The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17

fore leaving the university she had de-
cided to kill her faithless lover and then
shoot herself. Under a preteXt that
she was fearful of being molested in
the city she borrowed a revolver from
a friend and Harry Ryan loaded it for
her. Her story of the last two days in
the city was incoherent and contra
dictory, indicating that she did not
wish to tell all.
She said she was alone all day Mon
day and walked the streets that even
ing until a. M, when she went to a
lodging house and secured a bed for
rs cents. The name of the lodging
house or its whereabouts she declared
she could not remember. Tuesday was
repetition of the preceding day, with
the exception that in the evening she
drifted into the Olympia, not knowing
it was a beer hall. She was tired and
weak from hunger, not having eaten
anything but a sandwich all day.
While sitting in the concert hall her
beauty attracted the unholy attention
of number of men, who accosted her.
but she told them to go away, and they
needed her wishes. Later a stranger,
with kindly mien and solicitous man
ner asked her If she had had any din
ner She answered no and Immediately
received an invitation to dine. AT first
she declined, but hunger was more po-
tent than conventionality and she re-
luctantIy accepted the proffered hospi-
tally. After dinner her host sought to
continue the acquaintance, but she
| thanked him and left him.
Again she walked the streets until
ne yoaif1 Vafc h0 Ia I'd
| none, and after wandering aimlessly
about until exhausted she asked a po-
lice officer to obtain lodging for her.
The officer gave her some silver. and
she went to the nearest lodging house,
but cannot remember what one. Here
she was frightened by a Chinaman
who seized her as she passed through
the hall. All night long she tossed in
nervous fear, and early yesterday
morning, worn out bv the strain of
sleepless nights and want of food, she
arose, determined to end it all with a
| bullet.
She sent message to ~1Aexander ask
/ ing him to meet her at the Emporium,
| but ne did not come. She waited until
nearly closing time. Then she fired the
| shot which may end her life.
The would-be suicides only regret is
that death was not instantaneous. She
| repeatedly dSheQ Tic QOClOI IL IL WOulu
not have been more certain to have
| fired the bullet into her head, adding
II was afraid the ball would glance on
my skull and not kill me; / don't see
why the bullet didn't reach my heart. "
DR.. Thompson, who attended the
wounded girl, was unable to state last
night whether or not the wound would
prove fatal. He gave her narcotics to
induce sleep, and at midnight she was
resting quietly.
The report of the pistol-shot in the
Emporium caused a mild sensation.
The sound came from the ladies' toilet
room where the girl had locked herself
in. Special officer Allen happened to be
passing at the time, and on trying the
door he found it bolted. He crawled
under the door and saw a young girl
moaning on the floor with a revolver
c'Ctched In her right hand.
Allen unbolted the door and carried
the girl out. The ambulance was sum
moned and the girl was taken TO the
Receiving Hospital. DR.. Thompson
found that she had shot herself in the
left breast. He probed for the bullet
but could not locate it, and had 70 de-
sisr owing to her weak condition.