The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Mollie Allen, the Victim, Had
Left Him to Live With
a Japanese.
THE ASSASSIN AN Fx-CoNVICT
Shoots at His Pursuers and Attemp pts
TO Kill the Officer Who
Captures Him.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. 20.-Mollie
Allen, member Of the half world, was
shot and instantly killed by her lover on
Fourth street, between L and NJ. in this
city about O'Clock this afternoon, and
there can be no doubt but what the muir
der was premeditated and cold blooded, as
the perpetrator makes full and free ad-
mission that such is the case.
The woman was former resident of
Place rville, Ell Dorado County, and at one
time possessed a happy home, husband
and two little children, but domestic
troubles arose and she forsook her family
and gradually drifted to the bad. Several
months since she met James Lee, young
man 20 years of age, who had been lately
discharged from San Quentin, where he
had served three years on charge of
grand larceny in having robbed man
OF a watch in San Francisco.
The couple became infatuated with each
other and agreed to join fortunes. Lee
worked as cook in cheap restaurants and
gave his earnings to the woman. Last
night he found on his return home that
the woman had deserted him and taken
up her quarters with Japanese. He
traced the couple to q house in Japanese
alley, and finding the two together fired
three shots at the Jap, none of which,
however, took effect, and on the approach
of the police all the parties made their es-
cape.
To-day he reloaded bis revolver and sta
toned himself near the entrance of the
alley TO await the woman's return. After
several hours vigil he saw her coming,
and, crossing the street, Joined her. His
Of he NH hannani0oq &c
follows:
When I saw her coming went to her
and said, Hello, Maud and she said
You keep away from me. don't want any,
thing to do with you. You are going to be
arrested for what you did last night Am
turned TO Charlie Yates, who was standing
a few feet from US, and said, Keep this
man away from me- I don't know that
be can l said and then l pulled my gun
and let her go. l missed Maud on the first
two shots, bat she got the third one all
right and it fixed her"
In answer to questions put by City At
torney Brown, Lee told of his life at San
Quentin, where he was known as No. 49,
587. He claimed to have been innocent OF
the crime for which he was convicted, and
added:
Il made up my mind when left that
place that if ever | went to prison again
one reason why 1 shot Maud when she
said l vas to be arrested. My other rea-
son was because she left me to consort
with q Jap. She deserved death and she
got it, and l amt sorroy one bit and am
ready to die for killing her, for that's
what it means"
Lee spoke of the murder with the utmost
callousness and Indifference, and at times
broke into a smile when questions were
put to him. He claims to have father in
San Francisco and TWO married sisters, one
OF whom resides in Oakland. and brother
who works in a tannery in San Francisco,
but refuses to tell where they reside.
The victim is a prepossessing-lookin
woman apparently about % years of age,
and the bullet which caused her death
entered the center of the upper portion of
the body directly between the breasts.
After firing the fatal shot and satisfying
himself that he had attained his object,
the-cold- FLOODED murderer. pistol in hand
calmly walked away from the quiyering