The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-19
SLASHED FIVE TIMES.
A Local Jack the Ripper in Quincy
Place.
Frank Cheeseman, a Married Piano-Tuner,
Nearly Sewers Josie Watson's Jugular
With Razor.

Frank Cheeseman strolled into a house at
Quincy place at 10 o'clock last night and
tried to emulate the example of Jack the
Ripper.
He was too drunk to do fatal execution
with his razor, but succeeded in cutting
Josie Watson twice on the throat, and In
ficting three other gashes on her hands
and left arm.
Quincy place is an alley just east Of Du-
pont street, and runs from Pine to Califor-
MIA. Ii Is lined with houses occupied by
some pretty and some very ugly women.
Nightly the alley is thronged By drunken
men.
Last night Frank Cheeseman, young
piano-tuner, who is a married man residing
in Berkeley, strolled through the place,
much the worse for liquor. Josie Watson
babe him enter her place, and he did SO.
SCREAMS.
He was in there but a short time when
the other female denizens of the place
heard Josie Watson screaming, and, run
ming out of their places, saw a man In his
shirt-sleeves running toward California
street. Lena Maville, thinking something
was wrong, tried to stop the man. but was
knocked down for her pains. Her yells
brought Officers McGrath and Campbell to
the Scen6s Def pursued anu cau8DI the
man, who proved to be Frank Cheeseman.
Taking him back TO Quincy place Josie
Watson, who was covered with blood from
her wounds. identified him as the man who
had siashed her with razor He was taken
to the City Prison and locked up on a
charge of assault to murder.
The Watson woman was taken to the Re-
ceiying Hospital, where her five wounds
were dressed by Surgeons Williams and
Coffmam.
story OF the affair, which is substantially as
follows: Cheeseman entered her place and
soon afterward tried to rob her. She re-
sisted his attempts and he drew razor
from his hip pocket and slashed her twice
across the throat Realizing that she would
be hacked 10 death If she did not reach the
alley she tried to force her way through the
door.
sLAsHING WITH A RAZOR.
Cheeseman was in front of her, making
desperate siasbes at her throat and the
woman. throwing up her hands 10 ward off
the weapon, had her hands fearrulIy cut.
She also received long and deep cash on
the arm before Cheeseman left her and
started to run away. Then the woman fell
on the n0or IN dead faint but was resusci-
tated by one of her friends, who threw a
pitcherful OF water over her.
Frank Cheeseman. drunk and sorrowfuI
talked incoherently through the bars of his
cell To reporter aud denied all knowledge
OF Tue aonauit. he proleSSeu 10 know moth
ing OF his doings from the time he left his
work on Union street until bis arrest He
moaned piteously and appeared to be
insane.
Cheeseman tried to commit suicide about
year and q half ago because his girl. whom
he subsequently married. went back on
! him. On that occasion Cheeseman used a
razor on his throat. but inflicted only a
slight injury.
Josie Watson's wounds are not serious
and she was resting easily last night on a
cot in the Receiving Hospital. She hao
been in Quincy place but a short time and
came here from Santa Rosa.