The San Francisco call., 1896-03-07
DIED IN EACH
OTHERS ARMS,
Two Young Lovers in Oak
land Seek Lethe To-
gether.
THE PATHETIC LETTERS
Diana Pacheco and Edward Hack,
Eighteen and Twenty
Years.
ONE PISTOL AND TWO BULLETS.
Circumstances Prevented Their Mar.
riage-Mrs. Jessie Larue Un.
pleasantly Mentioned.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANc1sco CALL

h
90S Broadway, March g.
Diana Pacheco girl about Is years
of age, and Edward Hack, youth of 20
yielded up their lives, either last night o1
early this morning, because they would
not be separated.
Miss Pacheco is q member of family re-
siding at Concord, Contra Costa County.
She has been IL Oakland some months
and was an intimate acquaintance of Mrs.
Jessie Larue. Mrs. Larue obtained some
degree of notoriety last summer by follow
ing up her husband on her bicycle. She
found aim keeping an appointment with
another woman, and produced little cow
hide and scene on Broadway at the same
time.
There were divorce proceedings after
ward and counter charges of secret moon
light bicycle rides, but eventually Mrs.
Larue got the divorce and the baby re-
ferred to in the letters written by the
young couple now dead. After her divorce
Mrs. Larue was employed as waitress in
the ST. Paul restaurant on Eighth street.
Her companion was Miss Pacheco, who
was also a waitress. Mrs. Larue's hus-
band was always on the lookout for some
thing that could lay the foundation for his
obtaining the custody of the child, and
evidently Mrs. Larue suspected Diana was
telling Mr.. Larue things that his divorced
wife did not want him to know. From
the letters it is clearly inferred that Mrs.
Larue wrote to the father of Diana's sweet
heart and told him his son was keeping
company with young woman unworthy
OF him.
Young Edward Hack, who was a barber
employed at the Fashion Parlors, was told
by his father Of all that had been said and
he repeated it to the young lady, to whom
he was passioaately attached.
Then the tragedy was decided upon. Ed
was 10 kill Diana and then turn the pistol
on himself How faithfully the plan was
carried out was made known tonight.
About week ago Miss Pacheco rented a
room at 511 Fifth street. Last Monday
evening Hack came and the two have been
in each others company ever since. Last
night they went together to the girls
room about o clock.
About II o. clock Hack went out for
few minutes and returned, and after that
nothing was seen of the couple till they
were discovered side by side tonight with
bullet in each heart.
w. a. Dannakei, the landlord of the
house, said he was suspicious that all was
not right tonight, SO he decided to break
in the door.
81 had not seen them all day." he said,
land when the door was tried it was found
TO be locked. l waited till about 8 O'Clock
and then l broke it in and found them
both dead"
When the Coroner entered the room half
an hour later the tragedy was seen at
glance. Hack was dressed with the excep-
tion of his coat and boots. The girl had
also only taken off her waist and boots.
Both were lying straight on the bed, their
bodies cold and almost rigid, showing that
death had taken place many hours before.
Hack was on the left, with his left arm
under the girls head and her left hand was
raised SO as to grasp his fingers. His right
arm was under his head, and the attitude
of the two was one of perfect repose. Over
the heart of the girl was large hole in
her clothing, with powder burns around.
showing that the shot had been fired while
the barrel OF the pistol was pressed upon
her breast. Over the heart of young Hack
and on his shirt, which was exposed by
his open vest, was a similar hole, showing
where the second bullet had found a rest
ing-place. Hacks right arm lay across
his breast, Just as, it had fallen when he
pulled the trigger the second time. Be-
tween them, as 1t had fallen from his
hand, was the pistol.
On the bureau was pen and a bottle of
ink. In an envelope addressed to his
father was long letter that tells its own
sad story. On several envelopes was
letter from the girl. As there was only
one pen each must have written sepa-
rately. There were several corrections
and interlineations, but the same spirit is
shown in both OF them. 1t must have
taken at least two hours to do the writing,
and what the thoughts of each must have
been as they watched the other penning
their dying Message can easily be learned
from the letters themselves.
There was evidently more than a touch
OF sentimentalism in the nature of the girl
for IN the middle of one of her paragraphs
she drew an outline Of two hearts. An ar
row was pictured as having pierced them