The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30
STILL ASSERTS
HER INNOCENCE
Case of Young Servant
Girl, Rose Holsworth, Con-
tinues to Puzzle Police
HER SANITY is DOUBTED
Prisoners Motive for At
tempting to Poison Jack
son Family Seems Lacking

The case of Rose Holsworth, the
servant girl charged with stealing
articles from her employer, Harold F..
Jackson, 1858 Market street, and at
tempting to poison the family by put
ting carbolic acid in the household
milk. is puzzling the police. The girl
talks sensibly enough, but the acts of
which she is accused are so extraordi-
nary that the conclusion has been
reached that she is mentally irrespon-
sible. She will be sent tomorrow
morning to the Central Emergency
Hospital to be examined by the In
sanity Commissioners.
The girl persists in her denial of
having stolen the pongee silk coat,
skirt and bicycle belonging to Mrs.
Jackson. She also denies having put
the carbolic acid in the milk. She said
yesterday morning: Il am sure some
man robbed the house. I had $40 of
my own money that ] had saved-a
$40 gold piece, a s5 gold piece and $5
In silver-stolen at the same time.
with the exception of SIS cents, which
1 found on the floor. The reason
went with the little girl out the Ingle-
side road was because on Sunday even-
ing 1 saw a woman gbing along that
road carrying a bundle and 1 followed
her out of curiosity. Next day 1 took
the little girl with mo to see where
the woman had put ths bundle. Mrs.
Jackson gave me a dollar for finding it
and Hildegarde got 10 cents. Two
days before the house was entered the
bakers dog was sick and it was
thought some one had given it poison.
ALL TAKEN SICK.
1.-THE Thursday before last we were
all sick after taking our breakfast and
it was something that had been put in
the milk. / know this because Mrs.
Jackson tasted a cup of black coffee
without milk and it was all right. The
other coffee with the milk in it had a
nasty taste. 1 was awfully thirsty for
two or three days after that. 1 no.
ticed at the time that the bottle was
only half full and the paper that is
always on top Of the bottle was not
there. Why should try to poison the
family? 1 was very fond of the chill
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson were
kind to me. l did not need to steal
either, as I have a good home with
my married sister and it was not nee
essary for me to work, but 1 just
wanted to make some, money for my
self.
Last Wednesday evening found a
bottle of carbolic acid in my room and
when spoke to Mrs. jackson about it
she told me to put it in the medicine
chest. The next morning / found two
empty bottles marked carbolic acid
and, a bottle marked poison in the ash
barrel
The girl accounted for the carbolic
acid marks on her clothing by stat
ing that last Sunday evening when
she went home she suffered with
toothache and in using carbolic acid
to stop the pain some of it was spilled.
In this statement she was corroborated
by her sister, Mrs. James A. Murasky,
who called to see her at the City
Prison yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Murasky said that the lounge on which
Rose was sitting when she used the
acid Is marked with it.
"ALWAYS A GOOD GIRL"
'I don't know what to think of this
dreadful affair."" said Mrs. Murasky.
Rose has always been a good girl.
The girls have lived with me for many
years. They have always had good
home and there was no occasion for
Rose to work, but she wanted to
make some money for herself. She
has been keeping company for years
with a young man and he always used
to bring her home at night. There Is
something in this case that I cannot
fathom. I do not believe Rose stole
the things or that she tried to poison
the Jacksons. It Is ali horrible mis-
take. My husband is a cousin of
Judge Murasky, but he has been un-
able to see the Judge. as he is busy
with the coming elections. We will
employ a lawyer and / hope the truth
will soon come out. Rose has never
acted as if there was anything wrong
mentally with her. but has always
been bright and happy. Mrs. Jackson
told me that she would not take any
steps against her and that she had