The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-28
MURDER OF THE WEBERS,
More Evidence Against Ivan
kovaIev, Charged With
the Crime.
A Pair of Gold Eyeglasses Found
That May Prove an Important
Link.

ne COaln OF ClTCuInSldDLidl SVlIeuCe
against Ivan Kovalev, arrested for the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. L. Weber at
Sacramento on December % last, had some
new and important links added to it yes
terday.
Captain Lees was engaged all day in OBJ
tanning a statement from Arnold Levin,
the clockmaker, who is detained at the
City Prison as q witness. Levin refers to
his first meeting with Kovalev, Stcher-
bakov and Nikitin and another of the Rus
sian refugees. They often met in saloon
at 416 Fourth street.
In the latter part of September last
Levin, Kavoley and Stcherbakov went to
Sacramento.
Levin left Kovalev and Stcherbakov in
Sacramento and returned to San Francisco
in October. He lived with his sister on
Twenty and Valencia streets until
December 20, when he went to live with
Zakrewskle, the carpenter, where he re-
manned TIL January Is. Shortly after New
Years Nlkitin made his appearance at the
carpenters and also put up there.
About January 6 Levin was told that
Kovalev and Stcherbakov had returned
from the country, and on going to the
saloon on Fourth street he saw them there.
They were both wearing new suits and
bakov was wearing fine, new double gold
chain. They were living in q lodging
house on Grant avenue and Suffer street.
| Koval ev told him about he and the boy
| George Petition, being arrested. and said
he could have sent the boy to San Quentin.
| Kovalev asked Levin if he had.been read
ing the papers and to tell him all the news.
| Kovalev got drunk and asked him to GO
with him to his lodging-house, and while
! walking up Fourth street Kovalev told him
| that Stcherbakov had choked and attempt
| ed to rob woman In LOOMS. They were
| joined by Stcherbakov and the three
| went to the lod ging-h There Stcher-
bakov gave Levin money to go out for
| whisky and something to eat, and when
! he came back Kovalev met him in the hall
way and told him he and Stcherbakov had
row, as Stcherbakov thought Kovalev
was talking too much to Levin. Kovalev
said Stcherbakov had gone to Chicago, but
had threatened to kill him, and also
| George Petition, because Kovalev had left
some keys in Petitions keeping.
kovalev and Levin went to live at the
carpenters, as koyalev was afraid to SLEEP
| alone. kovalev was always nervous and
frighte ned when on the street. Once he
began to cry and said he would be hanged
kovalev told Levin he had not slept
soundly any night from the time he came
back from Sacramento till two or three
weeks afterward, when they went to live
on Shotwell street.
Kovalev returned from San Jose on Apri
1, two days after Stcherbakov was killed
by Dowdigan, the grocer. Levin noticed
he got it, and he said Stcherbakov gave il
to him in San Jose. He asked him why
he had gone to San Jose, and he said ht
had hidden box containing money anC
jewelry there, but he had been unable t.
find it. kovalev continued 70 wear this
overcoat till one hot day, about week be
fore he was arrested when he left it at The
carpenters. 1t was found there by De
tective Cody, and was identified yesterday
by Levin and the carpenter.
Leyln's statement concludes as follows
Before Kovalev went to San Jose L saw hin
have pair OF spectacles. l asked him wher.
he got them so Kovalev and the carpenter told
me that somebody brought them to the store
and that they had bought them for so cents
kovalev asked me to sell them, but l woult
not do it. He asked Mr.. Wajorda, the saloor
man, ii he wanted to buy them. but he die
not They were eyeglasses, instead of spec
tacles.
Mrs. Weber's eyeglasses were stolen a
the time of the murders. Last night De
tective Cody obtained the glasses from Mrs
Sheppee and took them to Captain Lees
who is satisfied they will be identified al
Mrs. Weber's glasses.
The body of Matthew Stcherbakov, tn,
footpad who was stabbed by William
Dowdlgan on the night of March 81, wa
exhumed in the potter's field at Oak Hill
Cemetery, San Jose, yesterday in tn,
presence of Detective Gibson. The Goa
and vest were removed, and Detectivt
Gibson says he is confident that they were
the garments stolen from Weber.
Luther Weber went before Justice Henry
in Sacramento yesterday, and swore to
warrant charging the following-namet
persons with the murder of his father ant
mother; Ivan Kovalev, Matthew Stcher
bakov and kharlamwi Nikitin. Sheriff
Johnson and one of his deputies came t.
this city after Kovalev, and will return to-
day.