The morning call., 1893-08-26

been submitted and jury have agreed
that the man took his own life the mystery
OF his life and the cause which led TO his
death is mystery still. AS to the story of
her own life Mrs. Parker was silent, re-
fusing to tell anything of the past so far
as she was concerned, while her lips were
almost as tightly sealed with reference to
her husbands history.
My husbands true name was w. K
Prescott" she said. Il was married To
him about TWO years ago under that name,
but l will not tell where. He was former
ly stockbrOker in New York, and then
his name was Koock Ogey-WilIiam Pres
colt KoOckogey; but he had that name
changed by law, because of the difficulty
IN pronunciation. When we went to
Chicago. do not know how long ago il
was. but think it was last fall, in October.
he changed his name to Parker, and he
went by that name in Chicago. in Salt
Lake and here. He had some trouble, |
don't know what IL was, aud he took the
name of Parker when we went to Chicago.
lie also went by other names, but cannot
remember them. / have forgotten them.
When he was in New York, he was
president OF corporation known as the
Standard Electric Light Company. They
never furnished light, but dealt in electric
light stocks. He was an electrician him.
self, and was always working with it. He
once tried TO age whisky by means of cleo
tricity, and he wrote book on the sub
lsct
I'm Chicago he was in company that
Intended to make display of electric
lights at the fair, just like fireworks, and
this Mr.. Crawford. who says my husband
got money from him under false pretenses,
was to furnish $1,000, ana my husband was
TO put II up for him, but he told me that
Crawford did not give him the money.
when he left Chicago he told me he
while followed him there. He was not
in any trouble then, except financial
trouble. We came to San Francisco to-
gether. about three weeks ago, and be was
intending to GO into business here Tue
charge that he had obtained morxy from
Crawford was scheme TO blacamaiI him,
and make his relatives give Some money.
HE never told me why re changed his
name so many times, an6 l do not know.
lie told me that he bad IN estate in Phila-
delphla which an aup. mad left him. and
that 1t was worth $3.50. 600. but it was in
law, and he had no money to fight the case.
when he was arrested he had the
pistol, as he almosN always carried it. and
ne was going 10 give ii to me, and then
decided TO put it in his trunk. When wa
came over from the prison to pack the
trunk, he picked up the things about the
room and then wrote the letters. The
pistol must have been in the trunk all this
Tune. he uaQ told me before that IL he
could not get money to take me back to
Chicago with him he would kill himself,
but he promised me afterward that he
would not do it and said he would not talk
that way any more
HE had been in the bedroom, and when
ne came opt he saw that / was upset, for
L had picked mp the letter that be had
written t. me and read it. He asked me
what was the matter, and / said. That:
the matter and tossed the letter to him
| then Went into the bedroom, and he fol.
lowed me and embraced me. and / turned
away. and as l did so there came the shot
he killed himself because be could moi
Dear to leave me Ii alone and be taken
away to Chicago. And then, too. he had
oeen In trouble all his life. and he bad nc
future before him, nor did he have any
money 10 fight this case.
did not know who he was writing the
letters to. | supposed he was writing Il
some friends to help him in his trouble
put he had promised not to xiii himself
and never thought of what he was doing
His former troubles had nothing to d.
with the present case. and do not want Il
| say anyth ng about them.
we ira Teled about so much because hi