The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-05
SAY IT WAS
SELF MURDER
Relatives of Mamie Fulton
Favor the Suicide
Theory.
They Say Charles Martin
Always Treated the Girl
Well.
Pending the COrODer's Inquest the
Man Will Be Held at the
City Prison.

The relatives of Mamie Fulton. the girl
who died from strychnine poisoning at
her room, 800 Suffer street, Friday night,
are firmly convinced that it was suicide.
Charles Martin ami the girl roomed
to ether at the home of her uncle, John
Fulton, California and Dupont streets, for
six months preceding their removal TO the
room on Sutte- street, week ago.
The uncle lays that Martin always pro-
vided well for the girl and treated her as
well as q man would his wife. Mamie was
of very selfish disposition and always
objected when Martin went out with the
boys"
She wanted him to spend all OF his
mon ev on her. Quarrels between the two
were frequent, but Martin never los; his
temper, and would always let the girl
have her wav. she drank quite heavily,
and when lntoxlc ated was very abusive.
Once she tore his hat and at another time
backed his eye.
All the me he was in Fulton's house
he was never known to strike the girl, no
matter what provocation she gave him.
Mrs. d'Angelius, Fulton's mother-in-law,
says that the girl frequently threatened
suicide, and only a short time ago made
the remark that she wouldn't live till De-
Gem Der.
Mamie was an impulsive girl" said
Mrs. d Angelius, "and often did things on
the spur of the moment which she re-
GREETED afterward. Martin took her up
and made her lot in life much better tn an
IL was. | never saw anything TO be COM
planned of in his treatment of her.
Yesterday after noon Martin made the
fol lowing statement 10 Captain Bohen:
l have known Mamie Fulton for about
seven years. | went 10 dinner with her last
Friday and subsequently left her on the cor
ner OF O'Farrell AID Mason streets.
| told her / would be home at els o clock
in the evening. l felt respondent and de-
cided 10 take my own Lie. l went 10 a drug
store on Suffer street ana purchased 2j-cent
vial of stryehnlne.
then returned to my room. poured some
water into a glass, and then pulled the cork
from the vial. l then took card from my
pocket in tending to write farewell message.
Mamie came nome about II 80 o'clock with
another woman. Mamie was under the intiu-
ence of liquor.
she came over to strike me, finally hitting
me several times with her clenched fist.
said 10 her: Don't do this; you have COM
pany now"
she then took my hat and cut it in pieces
with pair of shears. She said: you Will
write letters to other women, will you?"
replied: "Let bygones be bygones."
The woman who with her remarked:
'I will go home, Mamie" ana babe US good
night. l then went to bed and paid no further
| attention to her until l heard her pouring
water into a glass 5 hould judge she drank
about three glasses OF water.
She afterward walked over to the bed and
showed me the empty vial, saying II took
this" / said "My God. Mamie, do you know
that contsined poison" She replied. Yes. l
know what il is" then told her that the vial
contained enough strychnine to have killed
twenty women. l jumped out of bed and
rushed into the next room, and shouted to the
landlady TO come int my room.
Hastily dressing myself, ran downstairs to
the office of Dr. Macbeth, but unable to
arouse him. I then returned to the room,
when Mamie said: 81 was only joshing; | did
not take anything" l upbraided her for her
conduct and told her TO go 10 bed. She did
So and placing her arms around my neck
said, "Do you love me?" l replied: "You
know do, Mamie, and have proved it,"
she commenced 10 cry, saying: "Charley,
l love you dearly" AT that time l noticed
something strange ABOUT her and concluded
that she had taken the poison. / accused her
of it and she replied: al did not; look in the
glass and see" picked up the glass and saw
some grains of strychnine in ii. Again put
ting on my clothes | rus led down stairs, and
going to the nearest drugstore, had the clerk
telephone Tor physician In the meantime
some one had telephoned for the ambulance.
but before it arrived She was dead.
While my back was turned she went
through my clothes, which were lying on a
chair, and took the bottle OF sttychnine. | did
not know of it until she show ed me the
empty bottle.