The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10

ing, and the cause of her death is shrouded
in mystery.
Shortly before O'Clock yesterday morn
ing she walked along near the Powell
street wharf and deliberately jumped into
the bay. Boatmen Nesbitt and aennessy
saw her and they quickly rescued her
before she reached deep water The
water is not deep where she jumped in
and she had only succeeded in submerg-
ing herself to the waist when dragged out.
The boatmen noticed that she was froth-
ing at the mouth. They questioned her
as to her reasons for trying to drown her.
self, but she positively refused to give
them any explanation.
The patrol wagon was summoned from
the Californla-street station and Police
man Grunwoid accompanied it. When it
reached the wharf the young woman was
pacing back and forth apparently in good
health. Before the wagon arrived she had
protested against being taken to the
Receiving Hospital, but when the vehicle
arrived she lapsed into silence and quietly
took her seat.
On the way to the hospital she took
from her pocket bag of chocolate creams
and ate a number of them. Whether they
were poisoned or whether she took some
po ison before jumping into the bay is so
far mystery.
An autopsy held by DIR. Barrett last
evening disclosed the fact that death re-
suited from asphyxiation. The stomach
and lungs were badly congested nd the
heart diseased to such an extent as TO
probably cause death under intense ex-
CT tement. The stomach, which contained
a lot o! fluid, was sent TO a chemist for
analysis. Until this is done the poison
theory will remain unsettled.
At the Receiving HOsDital the vOun o.
woman said her name was Harmona
Wells. She said she had little cause to
wish to live. Life was a burden to her,
but she would not say why. Her parents.
she said, lived up north, but where she
declined to say.
1t was suspected that she had swallowed
some drug, probably strychnine, and she
was treated accordingly. She seemed all
right till about 10 o'clock, when she was
seized with violent pains and died in a
few minutes.
Efforts were made at the last moment to
secure facts concerning her home and
friends but she would not converse on the
subject, promising to tell everything when
she got well again. Then she lapsed in to
inconsistencies and died in a few min
utes.
In her pocket was found piece of paper
with the name "John Lincoln" scribbled
upon it. Her clothing was again carefully
searched at the Morgue, but the only arti-
Gle found was the half of a blotter, on
which appeared the words, "By cash $500,
Grace NJ. E,''
She was about 25 years of age, fair COM
plexion, medium height and sparely built.
She wore black sateen skirt, light-green n
calico waist and white straw bat with nigh
crown.
About 10 40 o'clock last evening woman
giving her name as Maud Edwards and
place OF residence as room 5, 22212 Fourth
street, calleG at the Morgue and positively
identified the remains as that of woman
named Lille McGrath, who had lived on
Point Lobos avenue, between Twenty
third and Tweniy-fourth avenues.
She SAID the dead woman had been a
waitress lately, and could assign NO cause
for her suicide except despondencv.
Shortly after, a man named Frank
Brown. who has been a private night