The San Francisco call., 1898-07-20


 sequence of Lees personal direction or their work.
 Through the efforts of the newspaper men of the city the chase for the strang- Ter Is now concentrated on Henry Car penter, husband of the victim. Not a clew has been found, however, which might lead to the discovery of his where abouts, or whether he has been in the city lately. All that is known about him is that he was here six weeks ago and saw his wife. He then dropped com pletely out of sight.
 Mrs. Anderson, mother of the dead woman, believes that Carpenter had something to do with the violent death of her daughter. One point is certain he has not made his appearance at police headquarters, as Chief Lees and his min ions confidently expected him to do: If Carpenter is innocent and has read of the crime 1t is very strange that he has not communicated with the police.
 In the meantime, while an abortive search is being made by the heaIthy Hawkshaws Of the upper office of the drawing somewhat closely about Joe Lochner, who has been under detention at the City Prison since the morning Of the tragedy.
 On the theory of opportunity of cir cumstances,' he appears to be the only person who could have committed the dastardly crime, unless, perhaps. span ish' Lizzie Riley did. The police scout the idea of the latter being in any way con- nected with the case, any further than that she heard Mrs. Carpenters dying struggles. and then gave the alarm.
 From statements made by two or three persons who were quite intimately ac- quainted with Lochner and Mrs. Carpen- ter, it would seem that he is afflicted with a form of psychopathy, that dread disease with which Durrant and other infamous fiends were afflicted.
 Stories are now in circulation in the circles in which Lochner and Mrs. Car penter were known that their relations were more than friendly, and that they frequently indulged in bitter quarrels. It is now positively known that he had free access to her room through the door con- meeting his room with hers, and that the went into her chamber at all hours of the day or night. He knew enough of her affairs to give the names of half dozen men who were visitors to her room. He was also familiar with all her domestic affairs-knew where she kept her money, who her correspondents were and what they were doing. All this, he says, is merely incidental to their warm friend ship.
 Lochner Is fuming and fretting in the cell at the Central station, and is impor- tuning Chief Lees and Captain Seymour to set him at liberty.
 For some reason Chief Lees and his in- competent sleuths failed to take advan- tage of a remark dropped by Lochner on the night of the murder, which perhaps might have some bearing on the case.
 When the prisoner was questioned by the police he nervously remarked that Mrs Carpenter had threatened to go to Monterey and would not see him again.
 'I advised her not to go," he tremu- lously declared in the presence of the po- lice, "as 1 feared she would not return"
 Following their usual blundering meth ods. the sleuths of the upper office failed to question him as to the reason for de- string the woman to remain in this city.
 To a reporter last night Lochner per sistently denied that he. attempted to dissuade Mrs. Carpenter from taking the intended trip to Monterey.
 If the police say made use of such a remark they lie" he indignantly declared.
 "As they have failed to catch the real murderer they are now vainly attempting to fasten the crime on me.
 Notwithstanding Lochner's denial, there are several policemen who are willing to swear that he used the remark. They as- sert that after they reached the scene of the murder Lochner, who was laboring under great mental excitement, passion ately kissed the colorless lips or the dead woman, and, turning to the officers, spoke of her threatened trip to Monterey. and his attempt to dissuade her from going. Lochner has told the police that he is inclined to believe that the husband or the murdered woman is the, guilty party. night. Sadie told me that Carpenter hao visited her and given her some money. He wanted her to go with him, but she refused. 1nree weeks ldleT IIo de dlI NiS- ited her but I did not see him. My opin- ion is that he remained in the city await ing a favorable opportunity to do ner up.
 As Lochner has all along declared thai he had never seen Carpenter his state ment last night seems strange, to say the
 When asked when Mrs. Carpenter spoke of her intended trip to Monterey, Lochner said that it was few weeks ago.
 "She wanted me to go with her" he re- marked, but as I was without money l told her she would have to make the trip
 'Why should murder the woman when she has always been my friend? God only knows that would be delighted to see the strangler brought to justice. Captain Seymour is satisfied that I am innocent of the horrible crime, as he informed me to-day that ] would be released to-mor- row. The police know I didn't strangle Sadie. but somebody had to be arrested and l was unfortunate enough to be the unlucky one.
 mother of poor Sadie, in Chief Lees of fee, and she warmly shook my hand. If . she had the least suspicion that I was her daughters murderer do you think she have always been friend of the family, and Mrs. Anderson knows it.
 When l get out l will do all in my
 Captain Seymour does not intend to re- lease Lo9hner ff5 ;r.s to-day as the latter
 
 until the mystery is cleared up and the identity of the murderer revealed
 1t was established beyond a doubt yes- terday that Fred Carsten the soldier out at Fort Point, and William Soso, who Is referred to in one of the dead woman s letters to Sergeant Glligan at Camp Chickamauga, had nothing to do with the murder. Carsten's tentmates were brought in from camp and interviewed by Captain Seymour. They satisfied the Captain of Detectives that Carsten slept in his tent and was not down town at any time between dark and daylight message received from Centerville stated that Soso was at that place Sat- urday night and all day Sunday. Soso went there about two weeks ago.
 Mrs. Anderson and her adopted daugh- ter, Lulu Moss, spent couple of hours at the Chiefs office discussing the affairs of the deceased. They were not able to shed a particle of light on the mystery While they were consulting with Chief Lees and Captain Seymour Fred Carster came in with Officer Dillon. He was greeted warmly by the bereaved mother Soon after Joe Lochner was brought uI from the tanks. Mrs. Anderson shook hands with him and tearfully assured him that she was convinced he was in nc manner connected with the murder oi her daughter.
 Lochner and Carsten, who have been close friends for a long time, shook hands heartily and each assured the other of his belief that he was innocent of any