The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-28
MYSTERY YET
SHROUDS HIS
UNT|MELY END
Was John KehIenbeCk
ChlOrOfOrmed?
WACHENDORF WILL NOT TALK
DEAD MANS ARM SHOWS MARKS
OF HYPoDERMIC SYRINGE.
Police Believe Money May Have Been
an Incentive for Foul Play.
Wachendorf Once Arrested
for Begging.
WACHENDORF WILL NOT TALK
DEAD MANS ARM SHOWS MARKS
OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGE.

The latest developments in the case of
the death of John Kehlenbeck. who died
at 315l2 Jessie street on Monday morning
under mysterious circumstances, tend to
still further envelop the case In mystery.
DR.. c. C. j. Wachendorf, who roomed with
the dead man and who had him under
medical treatment, is held by the police
pending the result of the inquest. DR..
Zabala, the Coroner's physician, held an
autopsy upon the body of Kehlenbeck
yesterday morning He found in the
stomach some liquid of nature unknown
and strange foreign growth, which may
be cancer. DR.. Crackbon was given the
stomach for analysis, and the foreign
growth will also be carefully examined
Beyond saying that the case looked sus-
picious, DR.. Zabala refused to say what
might be the cause of death.
The only motive that can be assigned
for foul play is that Kehlenbeck at the
time of his death was supposed to have
several hundred dollars in his possession.
and when the body and room were
searched on Monday no money was found
Wachendorf it is known, IS practically
without means, and, in fact, as was dis
covered by Detective Silvey yesterday, he
was arrested in this city on November 8,
1898, for begging and was given twenty
five days in Jail Wachendorf will not
make any statement for publication.
From the actions of the two men while
they were at 31512 Jessie street 1t appears
that DR.. Wachendorf had kehlenbeck
under the influence of some drug. The
dead man showed Terry, the proprietor
of the clearinghouse, his arm and it was
covered with punctures, evidently made
by a hypodermiC syringe. He said that
the kind of medicine the doctor was Civ
ing him was nice, for it made him feel
free from pain. From what Terry has
to say, he is Of the opinion that Wachen-
dorf was a drug fiend and he believes he
was using some drug upon Kehlenbecl
for the purpose of getting him under his
power
John F. Winter, who has a saloon at the
corner of Filbert street and Montgomery
avenue, knew the dead man Intimately.
He says that he first came to this coun-
try from Germany with his family and
settled in Iowa, where a present he has
a brother living. Kehlenbeck then came
to California and bought or rented a small
ranch in San Luis Obispo County. He
hasa married sister living there at pres
county owing several hundred dollars. He
came to San Francisco and secured work
as a teamster. When the Overland
Freight Company bought out Kehlen-
back wages. Winter says that he knows
that the dead man had this money in his
possession only short while before his
death, as he was afraid to bank it for
fear that 1t would be attached by his cred
itors in San Luis Obispo County.
kehlenbeCk told Terry's daughter that
he had a bank account The Coroners
deputies declare that they have found re-
ceipts that show that the dead man paid
out over $500 for having his teeth fixed.
They also have a receipt to show that he
paid DR.. Wachendorf $50 for medical at
tendance 1t was with this money that
the doctor bought the bicycle that he pos
Sesses
The police are following the theory
given them in the fact that a bottle Of
chloroform was found in the dead man s
room. They believe that Wachendorf
called in DR.. Fehlin simply as blind, and
that after DR.. Fehlin's last visit. when he
found Kehlenbeck in a comatose condi-
ton, Wachendorf administered chloro-
form with fatal results 1t has been as
certained that kehenbeck was suffering
from a repusive disease. and that his con-
situation was. as far as can be learned
thoroughly undermined
Wachendorf still refuses to discuss the