The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-18
A DIVE GIRL SLAIN.
She Is Killed on the Street by Her
HHuSband -

A dive waitress known as Belle Sullivan
was killed early yesterday morning by Pat
rick j. Sullivan, her husband
Belle Sullivan and her friend, Kttie
Ennis, left the dive at Jackson and Kearny
streets, where they were employed. yester-
day morning, and started up Montgomery
avenue toward their room in the Newton
House at Stockton street and Broadway.
Being in constant fear of an attack from her
husband the Sullivan woman never went
home alone. According to the usual Gus
tom, she was therefore accompanied by
Kittie.
The woman proceeded along the west side
of Montgomery avenue. Just after they
crossed Pacific street Sullivan sprang forth
from darkened doorway. With an oath
he struck the Ennis woman in the face and
sent her sprawlng into the street
BY this time Sulivan's drunken rage
bordered on madness, for no one but a ma
MAC could have committed the crime that
followed. Upon the mans approach the
Sullivan woman tried to escape. She ran to
the edge of the sidewalk, where her husband
seized her by the left arm. TIE unfortunate
woman was held as though in wise, while
her frenZied husband began stabbing her in
the back. Nine times the knife was raised
and driven with force and fury into the
screaming woman's body.
Upon receiving the first stab the victim
screamed for help, and man who was
passing tried to rescue her. The knife
wielder made furious lunge at the man
and he fed for his life. Sullivan continued
to shower mnrder0us blows upon his wife
until she released herself from his grasp
and staggered down the avenue, leaving q
trail of blood behind. The terribly wounded
woman proceeded only a few yards when
she fell to the sidewalk In dying state.
The brutal assallant followed her. stood
over the PROSTATE form and showered
curses upon her. Seeing that his murderous
work was complete he threw the blood
stained knife down the stairway of base
ment saloon.
Ia response to the blowing of police
whistle officers Barry, Walsh. Mccarthy
| and Hutchings ran to the scene. Two OF
| them arrested the slayer while the other
two placed the wounded woman in a hack
| and started for the Receiving Hospital
| She died ON the way ana her body wa,
taken to the Morgue. There DIR. r. Z
| Williams made an autopsy. He found thai
one wound passed through ths body, sever
| Ing the snb-clavan vein and artery. Deatf
was from an internal hemorrhage caused By
| this wound.
When taken to the City Prison Sullivan
| was booked on a charge of murder. HI
seemed to be on the verge of delirium tire
| mems and as he raved and cursed he de
1 ciared that he was glad he had killed hi
| wife. Sullivan is about 40 years old, q larg,
muscular man, with a most surly, forbid
ding conntenance. During the afternoon
he sobered UP sufficiently to talk TO re
| porters. He said he was glad he had killet
the woman and was willing to abide by th,
consequences. Then he tried to justif
himself by telling of the WON ans frailty
| During a tour of the dives Wednesda,
night Sullivan met his wife and borrowed
Is cents from her. With this money b
bought from a whaler the big knife wit
| a m tad rdo fa hp, =
later.
The murderer said that he not only In
tended to kill his wife, but Kittie Ennis an
! q certain Englishman as well.