The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-30
TELLS HER
STORY OF
SUFFERING
Mrs. Clune's Narrative of
How Prosecutors Annoy
Her.
PUT POISON IN CHOCOLATES.
Her Children's Stomachs Burned
by the Irritant Mat
ter.
MYSTERY OF A MISSING W0Mih.
The Clune House and Heart Are
Closed Against Probable
Ingrates.
MYSTERY OF A MISSING WOMiN.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL |
4OS Broadway SeDf %

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO GALL
90S Broadway. sept. %.
The story of the persecution OF the
Clune family that commenced four
months ago. which was published exclu-
sively in to-day's CALL, has caused great
surprise among the many friends of that
lady. 1t is considered probable by Mrs.
C.une that the party who placed the
poison in the candy is the same who has
annoyed her for the past six months by
sending her anonymous letters.
Mrs. Clune was seen tonight by a CALL
reporter and asked to give her own YER
sion of the peculiar state of affa rs which
disturbed her household for nearly six
months.
''This persecution commenced about six
months ago." said Mrs. Clune at her home
tonight, land commenced with the send
ing of anonymous letters. They were al
ways of the same nature, and some came
to me and others to my friends. They a.
ways conveyed the false informant that
some time in the past | had taken some
body's children away from them. and that
! was planning to take away their ildren.
On one occasion q Chinaman brought one
IN which he had been offered sum of
money to kill me. Two months later my
children were poisoned, but since that
time we have not seen any evidence OF
poison, although the anonymous letters
continue. One was received about a
month ago, and for all know one may
come soon. 1t is about time Tor another
one.
when the children ate the poisoned
candy they were burned in their mouths
and down to the stomach. They We're
seized with vomiting and l a. once treated
them with oil ana milk and they were
soon relieved.
Eat this time there is only one person
that l suspect of being my prosecutor.
About the time the letter-writing COM
menced, l befrieEded woman who was
unfortunate. | assisted her at various
times for six months.
Il do not know that | have an enemy
in the world, but it appears that l must
have many. l have befriended different
people ali my life, but this last case has
taught me lesson and caused me TO close
my mouse and my heart 10 such people
from this time.
Even TO this day we are extremely
cautious of what we eat, and | have
taught the children to be very ,uarded in
what they eat. On the day OF the Chris
tian Endeavor picnic in this city my boys
were given a bag of reaches by an En-
deavorer on the narrow-gauge train, but
they would not eat them until we had
carefully examined them. This feeling
OF uneasiness is very unpleasant.
II asked the doctor VINO attended the
woman whom 1 suspect If she might
have lost her reason. and he said that,
having spinal meningitis, it might have
affecf ed her brain. The police have been
trying to find the writer OF the letters, but
they say it is very difficult matter to
trace an anonymous letter-wrlter. How
ever, sincerely hope that they may soon
succeed and that this persecution may
cease"