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

another attempt at suicide, but the presence
of a number of persons On the wharf de-
TERED her.
"The search was kept up for several days,
and one evening the late A. j. Bryant, who
was then Mayor of the city, went to the OIL
free Of the Chief of Police and confidentially
informed him that an aged couple residing
on Bush street had reported TO nm tne eX-
traUrdinary actons of an unknown woman.
The story was to the effect that their ssrV-
ant had heard moaning under the mouse,
Rne being of an inquistive mind had opened
the door and found woman erouchlng on
the ground and begging for cup OF water.
1t was brought to her, and then the stranger
implored the servant not TO say anything
about her being there, but to keep the mat
ter secret for a day or two, when she would
explain.
''Ibe servant did not know what to do,
but concluded to watch events, and brought
the woman food and clean clothes. The
stranger could not be induced to come into
the house. Finally the servant grew sus-
picious, and concluded to notify her en-
plnyers, WHO in turn conferred with the
Mayor.
"The woman was sent for and brought to
the Central Station, where she was found
to be suffering mentally and physically.
The moment | saw her l recognized her as
the woman 1 had seen in the prison hos
pital.
"On conversing with her in her own
language, or rather the language which
she spoke most fuently, the only reply
[ could get was that she had nothing
to say She was so weak that 1t
became necessary to place her IN the hospl-
tai, under the supervision of an officer, to
see that she would not destroy herself or
make an attempt to escape.
''At that time the hospital was not pro-
vided with matrOn; it was i'll the care,
when the physician was not there, OF man
dignihed by the title of h0spitt steward,
and who gave his name as Henry Bergdorf.
He was a prisoner under sentence for
long term for various petty embeZzlements,
and was understood to be of Russian eXtrac-
ton. He cunversed in that language, with
which Antonio Won AppOnyl was perfectly
familiar.
"She lad by this time recovered suffi-
ciently 10 be brought into court for exami-
nation on the charge of having murdered
JOsefsOD. 1t was soon observed that a sin
gular friendship had sprung up between
Antonio and Berg1orff, the hospital stew
ard. To him she would talk for hours in the
most confidential manner, and he in return
seemed to pay her as pointed attentions as
msn in his circumstances could POSSIBLY do"
"In fact, it was the subject of common
rumor that Henry had made a mash
While waiting for the time when her case
would be called the upper office instituted
special inquiries 10 discover who the
woman was and what she had done after
she had lett the mouse Oh ne[ IorihtF ELL
ployers."
About the only thing that was discov-
cred was that she was not rghtfully en-
titled TO bear the name of noble family,
for the reason that at that time there was
no living member Of the ApponYi family
who was married, or, having been married,
had children of Antonia's age. 1t was also
learned that after she had left MeiggS
Wharf she had wandered out into the
Western Addition, into Hayes Valley
drugstore. There she obtained what she
was told was morphine, but the druggist,
not liking her appearance, had substituted
harmless compound. This she swallowed,
OF course without the desired effect and the
next thing heard of her was when she was
found meaning outside the house on Bush
street.
Later on 1t was found that she had
come out here from New YORK some time
previous to the killing of JOsetson, and had