The morning call., 1892-05-21
MuRDER AT STOCKTON.
s Young Man Shot Dead in 2 LOdgiDg-Hous'
by q Disreputabls Woman.

s Young Man Shot Dead in Lodging House
by Disreputabls Woman.
STOCKTON, May 20.-Two pistol shots
were fred in quick succession at 10 A. M
to-day in a room in the Cricket lodging
house on Weber avenue, near Hunter street,
and when Officers Welsh and Sawyer
reached the scene th ey found Frank Hostler
in a handsomely furnished apartment, lying
on the floor dead, with two bullet holes IN
his head over the left temple.
In the hall they met Ivy Clements,
young woman Of the town, with whom
Hostler has been living for many months.
She manifested but little concern, and was
not at all disturbed over the shooting. She
said: 81 shot Frank, and don't ask me any
questions, but take me to jail. On the
way to the prison she told Sawyer that
Frank knew she was going to kill him as
she had told him so.
Mrs. Muller the laudlady of The Cricket,
states that Hostler passed her on the stairs
Whistling and had stopped TO say how happy
he was because business was good. He
went direct to his room, where Ivy was
playing the piano. Five minutes later the
shots were fired. Ivy left the room, and
Mrs. Muller, meeting her in the hall, asked
her what the matter was. She replied; Il
have killed Frank. l told him if be left me
l would and have"
Hostler, on entering the room, threw his
coat on the bed and sat on the rocker,
when the woman, without warning, turned
from the piano, and taking Smith & Wes-
son revol yer from beneath her coat fired the
two shots into him. His face was blackened
by the powder. He fell to the floor with
the chair on top of him and died without 2
struggle.
Ivy threw the weapon among the clothes
on the bed, where it was found by Coroner
Clark.
Hostler was a bartender for Hamilton &
6 Fs1.- 4 hrr.
80 years Of age. His parents reside in
| Spokane and are wealthy and influential
| people.
Ivy Clements is a dashing blonde She is
1 reported to have been in a shooting scrape
| before and her father then expended large
sum to keep her from prison. He lives in
| Oakland.
She Halls From Oregon.
The woman, Ivy Clements. says she is %
years old. Her father is ID. 5. Hamilton, q
merchant and farmer at Silver Lake, Lake
! County, Oregon. She has brother ia Ore
| gol, and all her people are well off Her
maiden name is Rosa Hamilton.
In 1885 she married John Graham at Lake
| view. She left him five years ago at Pals
| lee, Oregon They had three children, who
| are now living at Carson in family.
She came from Chico seven months ago.
| and has been the mistress of the deceased
| ever since She says she gave him money
all the while, but he was abusive and they
/ quarTeled.
| This morning. after having occupied the
| same room with her last night, he told her
/ he would leave her, and an excited talk
| followed. She says he threatened to strike
| her and rushed at her, when she ran out
| and got pistol with which she shot him.
When told at the Jail that Frank was
| dead, tears came 70 her eyes, but she soon
1 became composed and said she wanted a
| lawyer as she did not want to hang.
At the inquest tonight ii was learned
! that the deceased was a native of Iowa, 2S
| years old. and was raised at Chico in this
! State. His mother lives at Independence,
| Or, and brother is there. Another brother
! is County Auditor at Spokane.
They have telegraphed TO hold the body
| till they get here on Sunday. An uncle OF
the deceased is c. L. StiIlson, County Clerk
| OF Butte County. EY-Assemblyman Allen
Henry Of Butte is another uncle.
The deceased was on intimate terms with
| the woman at Chico. where he was en-
| plnyed inINicol & Co.'s hardware store for
/ long time.
be came here last September with letters
| OF recommendation from Nicol and from
Huntington, Hopkins 81 Co., and worked
| some tlme.ln hardware-stOre here. Last
| November he was offered position as bar
| Keeper In saloon, and he accepted the
ofter and worked there until his death.
lie told his employer that he had left
| Chico to get rid of this woman, but he
| went with her when she came here.