The San Francisco call., 1899-09-29
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seek rest for an aching heart in death.
For some time past, according to the story
told by Mrs WeiSSgerber a short time
before her attempted death. her husband,
who works at night and gets through al
Z o'clock each morning, has not been COM
ing home till afternoon. Wednesday he
did not put in an appearance at all Yes
terday morning Mrs. Wetssgerber called
about o'clock at the saloon where he Is
employed. She inquired from the Chinese
porter concerning her husbands where
abouts, and the Celestial asked who she
I'm his wife" she replied,
His wife," exclaimed the Chinese.
why, he's got another woman She
comes to see him every night
This statement confirmed the suspicion
that Mrs. Weissgerber had previously
formed, and she started home. Just be-
fore she reached there she stopped at the
grocery of f. Wackenrueder, 36 Wool
street, and telephoned to a Mrs. Clifford
that she wanted to talk again with her
over the telephone at noon. Mrs. Weiss
gerber then turned TO Wackenreuder ana
began telling him her trouble She re-
peated the conversation she had had with
the Chinese porter. She burst into tears
several times during the recital of her
woes. She left Wackenreuder place at
l0:3j o'clock, and the grocer did not see
her again until few minutes after u
o'clock, when he was informed that she
had shot herself.
Mrs. Weissgerber made considerable
preparation for death, judging from The
appearance of the premises when the po-
lice arrived In the parlor were found the
torn pieces of her husbands photograph
and bits Of the frame that had contained
It, evidently trampled underfoot by the
woman. The following note, in her writ
ing, was found on lounge:
Alfey: Don't love Louie He has got another
woman. My dear son, 1 have suffered enough.
If I die, think of mamma-how she loved you
and home. Go to Dad Bishop and tell him l
am heartbroken. Louie is leaving me without
money and l can't do anything wrong. Give
them love them all Alley. don't go with
Louie Welssgerber. He is no good. Go to Dad
Bishop. With love, MAMMA.
The Alley referred to in the note is
the womans 9-year-old son, and at the
time she was writing it he was at the
Bernal Primary School, few blocks
away. The mother waited until the clock
pointed to the noon recess. then placing
a revolver 70 her left breast pulled the
trigger. She staggered out into the hall
way and managed to open the front door
iust as her boy came up the steps. She
called to him and he ran to her arms. She
kissed him passionately and fell, her head
sinking on a bag of grain sent to the
house for the chickens.
The report of the revolver alarmed tie
neighborhood and 1t soon became known
that Mrs. Weissgerber had shot herself.
Her boy ran to the nearest telephone and
got connection with St Luke s Hospital.
DR. II. G.. Shaw hurried to the woman 8
side. and was busily engaged stanchIng
the flow Of blood when the patrol wagon
from the oeVenteentn-Stree station drOVe
up with Sergeant Blank and Officer Ly-
''I'm sorry made poor job of it" was
all Mrs Weissgerber said.
She was removed to st. Luke'S Hos
pitaI. where II was found by DIR. Shaw
that the wound was not as dangerous
as at first supposed. The bullet had en-
tered the left breast, but instead of pene-
trating one of the spaces between the
ribs had struck rib and passed around
1t was found last night under the skin
on the left side and cut out, and Mrs.
Weissgerber is in no danger of dying from
that bullet wound.