The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-19

person seen with her and who was ar
rested on suspicion, is the murderer
There is not at present the least particle
Of evidence against Won Lochner, but still.
he is locked up in the City Prison
An investigation made by Call reporters
yesterday brought to light the fact that
Won Lochner. as far as known, was a
friend OF the murdered woman, and that
there was no reason for suspecting him
or the crime. The same inyestjgat ion
showed that there were two other persons
VINO might have committed the murder.
mere IS always motive power back of
murder. In Won Lochners case there is
no motive to be found. In the cases of
the other two jealousy and amer play an
important part. 1t may be that neither
jealousy nor anger prompted the murder.
Inc dead Womans watch is missing and
SO is a small sum of money she is known
to have had in trunk, She may have
been the victim of robber, or it may
have been that the money and watch
We're carried off to blind the detectives
and cause them to work on the robbery
murderer unduly credited Chief Lees with
detective ability. There was no need of
attempting to blind him, for he has been
blinded since the murder was committed.
The fact that he first took to the suicide
theory proved that he was unequal to the
work of probing the mystery While
working on the suicide theory much valu-
able time was lost and the murderer given
an opportunity Of covering up Tie clews,
that if at once followed might have result
ed in mis- speedy capture.
after 1:15 o'clock Sunday morning, for
roomers in the house were awake at that
time and they did not hear any disturb
ance.. According to the statements made
by others, they were awakened about 30
o'clock Sunday morning by screams but
the night clerk In the office not over fifty
feet away from the room says that he
did not hear the disturbance. Lizzie
Riley, another woman of the lower class,
who occupied the room adjoining that in
which the murder was committed SAYS
that she did not hear the screams. She
says that she was awakened by scuf-
fling and that a minute later she heard a
ing. She did not venture out of her room
until she heard the door of Mrs. Carpen-
ter's room closed with a bang and as she
got out of bed she heard some one with
creaking shoes pass along the corridor
toward the stairway LEADING - the street
After remaining at her room door for a
short time she ventured outsinto the hall
way, and not seeing any one. in sight. she
hurried alor- to the Office to notify the
night clerk that she believed there had
been trouble in the room occupied by
Prieur accompanied her back and raped
on the door. There was no response He
then turned his attention to the adjoining
raped on the door. Won Lochner AM
swered and asked what was the matter
Prieur requested him to get up as he
something had befallen her
Won Lochner stepped into the hallway
and remained there while Prieur went
back to the Office to get the duplicate kav
of the snap lock on the door of Mrs
Carpenters room. They entered together
and while Prieur was getting a match to
light the. gas Won Lochner stepped to the
side Of the bed.
Prieur says that when he struck the
light Won Lochner was untying the
double knot In piece of shirt waist tied
around Mrs. Carpenters throat.
That is themost damaging piece of evil
dence the police have against Won Loeb
ner.
Chief Lees looks wise and asks how IL
was that Won Lochner should step to the
bed and begin untving the knotted piece
of cloth before Prieur struck a light
Won Lochner's reply is that the blinds of
the windows Of the room. which face on
Fourth street. were thrown back and that
the rays from an electric light on the op-
posite side of the street illuminated the
apartment. Won Lochner admits that he
was In the room about II o'clock Satur-