The San Francisco call., 1897-11-27
HAS MURDER
Been DONE?
1ne Police Can Find No
Trace of the Missing
Andrew Satto.
Disappeared With a Large Roll
Of Money and Foul Play
Is Suspected.

The police searched all yesterday for
Andrew Satto. the missing railroad man
from New York, but they were unable to
ind the least clew that would determine
his wherea bouts. Last night Detective
Gibson, who has charge of the search,
gave it as his opinion that the man had
met with foul play, and that be had not
deserted his wife, as il was first supposed.
Satto arrived in the city on Sunday
night from New York, where he had been
en- ployed as motorman on the elevated
railroads. H was accompanied by his
wife, and on his arrival here went to the
Brooklyn Hotel. On Monday morning
Satto inquired of the bootb!ack at the
hotel for information concerning fur
nlshed looms Tor hims self and wife, and he
was directed 10 the Hotel Labarihe a 230
Montgomery avenue. There he went
Tith his wife and engaged room. When
they took the room Satto told his wife
that he did not like the appearance of the
place, but they could try it for a week and
If It did not suit they could easily change.
They had lunch together and then had
their baggage removed from the Brooklyn
10 their new quarters.
1t was about the middle of the after
noon," said Mrs. Satto last night, when
we arrived at the house, and in the Office
my husband took q roll Of bills amount
ing 10 aDou' $3.50 out OF his pocket, and
iaAlng $40 bill from the roll handed it TO
tie proprietor OF the house to take out his
pay for the room. He then treated sew
eral OF the men who were in the room 10
dr. nks and went TO the room. He re-
maineI with me for g bout half an hour
and then said he would take a walk. He
wanted me TO 60 with him, but | was
tired, and offered TO go out with him in
the evening. He said he would soon be
back. The landIady appeared in the hall
as ne started to go out, and be called 70
he9 and asked her 10 keep NE company
until he came back. As ne passed out of
the door he shook his finger at me in
playful way and said | was not to go out
until he came back TO take me out to sup
per. That was the last | saw OF him.
He was free with his money and l
know he did not bring me out here to de-
serJ me. 1t is true he had all the money
we had with him when he went but il it
was his purpose to leave me and take all
my money he could easily have had more
than twice the amount ne now has. Be-
fore we left New York he gave me as
much money as We brought with US and
made me give it to my parents there to
keep for US, because he thought we would
not need it, and il We had it with US we
might spend il fooisnly and then be
stranded. On the way out on the train
he got the best the railroad could give Us
for my comfort, and he even bought
things on the way that we did not need,
but " h!ch he thought might please me.
He was a man who would become con-
tdential with stranger in few minutes
and he had the utmost confidence in his
fellow-man. He intended to look for
work here and 1 think he has fallen in
with some persons who on pretense OF
getting him JOB have taken him some
" here and done away with him for his
Y money. He would not hesitate minute
10 show the m )ney he had about him. He
was not a drinking man, though he was
not a. eetoatler and i: was his way TO treat
nearly everybody he met on the least ex-
cuse."
Captain Bohen, after he had received
the reports o: his officers, said the mater
had deep air Of mystery about it. IF
the wife Of the missing man is telling the
truth. he said, I'VE have a mystery on
our hands, and it looks like a bad one
But then you cannot tell. There might
be some thing behind it all that has not
been told.
The missing man. though of Italian
parentage, had brown hair ard blue eyes
His brows were dark and rather heavy,
his mustache small and dark and his
general appearance pleasing. he was ~
Years OF age obnui feet s inches tall
and we ghed 176 pounds.