The herald., 1895-04-12
dunn AS A HEART BREAKER
The Story of a Misguided
Married Woman
SHE DIED IN THE WATER
The Identity Of a Woman Who Leaped
From Boat
Ssme Strange Correspondence Comes to Light
s. Which Reflects on an ex-0overnment
Detective

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.-Last
night a young woman jumped from an
Oakland ferry boat and was drowned.
Today the coroner received Il letter
through the mail signed 'Nettie Chase,
telling him of her intention to jump into
the bay, and saying that she had been
deceived by married man, mentioning
the name of Mr.. Dunn as the man who
had led her astray. She said she wished
to remain unidentified and to be buried
in the potter's field. She enclosed letter
to Dunn which was to be handed to him
in case he should identify her body.
This letter is addressed "My Dearly Be-
loved" and tells of her suffering when
she discovered he had deceived her and
told her he was already married. The
letter says;
II die, not accusing you OF having
placed me in my present condition. but
for the love l have for you. Hoping to
meet YOU in heaven, l am your true,
broken hearted NETIlE.
VALLEJO, April 1.-THE woman who
jumped from the Oakland ferry boat was
known in Vallejo as having attempted to
Kill &. w. Dunn, waiter, on the night
of January 10th, last. She fired two shots
at him, one taking effect in the arm.
The woman disappeared in the darkness
and Dunn attempted to hush the matter
up. Every effort to discover the woman's S
identity failed. She was known as Net.
tie, but no one knew her last name.
Shortly after the shooting the following
letters were received by the Vallejo
, Chronicle. They were not published at
the time, as the writer could not be To-
Gated.
'Vsllejo, CAL, February 4.
"Isear Editorials gossipers and scandal
mongers, Vallejo people are bothering their
heads in an endeavor to ascertain who shot
Mr.. Dunn recently, and Us several innocent
married women have been un Justly accused of
doing the shooting, therefore write you to
inform the public in general that l. a woman
who had good and lovely home, endeavored
to xii Mr.. Dunn my intentions being 10 kill
him and then myself
i became acquainted with Dunn two yesrs
ago, at which time he Cover nmsnt de-
iesstiye, but Ire lost his position on account OF
his lust for women. My parents ate highly re-
spec ed. and married man whom thought
lioved. but when met Mr.. Dunn l found that
did not love my husband.
"Mr. Dunn is And always has been great
ladies' man and seems to have power over
love with him and endeavored to win his
affections. bus he fell in love with ME much
as he ever did any woman. which WAS just
enough 10 amuse himself aud not to disturb
himself Seeing that his love could not be
won, concluded to end my misery and if
could not have him no one else should. Al
though his wife is now in Town. yet will
finish the work which started, and upon turn
ing the gun upon myself the people OF the cily
of Vallejo will then know who the mysterious
woman is who erred on account OF her undy-
ing love for a man who belongs to another.
..Dunn has had many hair-breadth escapes,
for he was shot in the foot by an angry hus-
band when he was in the employ OF the Gov
ernment and in 1893 young woman, who
had been msrried two weeks. took a shot at
him in sacramento, the bullet grazing his
head, she being promised a chance to run
away with him.
sin Petaluma a married man caught him
with his wife aud rocked in his four front
teeth. While in tho same town two girls OF
the four hundred had a fight over him and an
other gave him horeewhippng Then he
left town and got married, trusting that mar
ried life would chsngs his ways. He seems to
be crazy after married women. but despite all
this love him mady. | enclose Petaluma
item regarding him, as proof, and trust that
may SOON be able to lay him beneath the sod !,
before he breaks any more hearts. as two
Young girls in the past two years have COM
mittsd suicide over him. | am
WRONGED WOMAN"
The Chronicle failing to publish the
above letters brought the followin, re-
sponse:
VALLEJO, Cal March 8.
TO Valley Chronicle MIR. Editor: see YOU
failed to publish the note l wrote you regard
ing the heart breaker, Mr.. Dunn. You proba-
bly, think did not mean what said, but you
will see within three days that my intentions
Are to kill that man and then myself. have
informed him OF this fact, but he still igno. es
my request.
Dunn left here few days ago, and it is
believed that the woman, despairing of
accomplishing her purpose, decided to end
her existence.