The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09

who is friend of Mrs. Dunton, the owner
of the premises at 4109 California street, is
the only person who claims to have seen
.Pete' the smaller man, face to face.
Josephine is at present engaged as a do.
mestic in family residing at Ashbury
Heights. Up to Tuesday afternoon she
had not been apprised of the removal OF
Mrs. Dunton, and called at the residence
to get some of her belongings.
II went to the back door," she said,
"and was met by young man who just
looked at me and grinned. He was awfully
dirty, and his clothes were ragged and
filthy. He had cigarette in his mouth
and looked just like tough. He had
black marks down the sides of his face.
81 asked him where Mrs. Dunton was, "
she continued. "and he just grinned and
shut the door,"
Such was the story Josephine told Mrs.
j. j. Maloney on Wednesday afternoon,
when she called to find where her mother,
as she called Mrs. Dunton, had moved.
Later, when the girl had heard of Camp
BELLS story, she made some additions to
her tale. She then said she had lifted up
a window-shade and gazed into the kitchen
for moment. There she saw what looked
like the body of man on a large arm
chair. 1t was covered over with cloth.
Campbell however, says that he was not
saw anything it was not Campbell.
Mary Ragatto, the 13-year-old child of
the neighbor on the immediate left Of
the Dunton premises, claims to have
seen the men leaving by the back en-
trance about 8 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. The Ral altos have a porch over
looking the Dunton rear entrance. Here
Mary says she vas standing Wednesday
evening, when she saw tall man and q
short man pass through the gate. and,
crossing South California street, disappear
toward Geary.
]. j. Maloney, who is employed as a
deputy in the Recorders office, says he
noticed the curtains of one of the rear
windows parted Tuesday morning as
though some one was peering out. He
also noticed light Tuesday evening in
the room where Campbell claims to have
been confined. Mrs. Maloney says the
only signs of life she heard about the
place was a hammering Monday after
noon. She remarked at the time the
neigh bors were chopping kindling wood,
but never saw any smoke.
Campbells statement that he was un-
able to see distinctly the features of tile
man that guided him toward the Geary-
street car seems remark bic when the
locality is viewed at night Only few
feet from the rear entrance of the Dunton
residence an electric lamp on the corner of
California street and Second avenue
throws out a food of light. To have
taken the course he describes and as cor
SroDorated by Mary Ragatto, he must have
walked in the full glare of this light.
Maloney says he remembers the light was
all right that night, for by it he recognized
several of the party of detectives who
came about midnight when Campbell had
reported the matter. The light through
which Campbell must have passed is
nearly as strong as daylight and in it a
person could easily be seen distinctly for
twenty or thirty yards at least.
The house, although closely crowded by
neighbors on each side, Is in one respect
admirable for the. purpose of confusing a
stranger. Both ends face on a street, and
either might be mistaken for front en-
trance. A fiower-plot graces each.