.
%. During the course of the afternoon I
discovered that she was able to converse in
several languages, and that the one which
she spoke most tiuently was German. After
some persuasion she stated that she had
come TO this country some time before, and
had met dlsappointments the character of
which she refused to diyulge. She said that
she had gone into service in family living
in a house on a small alley on jackson
street, near Powell
By this time she had fully recovered
from the effects of her morning bath and
was sufficiently strong to 60 out. A decent
suit Of wearing apparel was procured for
her Ihpra nOthiDu in her 0ouduat
while an inmate Of the prison hospital to
Justify her detention, and she was allowed
to 90 on her way.
Before she had taken her departure it
came TO my knowledge that the Coroner had
Just been notified that a man had been dis
covered dead in ROOM on First street, near
Brannan. l went TO the place with a pa
trolman and found on the bed the dead
body OF young man who was known to
the inmates OF the house as Christopher
JOsets0n. 1t was stated that he had been
mate on one OF tile Panama steamers for
number Of years. By his side was q re-
volver. The popularity of its position at
tracted my attention. The handle was
turned away from him, q very unusual
thing in suicide cases.
There was wound on his head, and this
was the one which had caused his death.
But the interesting and significant element
IN the case was the discovery in the room
OF suit OF female wearing apparel, part on
a chair, part on the floor plainly indicating
that some woman had jointly occupied the
apartment. Who was she?
"On making some slight inquiries l ascer-
tanned that the door of the room had been
" locked all day, and that it was when it was
oIened for the first time that the body of
Josefson was discovered. l also found that
window opening on the alley at an easy
height vas opened. Associating the ahan-
doned clothing in the room with the half
clad female rescued from the water not
more than three blocks away, what could
do but think Of that woman in the old City
Hall?
Il hurried to the hall, only to discover
that she had left the hospital for good only
n little before. | rushed TO the house where
she said she had been employed, but found,
TO my dismay. that she had packed up her
trunks and gone not five minutes before.
The people Of the house either aid not know