The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
TOLD LURID
TALES Of
MURDERS
Sensational Story Told to
the Police by W. E.
Althey.
IL MADE HIM Much AFRAID.
He Said a Woman Told Him
Of Cold-Blooded Murders in
Salt Lake City.
An INVESTIGATION BEING MADE.
The Woman Denied the Truth of the
StOries-she Said They Were to
Try" Althey.
An INVESTIGATION BEING MADE.

w. E. Althey, a gripman on the Sutter-
street cars, startled the Police Depart
ment few days ago by telling them
story of mu.titudinous murder confessed
10 him by Antoinette Baree, young Aus
TRAN woman with whom he has been
living for the past month at 2714 Sutter
street. The story. he says, has so dis
turb ID him that, as a means of securing
peace and quietude of mind, he revealed
the history of the crimes to the police.
Althey met the woman, who is very
pretty and about 10 years of age, about a
month ago. At that time she was work
ing ir Mack's restaurant on Ninth street.
He formed friendship which soon grew
so strong that he made her a proffer of
marriage. Abont ten days ago his feel
ings underwent a revulsion and he began
to lear lor his life, for. he says, in a mo-
ment of confidence the woman revealed
to him a story which in its cold
boodedness and tie hideousness of exc
Cution has not been surpassed by the FAM
Gus Bender family, whose victims were
numbered by the score. He says she de-
tailed TO him a story of murders perpe-
trated IN crowded cities IN broad daylight
and actuateb by no motive of gain, but
imply to avenge petty spite or fancIed
wrongs.
According to the story which Althey
says was told him by his Consort, she is
guilty of numbering three or four people
in SAT- Like City.
About a month ago." said Althey,
this woman told me that she and
friend, whose name she would not give
but whom she descr bed as being very
beautiful, had killed two men in Salt Like
City. She would not give me their
names.
Zone of the men was friend of her
friend ana one day while he was in
room at their hou,e they had a quarrel.
The man said something mean to the
glrl and AntOinette, who was in an ad-
joining room, came IN and gave the Inan
some po.son. He fell over and they
dragged the body TO the bathroom ana
locked the door,"
A few hours aiterward, according 10 the
story told by Althey, the girls went TO the
landlady and told her that there was
something the matter with the bathhouse
door. When the landady opened the
door she found the man there dead.
The gl.ls, so me story goes, had had let
teTs which purported to have been writ
ten by the dead man, IN which he had
said II they did not treat him better ne
would commit suicide. That was the
theory on winch tie case was cleared up
ana the Sl:IS saved.
At another time Althey says that An
toinet,e told him that she had made sew
eral men shuttle off," Wnen he asked
what she meant she had informed him
that they had been killed.
Althey sid she a!so told him she hal
studied medicine under a doctor who had
taught her tie use and effect of posons,
and that her precep'or had subsequently,
fallen victim 10 drug administered by
her haud
AIthey says when he asked her how she
had managed to murder So many people
without being detected she told hlm she
and her TRENT had taken the precauuon
10 get letters from the victims in which
they had stated that If their suits to the
hands of the charmers did not prosper
that they would commit suicide.
These letters, he said, were produced at
the coroner's inquests and helped TO con-
fiIm the iurvmen in the idea that the
victims had committed suicide.
AltheY stated that he had attemp pied to
learn from the woman Ihe names OF some
Of the veins, but could not do so. All
that she would say was that one of them
was named Carl, and he had been muir
dered in Salt Lake City. The woman con-
fessed TO him. so he stated, that Carl had
died by her hand.
The woman stated that after she left
Austria she went 10 Germany and France
before coming TO California. Althev saws
she told him she and her friend whose
name she would not divuge but whom
she alluded to as Miss" had disposed of
several men in those countries. After
leaving the old country she came to Vaca-
vile, where she stated that she worked
for Mrs. Back.
Althey says he became so alarmed at
the story OF crime related to him bv tue
young woman that be thought he should
report The matter 10 the POI ce, and he did
so a few days ago. He was very much
afraid that the woman woIId murder him.
and he gave that as the reason WHY ne
had disc. osed the secret he says was con-
tded 10 him.
Detective Gibson saw the woman yester-
day. She did not deny having made the
statement, although she denied that there
was any truth Whatever in the stories.
She told him that she had come TO Salt
Lake direct from Austria, and had not
stopped in Germany nor France. She
cii inns to have lived with a family named
Blum at 635 ST. Main street. She worked
IN hairdressIng parlor there. The
woman alleged to have been her associate,
she saId, was Mrs. b, um, and that the
Miss" she referred 10 was myth.
When seen last night the woman did
not deny that she had told stories OF crime
TO Athey, but in explanation of t. act
said thai she had done so IN order 10 try
him. The police are of the opinion that
Althey fairy tales III order to impress him
with her importance.