The San Francisco call., 1899-07-01
VIAL OF DEADLY ACID
/. .. FOUND IN HIS VALISE
SUSPICION THAT WAeHENDoRF
..: CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
The Police Completing the Chain of
:. :. =. Evidence Against the Supposed
: J. !, ,@.: 81: Murderer of John Keh-
:: :. =. 81 lenbeck.

.E#;D Detectives Egan and <Silvey. are slowly.
:-compIeting the chain of evidence. against,
..Dr. :Wachendorf, who is accused of hav-
ling murdered John Kelllenbeck by fre-
I, 'quent infections of morphine. Last night
! the detectives visited the Toom and took.
|: :possessionEof the trunk and a small valise
with Surgical. instruments. :Secreted in
1*the: lining of the: yalise was. "a small vial
F:of tYdrocyanc aeid..~- ...>*: =.:-. --:
+ The police believe that the.:prisoner in
Ftended# to take the. deadly poison in case
!: :he.was arrested After being. taken into
@custody: he asked permission to open
!. the: valise, but his request. was refused.
i It%is now believed that, realizing that he
|: was to be charged with the murder of
/ Kehlenbeck, he wanted OBSCURE the vial
1S0f acid and swallow it's contents.
T. :: In his room the detectives found a bank
/ book; showing he had ON deposit in the
f.Hfbernia Bank $3.50. As Waehendorf posi-
/ lively declared that he. was penn1less, the
Finding of the bank book shows. 50 the
l. police say, that he was: anxious to. keep
1.-The fact that he. had money away from
them. They believe. that the money. be
i longed to- his supposed: victim: Several
.:letters recommendation, in which the
E@tleman; - were also found< in his room.
f They were: signed by: Sheriff Tom Gun
+ ningham.. of Stockton, who: is. personally
! acquainted with the prisoner: Rev John
/: E.. Carpenter of the Grace M. e. Church
+ of Stockton and DR.. jerome Anderson of
| :: Wachendorf' naturalization papers
| were also discovered in his room. They
Eshowed that he was admitted to citizen
I ship in Brooklyn, n: Y;,>on April q 1856
AT that time he gave his name as Chris
F tian Carl Johannes, .Waehendorf. = The
|: doctor was a frequent. contributor. to the
f. Pacific Coast: Journal: of Homeopathy,
/ Judging from the signed stories which
/: were. found: in his roo m. 1t. is claimed
+ that Wachendorf and; his: supposed vic
/ tim had q heated dispute on. the night Of
! the alleged murder kehlenbeck took Of
fense at some remark: made by the: doc
! tor and severely eastigated him: While
! he was denouncing%> >Wachendort the .lat-
/ ter frequently ordered him to shut. up.
| Suddenly kehlenbeCk- fell" TO the noor
There is a suspicion among the detec-
1 tiyes that Kehlenbeck might have. been
I chioroformed while -=he' was denouncing
/ the doctor and while unconscious from
the effects: Of the drug morPhlne nor was IN
| peared in Judge Treadwelrs: court yes
!. terday morning. -. e, --.
! Attorney Lennon. who represented MIN,
|: asked for a; continuance until july 3, as
| he was not ready to proceed and II was
| Q Wachenderf is suffering greatly from
being. deprived of injections of morphine,
to which he is victim, and showed the
effects of it in court Yesterday; 1t is
! thought that the deprivation of the drug
will either kill him. or drive him insane
f.. George. Crackbon, the. Coroner chemist,
/. has not yet concluded his analysis of
Kehlenbeck's s stomach but he says he is
certain that the morphine found in the
stomach was not taken externally. He
thinks that the overdose was not given
Intentionally, basing his opinion. on the
fact that a man used to the drug will
I frequently give an overdose to another,
Judging the others capacity by his own.
The analysis will be completed to-day.
ALAMEDA, June S0.-Dr; c.: c. j.
Wachendorf, who is charged with the
cisco, was until about a month ago
resident of this city. He was arrested
lice concluded he was crazy and let him
90. Previous to this he had been work
ing the local physicians for small loans
nv displaying an assortment of creden-
tials and diplomas. He spent all he could
get for cocaine and morphine After the
6olfce arrested him and turned him loose
the Salvation Army extended him help
ing hand and for a time he showed signs
of reforming. The army then assisted
him TO get a start in San Francisco and
he left Alameda