The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-03


each time. always leaving them in the
ufi~e and then walking up and down the
wharf Just before the departure of the boat
and watching every one who approached.
II happen-d to be sent 10 the wharf last
night" said Officer Courneen, ito see that
the deckhands who were on strike be-
haved themselves.
Il was standing near the edge OF the
wharf when | heard shot. / thought it
was one OF the strikers and made my way
through the crowd as rapidly as | could.
81 saw woman standing directly over a
man, banging away at him with pistol.
''Shs fired four shots almost as rapidly a
pack of frecrackers explodes. just as
she was about to fire again caught her.
"All the time she was shooting she
grinned as If she was greatly enjoying her.
self"
The woman had hardly arrived at the
North Haroor police station in charge of
the police officers before her husband and a
CALL reporter put in al appearance.
Worthington was greatly excited and re-
pealedly told everybody that he hoped
Baddeley was dead.
IF she had not shot him." said he, point
Ing to his wife, Il would have done so, for
he Is a scouIdrel who took advantage of
weak-mlnded but good woman
The charge against Mrs. Worthington,
who was shortly afterward transferred to
the Central police station. was entered on
the books Attempt to murder" pending
Mrs. Worthington is a slight, thin faced
woman who appears TO be about 80 years of
age. She satd When booked for attempt TO
! murder at the City Prison that she was 20.
My husband told me to say nothing about
+ the case" she said when questioned by a
| CALL reporter. land L Will say nothing"
Norhington took her supper to her. She
asked why she could not have knives and
forks, aud was told that tile rules of the
prison compelled her to use her fingers.
IA Incl I'm \
use his pocket-knife to cut up her food,
and was told that no instrument which
| could be used as weapon would be allowed
to. q prisoner
Worhington said that Baddeley had
prosecuted. his wife for years. He did not
know how the man. who is a laborer, had
| obtained the mastery over her, but thought
that he might have hypnOiZed ner.
My wife gave birth to a child about two
years ago." he said, land SINCE that time
has been mentally unsOund. With the
| assistance of Annie Kelly, who was my
| wife's companion, Baddeley two months
ago induced my wlfeto 60 TO Stockton. He
tried to. assault her on tue boat, but she
thwarted his efforts. They were In Stock
|. ton. together twelve days, when l was in
formed Of the state of affairs ana rescued
her.
lone week ago Baddeley went to our
rooms at the corner of Washington and
Battery streets in this city and tried to
assault MY wife. She ran into the kitchen.
where she found my revolver and shot at
him three times. One bullet passed through
| bis hat, another smashed a look ng- glass
| and the other went | don't know where
He left tile house and she did not
see him again until yesterday evening. when
he entered our apartments and insulted her.
Then Mrs. NOrthington shot him. That
all | know about il"
Captain Lees of the detectives says that
Worttington called upon him IN Friday
last and asked for warrant fJr Baddeley'S
hrresti and was sent to Prosecuting Attor-
ney Reed of Police Court l.
Young Baddeley is &c years of age. and
was born at Napa City, Napa County. in
this State.
known in that place, having served as I'M
der Sheriff and Constable there for nearly
/ TIVE My years.
T Miss Mary Baddeley, the injured mans
| sister. told what she knew Of the affair, but
had little to add 10 statements already
made.
- I'VE came TO this city nearly three years
ago, and Henry secured position with q.
| II. Fay IL Co., on Battery street.
/: He became acquainted with Mrs. Worth
| ingt0n while working for them.
"He met her FRI qaenuy. | know. for he
I was always in hurry to 90. out after his
| dinner. They met at the corner of Tenth
| ana Howard streets, which was their rem
.deZvOus.
Mrs. Worthington was able to meet him
! this way, because she was an uneducated
woman and her husband sent her to night
school every night. She arranged matters
! so as to- return to her home at 9 80 O'Clock
| every night to avoid arousing his suspicious.
Henry frequently spoke Of her in an OBJ
| scure way.
HE was 4 good boy, and always gave his
mother his entire weeks salary, and when
ever they went to theater or other place
| Mrs. Worthngt0n always paid all the ex-
| penses for suppers, tickets, etc, for both of
| them.
Mrs. Worthington wrote Henry numer-
| Gus letters, which she signed. calling her
self his pet and his little jlblots,' and
| referring 10 her husband as the old man
tine day before she and Henry elope
he told me he was going to leave her. but
| guess they made up their quarrel some way.
| "MI. Wor,bingt1n knew nothing Of tie
| elopement until we wrote him the facts,
and was very much excited when he heard
| of it.
HE called at our house and we learned
that the elopement had been carefully
| planned by Mrs. WorthintOn. She had car
| ried off her clothing piece BY piece until
she had what she wanted. Despite this
Mr.. Warrington trusted her SO much that
| he suspected nothing until we informed
| him of the elopement.
While they were in Stockton Anna
| Kelly, who helped them to meet, kept Mrs.
| Worthington posted on her husbands
actions.
''She addressed these letters to the Lodi
| Postoffice. but Mrs. Worthington had The
| Postmaster to later address them to her
| Stockton address, and in that way kept her
husband Ignorant of her whereabouts.
MI WoTthiugton found her out, how
| ever, and made her return and Henry soon
| after came back.
II know he tried to leave the woman
after that. but she would follow him all
| over.
Elf he did not meet her every night she
would go to the building he worked in TO
see him the next day.
"She gave him a gold ring and other
presents, and whenever he passed her house
| he whistled and she would come out to see
| him, on the plea that Sue had a headache
and wanted some fresh air. leaving her
| husband alone in the house. He did not
| suspect her and trusted her implicitly"
When Mrs. Worthinglon went 10 the
| wharf she did not have her children with
| her, but lett them with one of her sisters up
town. Not long after the shooting Officer
| Walsh met the sister and said, "Well, Lou
| has shot Baddely."
The sister remarked exci.edly: That's
why she left the children with me; l
thought she was up to something"
! Mrs. WorthinSton has another sister, Mrs
| Clarke Of Clarke's bakery on Montgomery
| street. For long time she as employed
| in her sisters bakery and it was there she
became acquainted with Northington.
| They we're married and as q result Of this
| union there are two children. WorthngtOp
| went to Europe ana it was during her hus-
| bands absence that she formed the ac-
| Quain;ance of Baddely.
| Frank a. Clarke, who is acquainted with
/ all the parties, in conversation with a
| reporter for THE CALL last night, said :
son Monday a week ago Baddely and Mrs.
| WOrthingtOn met by appointment at Fourth
| and Howard streets, and the Kelly girl
| was with them. At that time Mrs. Worth
| ington asked Baddely for money. telling
| him that she must have some. At the same
| time she told him that If he ATTEMPTED 10
| run away from her she would kill him.
ION the following Wednesday | met
Baddely on Third street, and he told
me that Mrs. WOrthlneton had fred three
shots at him, but had not wounded him.
| The Sunday after that | met Baddely again
and he told me that he would have 10 get
| out of town as the Worthingt0n woman was
| following him all over. He said be Thought
| he WnIld pn TO Stncktnn. He told N, Ii