The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

fore been visited. Opposite the foot of
Ninth street. between Cliff avenue and the
sidetracks along the water front, the two
came upon a shawl, a cape and a glove.
Goodrich was in the lead, and Upright,
who was some distance away, heard the
old man cry out in agony. Rushing up,
he found Goodrich clasping the artlcles to
his breast and prone on the ground in a
faint. Upright continued on and found
the body. Then, returning, he revived
the father.
"Is my daughter there?" Goodrich
asked.
Eyes; her body is" was the reply.
'Is she dead?"
"Yes."
"Suicide ?''
eyes; she shot b erself."
The grief of the aged man was awful to
contemplate. His face took On deathiy
hue; he reeled, staggered and then fell in
second faint. Again he was revived and
Upright led him away, not allowing him
to gaze upon the woman's corpse.
Assistance was summoned and Upright
led party back to the spot where Mrs
Cody had ended her life. Undertaken Hos
ka was one of the mum ber and he went pre-
pared to remove the corpse from the
thicket in which it had reposed since the
tragedy two months ago.
The sight of the dead is always ap pail
ing. and carries with it thrill of horror.
II is not to be wondered at that strong
men, who had not known the beautiful
woman in life, shed tears over this black
ar nod ole luin
with the knees drawn up. Evidently the
woman had been in the attitude of prayer
when she sent bullet into her heart. In
the right hand was the revolver with which
she had ended her life. Her aim had been
true, and death must have been instan-
taneous. A bruise above the ear on the
right side of the head had been caused
bv contact with a rock when she fell.
The face, which rested on the ground,
was badly decomposed. The clothing was
the same Mrs. Cody wore the last day she
was seen alive. and the exposure to the
elem snts had not faded it. The clasped
revolver was of the cheap American bull
dog pattern and contained two cartridges
and three empty shells. 1t was stained
with blood and very rusty. 1t is believed
that she discharged the weapon twice to
test it or to learn how to hold it steadily
before turning it upon herself.
lis singular that the body of the suicide
had not been discovered before. 1t lay
near path traversed by hundreds of
workingmen daily, and it was believed
that the scores of men who sought the rich
rewards offered by the husband and the
father of Mrs. Cody had gone over every
square foot of ground within a radius of
ten miles from the city. Thousands of
dollars had been expended in the search,
two special trains having been employed
at one time. Every strange woman who
was reported to have borne the slightest
resem bance to the Chicagoan's wife was
looked up and the search had gradually
extended to California. Cody is now III
that State, and messages have been sent
to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pasadena
and other towns he might visit to inter-
cept him. Upon his arrival here the body
of his wife will be shipped to Naperville,
H., her former home. and there inferred.
Mrs. Cody was beautiful woman, %
years of age, and had every comfort OF life
at her command. The illness. which SUBJ
sequently unbalanced her reason without
a warning to her relatives, is said to have