The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-13
TOLD CHASTITY TALE
OF MANY MURDERS
SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN TELLS THE POLICE OF THAT
CITY HOW HER FOSTER MOTHER KILLED MEN THIR-
TY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHILE LIVING IN POST STREET
FINDING OF HUMAN BONES LENDS STORY COLOR.

SAN FRANCISCO July There was police yester-
mtted house this many years ago The who charged
with the awful deeds also but she has lain in her grave
Tor decade and is not here to e the charges made against her
Though alleged said to have been committed thirty
five and the only who could have been prosecuted for
them is dead the allegations made horrible that Chief
while putting little cedence the tale has detailed Detective Ed Glib
probe the matter that mystery created by the alleged
may be cleared for the satisfaction of living who
To of Police yesterday May Smith lives
roomingouse $50 the
1870 foster-moher Mary Elizabeth Merrill then lived
house 228 Post where she kept lodgers killed differ
young Norwegian sailors and mining her OBJ
ect being money bodies
cellar and threw other barrel of quckme there In addition
to this Mrs Smith Mrs Merrill had previously murdered den
Coodge in Boston because he knew of her having
tracted bgamous marriage.
that there natural impulse not to them credenc but she has
eye fit in proper sequence She
mentions of persons she existed San Francisco the
ver one who coud o that cooboaon directly seems to be dead
The enormy the charges makes gives pause belief
them In addition the terrible crimes said to have been commit
ted here she unaves that had all Boston excited nearly
forty years ago according to her story.
There serious discrepancy Mrs Smiths story in regard to %
supposed have been placed under the sod She
George the characters her tale is dead She
refer to the George Green who member OF the Morse
patrol He killed the Green her story but very
much alive
Mrs Smith says confession through the
remark made by lady she did know who beside her
POstree passed the place where She declares the murder
was lady remarked that Dr. de Haven, who had
office there had been arrested for crime and that likely m
go hard with him human bones had been found in the base
Haven she thought her duty explain why the bones were
there. '7-$ 49,
In 1870 lived with my foster mother Mrs Merrill sister by
adoption who George Green special ohcer
at the Emporium Merrs little Frank whom Josie
Green myself always called brother as we called
ourselves Merrill had separated from his wife at that time
conducting capetbeang establishment Stevenson
short distance down the block Post street
lived named Cushing His wfes cousin mining man
named omethingI have forgotten his last but 1t began
with P night he house late and stayed there all
night think he there days maybe At any remem-
Der my foster said that she didn't him and tell Mrs
Cushing place would ruin foster mothers
reputation, az %B - q ia 4 "A
ale said ne would walk down there with her She upstairs
and dressed and then pretended help him put his hat think
She drove dagger into body the base of the neck remem-
Der her putting white handkerchief and she then pretended
three doors leading dnngroom where this occurred One
opened into closet another the hall and the third to the stairs
that led She opened this door and as he step
ned forward thrust the and slammed the door we
children heard him heard him grooming down there Aneg
Dor named lived door came IN and asked some
one had foster mother told her no.
e next day we children down into the basement and
found newly Of earth and we came up
and told Mrs Merrill told not to anything OF
We had previously mound another and some bones
in barrel of the cellar but didn't know beng children what
they were there for
"Nrs Merrill made Bible that would not tell any
thing about what another time she hung me on the
wall by the neck evidently intending kill me- but changed her mind
and let me down