The morning call., 1894-10-20
WAS NOT SUICIDE.
That Is the Belief of
Many Friends.
Valuable Mining Property and an
Old Partner in Arizona - May
Have Been rlurdered.

The mystery surrounding the death of
j. Ii. Striedenger, the wel-knowD mining
engineer whose body was found in TOdos
Santos Bay, near Ensenada, Lower Cali
fornia, October 7, still remains unsoved
so far as any definite or authentic infor-
nation Is concerned. Marsden Manson,
who was intimately acquainted with
| Striedenger, wrote letter to Mayor Carl
son OF San Diego requesting full partcu-
| lars concerning the finding of the body.
and any other developments that may
have turned up and may throw light on
the case.
Otto Won GelderD. who until recently
occupied the same office with Striedenger
in the Academy Of Sciences building, and
was close friend TO deceased, no longer
ehtertains any doubt as to the identity of
the body found. he is certain that it was
that of his friend and classmate Strieden-
ger. The watch with its number and
other marks and the talor's name on the
coat that was on the corpse are to his
mind. conclusive evidence that the dead
man in question was his friend. But he
is as much in the dark concerning the
causes and circumstances OF Striedenger's
death as is the Eerest stranger who
knows nothing about it.
| Z. A. Roe of the Electric Light Com
| pany, another Intimate friend and asSC-
ciate Of Striedenger, was seen at the Hotel
| PleasantOn last night. He scouts the
theory of suicide as being without any
! foundation whatsoever. He sail:
81 have known Striedenger intimately
as friend and social companion apd as a
| fellow bnarder IN this hotel for more than
a year. He was the last man in the world
to think of self-destEuction. In the first
place. there could be absolutely ho cause
| Tor such an act. He was prOperous in
| business, always had plenty of money to
pay his way Literally whereter he went,
| and was Of charmingly cheerful
disposition. He bad a host of friends ard
| admirers, both IN and out of his profess
sion, in which he stood at the very front.
don't believe the man had single cark-
ing care to worry him. a long series OF
| professional successes lay behind him,
| and the future, | amsure, tseemed as bright
| and hope full to him as IL could do to any
man of mis- years, and he was not an old
man. Besides he was remarkably intalli-
| gent and very fond OF company. He had
| no near family ties that | am aware of.
He had some distant relatives in Germany,
| whence he came to this country, but no
immediate k ndre in this country. No,
the suicide theory is out of the question.
| know him too well TO entertain auy such
| notion"
So far as known. the deceased had no
realty property in this city or in this
State. But he was the owner of some val
liable mining property in Tombstone,
AriZ, to which place he told Mr.. Roe that
| he was going about week before his de-
parture. But just before leaving he in
formed Mr.. Manson that he would also go
to Lower California. He used to have a
mining partner at ombstone-and prob
ably this partnership still existed-the
| two owning some mining property that is
rich in silver ore, but Of late has not paid
for working, owing TO the low price OF the
| white metal.
When It is learned whether or not he
first went to Arizona and thence to Lower
California something definite pointing 10
the truth of his fate may be learned. Ii
from this port to EDsenada. because his
name does not appear on the passenger
lists, neither is anything known of pas
seUger answering his description. But il
he went by land, how came he into the
sea?
Murder for purposes of robbery. or gain
IN s me other way more indirect, is sus-
pected. AS he was going on an extended
prospecting tour it is certain that he CAT
red a considerable sum of money with
him for travelling expenses and grubstake.
The town of Ensenada is infested by a
class Of reckless, desperate and utterly
conscenceless characters, who will not
hesitate to decoy, waylay and murder a
man for a few GollaT' or any other yalua-
bles. At the same time, In this case, the
finding of the gold watch and some cash in
The dead mans pockets would seem Il
Indicate that robbery was not the purpose
OF the murder-if murder was com.