The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-14
Lewis MuhIner Accused of the
Shooting of Jennie
Lewis.
sURRENDERs TO THE POLICE.
He Tells the Story of His Move
mentS on Monday
Afternoon.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
SOB Broadway, August 13.

9Uo broadway, august Is.
Lewis Muhlner, the young man accused
of the shooting of Miss Jennie Lewis at
the residence of Rev. DR.. Mooar, on Ed
wards street, is now safely within the walls
OF the City Prison.
At about quarter to 6 this morning the
Oakland police were informed by telephone
that Muhlner had surrendered himself to
Sergeant Whitman in San Francisco.
At 10 o'clock Muhlner was brought over
to this side by Chief of Police Lloyd and
Detective Holland. He was Immediately
taken to the residence of DIR. Mooar and
was there identified as the young man who
had asked to see Miss Lewis in the morn
ing. At that time Miss Lewis was engaged
and Mr.. Muhlner conversed for few mo-
ments with DR.. Mooar.
He was also identified by P. J. Shafter,
who said he saw him passing in front of
his house on Edwards street at about $3.50
o'clock. Mr.. Shafter contradicts state
ments made by Muhlner, who claims that
he will be able to prove an alibi. Says the
prisoner:
I was working in my garden about $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. man crossed
the street from the corner of Andover street.
He was going east He looked to be hard
man. He pulled his hat down over his eyes as
if he did not want to have me see him. l
thought would follow him, but as he was not
bothering me let him CO. went on with my
work. A few minutes later the letter-carrier
came along. He stopped at the box opposite
the house to take up the mail. He told me
then that there had been trouble up at the
Moores. That was just about O'Clock, for
that is the time when the carrier takes up the
mail.
Mr.. Muhlner thus describes his move
rapnfc drrinu tho fafafrIl afterunOu
was not with Miss Lewis at the time that
she was shot. went to see her at haifpast 2
O'Clock in the afternoon. l remained, guess
until about a quarter to O'Clock. went east
town. went to the Montana saloon at the
corner of Ninth and broadway. stayed there
for while and then went over TO the OAK
saloon at the corner of Seventh and Broadway.
/ took the 4 o'clock train for the City. / ate
my dinner going over on the boat. | slept at O
hotel on Ellis street. Whsn / heard OF the
shooting gave myself up to the San Francisco
police.
am weather observer at Point Reyes and
left there last Friday to come down here. Jen-
ME used TO be sweetheart OF mine, but we
quarreled last April. did not think that she
was treating me just right. l wanted her TO
marry me, but she kept putting me of: She was
keeping company with half dozen fellows, in
Guiding hackman named Miller.
MN Agnes Mooar states that she left
the house IT about haif-past in the after
noon. Just before she left the postman
called and Jennie asked him if he had q
letter for her.
This was about the time that Muhlner
states that he was calling upon Jennie.
The nurse states that she saw man walk
ing away from the scene of the shooting
Immediately after the shots had died away.
DR.. Mooar states that he was working
in front of his house until about 3 O'Clock.
He noticed no one with Miss Jennie up to
that time.
Between haif-past 3 and 4 o'clock Grant
/. Taggart passed DR.. Mooar's house. He
saw young lady and a young man sitting
on the porch at the time. A few minutes
afterward, it is claimed, the shots were
fired.
Miss Lewis still lies at the Receiving
Hospital unconscious, with the bullet in
her brain. She has not been conscious q
moment since she was shot. The ply
sicians give no hope OF her recovery, but
state that she may linger on for several
days.
A young man called at the Central police
station in San Francisco about o'clock
yesterday morning and surprised Captain
Whitman by asking, do you want me?"
81 don't know" said the captain. "Who
are your"
81 am Lewis A. Muhlner, and see from
the morning papers that l am accused of
killing Jennie Lewis in Oakland. / have
been spending the night with the boys, in
tending to go to Point Reyes, where / am
telegraph operator, with the steamer this
morning. was in the Louvre when the
morning papers were brought in. One of
my friends called my attention to the story
of Miss Lewis murder, and / told them
the best thing could do was to go TO the
Central police station at once, and so | am
here''
The police here had been notified by the
Oakland police to look out for Muhlner,
but the description they sent was so un-
like him that Captain Whitman failed to
recognize him.