The herald., 1898-12-31

woman until the first part of. the week,
when the board, whida had always been
paid in advance, was allowed to run behind
Teresa appeared to be restless and worried
about something and had little if any appe.
tite. Finally on Wednesday Mrs. Straube
broached the subject of money to the wo-
man and learned that the separation had
occurred. Teresa replied to Mrs. Straube' s
request for money by saying that she had
! none. Mrs. Straube suggested that she
should get it from Kane, and then Teresa
burst into tears and said that he had left
her last Monday and she was entirely desti
tute. From that moment the woman gave
way to her grief, and though urged many
times, could not be prevailed upon to take
any nourishment. She passed the nights
pacing her room and seemed to be in the
depths of misery Mrs. Straube said that
| it was not the question of lack of funds
which worried the woman, but the fact that
she had been deserted by the man she loved.
1he Kerr woman continued in this state
until Thursday, and, refusing to be COM
forted, and making no effort to help herself
or to see King. She apparently, however,
made up her mind to leave the city, for on
Thursday she wrote farewell letter to
King, in which she expressed great love for
him and said she intended to leave for San
Francisco. AT the request of Teresa, Mrs.
Straube directed the letter, as Teresa ex-
planned that if King saw his mistress hand
writing he might not wish TO open the en-
velope.
THE WOMAN'S GRIEF
Mrs. Straube began to think that the wo-
man was in a serious state of mind and while
she did not anticipate at that time that her
misery would lead her TO attempt any per-
sonal violence upon King, she felt that the
man ought to do something for the woman.
She went to the office of the city engineer
and inquired for King She says that her
entry caused something Of CONSERVATION
and for awhile she was denied admittance
to King. Finally she was received by the
latter and made known to him her desire
for the $ll which he owed her for the
weeks board. Mrs. Straube also repeated
message which the Kerr woman had in
trusted to her. This message evidently asked
for an appointment of some sort, for King
told Mrs. Straube to tell Teresa she need
not come to his office, for he would not re-
ceive her, and he did not desire to see her
at all. He told Mrs. Straube to send to the
office at noon Of the following day, which
was yesterday, and her money would be
waiting for her.
When Kings message was repeated to
the Kerr woman the most marked change
came over her. She ceased weeping and
appeared to suddenly make up her mind to
some course of action. ''Well," she re-
marked, 'if he won't see me at the office,
know where he will see me-" This was ali
she said in answer to the message, and it is
probable tnat she made up her mind at that
time to kill King if he continued in his
neglect. The woman ate nothing that day,
but Mrs. Straube observed that she had
ceased crying and appeared self-reliant.
TURNED TO VENGEANCE
Late that afternoon she called at the
house of Madame Van, but made no refer
ence to any trouble she had had with King.
Teresa appeared very depressed, and when
asked by Madame Van to return to board.
replied she would, but that she was intend
ing to go to San Francisco. Whether she
took anyone into her confidence is not
known. About IL o'clock yesterday morning
the woman left the house, after taking a
small amount of broth. She went to the
city hall and waited around the corridor in