The San Francisco call., 1898-07-23
LOCHNER IS
 NOW LYING Carpenter Suspect De- nies Statements.
SADIE WAS SM0THERED
PRISONER GoESTo PIECES WHEN
 PUT ON THE RACK.
The Rag Was Tied Around Her Throat After Death-New
 Developments.

Chief Lees and Captain Seymour no longer hesitate to express their belief that Joseph Lochner is the murderer of Sadie Carpenter. Each days developments seem to demonstrate beyond a doubt that he Is the guilty man.
 The Chief said last night: This Is a most mysterious case, but we are grad ually getting some light on it. It looks to me that Lochner is guilty, but cannot tell at this time whether we will be able to get a strong enough case against him to secure a conviction. Everything we have gathered will be submitted at the Coroner's inquest Monday"
 It is now positively known that Mrs. Carpenter was not strangled with the rag found knotted about her neck. It was tied on in such a manner that no force could have been applied or 1t would have torn in two. Recent developments indi- cate that she was smothered either with a pillow or the bed clothing, and the rag placed on her throat by the murderer to indicate suicide. Lochner is not bearing up well, and his memory is failing him. He now contradicts statements he made earlier in the week, and then seeks to explain. All these things count against him. Witnesses who have previously made statements are returning to the po- lice headquarters and voluntarily giving
 
 blackens the character of the suspect No formal charge has yet been made against Lochner
 The whereabouts of Carpenter, the missing husband, is still unknown, and the police are unable to get any trace of him. The letter from Los Gatos, alleged to have been written by him and pub Iished in morning paper, was a hoax.
 Captain Seymour put Lochner on the ~,1- ;,,I Iae forIf md dIIrinpy a nr- deal the suspect became greatly confused anu made many. contradictions 10 his own statements in former interviews which were taken in shorthand.
 under cross-examination by Captain Seymour Lochner said that when he went into Mrs. Carpenters room he saw her face and the outlines of her form on the bed by the reflection from the street lights He went to the bedside immedi- ately and shook the woman by her shoul- der She showed no signs or lire, anu ne then saw a dark streak around her neck and placed his hand there and felt rag tied in a hard knot, which he immediately united and let the ends drop down on the bed. Tn his former statements Lochneer sa.4 his first movement was to place ms hand on her face and then on her nech' when he discovered the persence or tie t rag Now he says he was mistaken III ms original tale. .1o position of Mrs. Carpenter hahos Wnelil he went to the bedside First ne declared her hands were on the outside or the pea covering and that he saw them by the re- fected light from across the street. Last night he declared positively that her hands were under the clothes, ana that he removed the covering. Heretofore ne has ernphatically asserted he did not dis- turb She bed clothes either before or after he ascertained the woman was dead.
 Again, Lochner now declares ne saw the cloth around the dead woman s neck before he undld the knot. In previous declarations he has maintained that ne did not see the cloth until Night ClerR felt it in the dark. During his last inter view with the captain Lochner told, Tor the first time, that a portion of Mrs: Car. penters hair was between the cloth ana her throat, and that the knot was tied oyer the hair. Captain Seymour asked him sharply why he had not mentioned this detail before. Lochner stuttered, think it was necessary"
 The captain then asked him, Why did you go so quickly to the bed when Prieur opened the door, and before he struck match to light the gas?"
 His reply in a hurried manner was, rWel' you see she was a particular
 But. in view of Lizzie Riley's remark that there was trouble in room 10 would it not have been natural for man to hesitate little?" said the captain.
 Well, suppose so, may be-" answered The rag found around sadie's neck was then handed to Lochner and he was asked to tell how 1t was tied around the murdered womans neck
 lie seemed to lose his self-control for a moment and nervously fumbled the rag. After turning 1t in an undecided manner Tor moment or two he attempt-