The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-07
MRS. SANDROCK'S SLAYER
Has Not Yet Been Discovered,
Though a CleW Has Been
Secured.
Believed to Be a Negro or q Mexi-
can - Pair of Boots
Found.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Oct. 6.-Officers have
been out all day searching for clews to the
murderer of Mrs. Sandrock, who was fou lily
killed at her little store in Mission Valley
yesterday about noon. The body was dis
covered about o'clock, and the officers
were not notified until after nightfall.
They went to the spot and held an inquest
last night, returning late this morning
Two officers continued on the chase OF
three Indians suspected of the murder
but an investigation to-day showed that
the woman had been seen after the Indians
had passed her store. Deputy Sheriff Fred
Jennings and another officer took all the
tracks in the vicinity of the store and ran
them down, all being fruitless with the ex-
ception of heavy track made by pc
culiarly nailed boots. The trail from these
led into the brush.
They followed it and came to cabin,
where they found pair of boots and a
suit of clothes, but no man. They re-
turned to this city this evening and COM
pared the heel of the boot with three little
marks on Mrs. Sandrock's breast, finding
that it fitted exactly. This proves that the
murderer stood with one foot upon her
breast while he cut her throat.
The officers refused to divulge the name
of the person suspected, and even denied
finding the boots. 1t was learned, how
ever, that neither white man nor an In
dian is owner of the boots, and probably a
negro or Mexican will be captured before
morning. The body of Mrs. Sandrock was
found lying on the back with the right
hand partly raised and the left at her side.
A pool of blood had gathered around
her. About eighteen inches from her was
large butcherknife covered with blood,
and in the back room was found a stick
about two feet and half in length and an
inch and a quarter in thickness. from
which the bark had been peeled. 1t had
blood upon it. On the counter were sew
eral small packages and in the scales were
several pounds of beans.
Near the scales was scoop partly filled
with beans. Everything indicated that
the murderer had done the deed in cold
blood. 1t appeared he had ordered sew
eral packages and stood waiting a chance
to strike her down without resistance, and
that after stunning her, he had seized the
knife and cut her throat, and going into
the back room taking the club with him,
he took purse from small handbag in
bureau and ripped it open.
1t was found on table on the other side
of the room, and the clasp was found
under the bureau. The murderer must
nave kHOWH she kept Ine money tnere.
The money in the counter drawer, consist
ing of few nickels and dimes, were not
taken. Two or three drawers in the store
had been opened and ransacked.
DR.. Hubert examined the body, and
found it rigid. He said death must have
occurred FIVE or six hours before at least.
He believed Mrs. Sandrock was struck
first. and then cut. A milkman named
De Schmidt testified that he had passed
the store at noon, and saw man inside
standing near the counter. He had stick
in his hand, and seemed to be making pur-
chases from the woman.
The witness could not tell whether the
man was an Indian or a white man. The