The San Francisco call., 1898-07-23

seemed unable to do so Captain Seymour LOOK the cloth from Lochner's trembling hands and placed around his neck. He seemed quite starteld and drew back. Recovering himself with a visible effort ne took hold of the ends of the rag. and frustrated the knot as he found it.
 In this incident the suspected murderer again contradicted his original story and gave the police another point, which will De used against him. Until last night he has said the rag was twisted compact ly and then knotted, when as a matter of fact 1t is only long enough to encircle a mans wrist when tied in the manner he described. Seeing his mistake Loch- ner then took the cloth, which is almost square, with a tear half through the mid dle Of 1t, and said the two ends were tied around Sadie's throat, leaving a large flap under her shoulders.
 Lochners demonstration clearly estab- lished the theory of the police, referred to above, that Sadie Carpenter was not strangled, but that she was smothered.
 In whatever manner she came to her death the rag found around her throat had nothing to do with the cause there of, and was used by the murderer as a blind; Lochner's knowledge of all these by degrees, has forced the police to the opinion that he is a murderer
 After the interview with Lochner Chief Lees, Captain Seymour and the newspaper men working on the case went to the Hubbard House to test the truth of his statements that he saw Sadie's face and the rag on her neck before the gas was lighted.
 All the investigators were satisfied that he had lied. It was an impossibility for him to have seen anything when he went himself describes. He said all the blinds were closed except the upper half of the middle window, and that the light from saloon across the street penetrated the room giving sufficient light for him to discern the rag
 Two electric lights, which are extln- guished at midnight every night, were burning brightly when the investigation was made last night. CThese lights were out when Lochner and Prieur went into the room Sunday morning about 1:30.) The blinds were closed and the hall door opened, as he described, and there was not enough light in the room to dstin- guish anything in the corner in which the bed stood. That was another link in the chain now being forged against Lochner.
 From the Hubbard House. Chief Lees and Captain Seymour went to the Belle vue saloon, and searched fin all the crev- ices and corners of the back rooms. They ing watch. Nothing was found which be- longed to the woman. The saloon will be thoroughly searched to-day.
 Darby Glynn, who was in the saloon Sunday morning when Lochner came in there and announced that Sadie had been murdered, was questioned as to Joe's ac- end of the bar, nearest the Fourth-street door, when Lochner came in. Joe told him of the murder. and Glynn replied, That's too bad, Joe; you will be ar rested for it." Glynn says he was only joshing. The bartender and Glynn con- tradict Lochner as to the length of his stay in the saloon. Joe says he went in and told the news to the bartender and went right out and returned to the Hub bard House. Gynn says he remained ten minutes, and the bartender says he re- mained about five. While he was In the saloon Joe talked with several men who were there. Another new point against him. Chief Lees has not received the off, cial report of the autopsy surgeon, and is not therefore, wholly familiar with the condition of the body when taken to the Morgue.
 The following witnesses have been sub- penaed to appear at the Coroner's inquest Monday morning and give their testi- mony:
 Joseph Lochner, Fred Carstens, Adolph Prieur, Mrs. Anderson, George Weisger- Der, G. Fred Ramp, H. Ringsholtz. Liz zie Riley, Mrs Annie Halsey. Sergeant Donovan, Officers Conlan, Tufts, O'Keefe, McGrayn, O'Dea, Dillon, Thomas Me Donough, McGreevey, Charles Miller Hubbard House), MT. Raulet (proprietor Hubbard House). Special Gilroy and sev- eral others, whose names are withheld because of the character of the evidence they will give.