The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
SAYS VICTIM
INSULTED YOUNG WIFE

by the detectives. In his fight Rad
cliffe had thrown ii into a yard at 225
Eleventh street. Two Of the chambers
were empty.
The prisoner was taken to the City
Prison. There he claimed to be suf-
fering from a blow on the head received
from Riley during the struggle. He
was taken TO the Central Emergency
Hospital. where he was held until his
victim died. All this time Radcliffe
was sullen and uncommunicative.
Later he made the following expiana-
tions to Call reporter:
did the shooting. and am not sorry that I
ceIhplalnl1g 70 me that every time she went
along Eighth street she would be insulted by
men l got home this morning about quarter
70 ! CLOCK and my wife complained Of being
sick. / suggested that / should 60 for Dr.
John J. keefe. 1906 Folsom street my half
brother, but after talking the matter over we
decided TO 90 70 the doctors house This was
a few minutes after l. When we got to the
corner OF Folsom and Ninth streets saw there
was no light in the doctors rooms. so 1 told
ny vile . wait on the corner and I would go
and see II he was in bed. / had just got 10
the Doctors house when my wife came run
mig toward me ana said q man had made an
insulting proposal TO her She pointed 10 a
man who was walking down Ninth street to-
ward haErison- went after him. and when
came UP 10 him asked him why he had in
suited my wife. He said: Who the -- Is
your wife2' and I pointed TO the corner and
said, That little woman standing there" He
called me an offensive name and struck at me.
We grappled and he tripped me- falling on top
bumped my head against the cobblestones and
as he was a much bigger and heavier man
than and made a motion IL TO draw
knife or gun I pulled out my gun and fired
two shots al him and he fell Of me ] was so
excited afterward that / hardly knew what
did That IS the true story. Ny wife told me
that she thought the man who made the insult
ing proposal to her had done 50 before and that
worked upon ne
Mrs. Radcliffe, who had rushed to
the home Of DR.. Keefe shortly after
her husband appeared before her,
sDlashed with blood, talked with Cap
tain Martin in the morning before her
husband told the above story.
She was nervous and almost hySteri-
cal 4 don't know anything about it,"
she said. Il don't know Riley. No;
he never spoke to me-"
Then the woman collapsed and was
taken away by her landlord. William
QuaIe. She promised to return in the
evening. but the promise was not kept.
If she sticks to the story she told
Captain Martin there is strong cir
cumstantial evidence to show that
Radcliffe murdered Riley in an at
tempt at robbery. All the evidence
backs this conclusion.
Radcliffe is held at the City Prison
on murder charge. He is a porter,
DAl Ids Dttn OUT OF WOrk lOr some
time The prisoner is a. native of Vir-
ginia City, aged about q years He
has been married only two weeks.
Riley was 26 years old, a magnifl-
cent specimen of manhood. He was
more than 8 feet tall and weighed
nearly 200 pounds.
QUAyLE'S STORY.
William Quayle. proprietor OF the
Cape Breton lodging-house. where
Harry Radcliffe and his wife roomed,
made the following statement:
have known Harry Radcliffe for some
time Last night he went out early saving ne
was going 70 work. and told his young bride
70 stay indoors. az he did not want her to 20
parture Mrs Radcliffe became lonesome and
said she was going out for a short walk
think she came back about 10 o'clock going
Immediately up TO her ROOM She has been in
the habit Of burning ee gas very late at
night waiting for her husband Sometimes
the gas burned until O'Clock Last night
about II O'Clock I went MP TO her room and
told her IL was time to put out the gas. She
said she had retired for the night and was
only keeping the gas burning. expecting her
a little after oclock this morning. when the
police arrived 70 see Radcliffe. Just the
police were about TO take him away his wife
came rushing up the stairs This was nearly
o'clock She said she had been out TO get
doctor to dress the wounds his head. As
he led away she screamed. oh my dar-
linE. my darling. what have you done7 What
are they taking you away for?''
Quayle's story throughout seems to
corroborate the tale told by Mrs. Rad
cliffe to Captain Martin.