The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-01
..5TABs A WOMAN
FIFTEEN TIMES
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i. Reverses in: Love: Drive
s a Young. Painter.
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Matthew Thomas Uses. Sharp
:. File. en- Miss Blanche
!; :: :. ~. ? -: Borland.


Matehey9 Thomas, a :ypGng painter,
), stabbed: blanche -Bor.end 4 fifteen. times
while. they were In. al. Office az. lsi5 EDDY
g Street yesterday .afternooni: Thomas, ms
=. sane with rage because the:woHan .Toald
=. BOT consent I'd BECOME his wife, stabbed
her with. the end q a fhef and-enly de
sisted IN. HIS :inurGerous work when the
attention Of neighbOrs was ATTRACTED. fhe
Wouluabe murderer. IS stAE at large: and
detectives. are on his>.traili >:
~ Thor1as resides At 104 Deyisadere street.
"A b6iit- one year ago she came ii. posses,
sion, OF 5000 and spent It feckiessly.: One
. year previous TO this he met Miss Bor-
. land: GQnpanienship developed irto:9oVei
but the.young Nofnai refused TO consent
20 niatI1raohy until Thomas reformed and
apan1osieG his; dissoiute habits; 1t .ap-
-7syarablesf. e Prosperity. was too much for
him: aid his inheritance. passed almost
al speedily as It came o; =
Many. times Thomas has urged: Miss
portland TO marry him On each occasion
Or his wooFnE the girl. refused TO consider
his proposal until such time as he mend
= ed his ways and promised 10 be sober nd
industrious, giving: up all the reckless
habits that had cast him Hit1out the pale
OF her esteens. =. - 80. +:
Yeste$day. for. Ire first time. IN. eight
months; the couple met: They came to-
=gether+ in a coal. Yard Office conducted by
Leroy Newton a brotlleE-in-iaw Of. the
SRI. on Eddy street.: Miss. BUriand IS EN-
ployed as q. bqokkeeper If the place and
WIS. busy when her suitaf' entered. New
ton was also present, but when he
= learned that Thomas had come to. urge
elIis-c cause. of tQve he =retired; and was not
present when the sta bling occurred: >.
At first Thomas iipplored Miss BdEland
20 accent him. as a. husband. She cons
tinued in her pFerious- determination: and
refused 10 give her consent dnf3 he had
reformed and agreed. TO become a better
man. C1agEined by the refusal. the per
sistent lover asked his sweetheart: for a
kiss, This she indignantly refused: Then
- Thomas .resorted to force. SEEKING her IN
his arms. he embraced her. but. the en-
brace was one sf INTENDED death. for the
his pocket and commenced HIS vicious
work. - ..:.s.:
Madly he struck with the piercing i'm
plennent With one arm about his; Vie
Tins waist he struck blow after blow
: With the: sotker until. fifteen. thrusts@ had
-Deen made and as many wounds sr4lrtsd
blood Finally. the girl. releasing herself
rushed to a window. that she might an
peal FOR assistance. Smashing a pane Of
glass with her fist. She called 50 a barber
on the opposite side of the street that
she was in distress and. begged him 10
come To- -heE assistance When Thomas.
realized that help. for the girl was near
at hand. be rushed from .fie place and
made his .eseape: -: -. =. !. -: $3.50:
=. Miss Borland- was carried IL. the barber
shop and The arnbuIance from the Cen
trail Emergency =. Hospital summoned.
when she was -hlaced IN charge OF the
surgeons it. was. found, that. the file had
penetrated her: body. fifteen times. There
was: one wound on the point of the Shout
der. two on the. front of the;shoulder. one
on the neck nine on the left arm one on
the left. side. over the eighth. rib and one
two inches below the apex of the heart
There was. also. an .incised wound Of the
hand which the Young woman had re-
ceived while breaking the window; :.
80 Immediately. after the occurrence De
tectives Wren and Reynolds: were Placed
in. charge Of. the case. They -obtafmed a
Sta ternent.1rofn the woman. whose fnjG+
ries are not considered serious. and then
started in search the 'assailant -
-. Thomas lives: with his--brothers. and sis
fers and IS regarded. as reckless. and. wild.
though he was never. considered danger
Gus or equal to. e-crirne he committed
:Xesterday:.s The officers watched. the
house until an early. hour. this norning.
}. -biit were unable. TO locate the man they
wanted. =. ..-:.t