The San Francisco call., 1906-12-28
KILLS SELF At TER
SHOOT |NG WOMAN
Young Man With Relatives
in San Jose Attempts
to. Slay Wife of Chef
REFUSED TO ELOPE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SfEClAL DlSfAICH III IHE GALL.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 27.-Albert David
son, whose relatives reside in San Jose,
Cal, fired three shots at Mrs. Freda
Weigel in her room at 10 South F'if-
teenth street, today. infiicting serious
wounds, and then shot and killed him.
self. He was employed by the South
ern Illinois Construction Company and
was % years old. The woman, who is
aged 26, is the wife of Frederick w.
Weigel. a chef employed in the belmont
restaurant.
That the shooting was premeditated
was shown by note found in David
sons room. The tragedy followed a
quarrel, caused by the woman's refusal
to leave her husband and elope with
Davidson, who had been paying court
to her for two weeks, during which
time he was a roomer in a boarding
house conducted by the Weigels at the
South Fifteenth street address. The
letter, which indicates that Davidson
had carefully planned the deed, is as
follows:
I, A. E. Davidson, the writer of this
letter, cannot express the thought in
the words that should use in writing
this letter, but l do think / am duly
jutified in putting in effect every
thought that should cross my mind
concerning the woman who 1 hope the
reader is fairly acquainted with While
this act which 1 am contemplating is
certainly foolish, / cannot deny that
under the circumstances / shall GER
tainly put it into effect i am quite
willing to accept the punishment that
shall await me in the future world
do ask any one it may concern to in
vestigate the character of this woman
sionate mind suggested the move which
I will make. If the threats that are in
my mind are carried out all / can ask
from heaven or earth is the same as
the thief on the cross, Remember me
in paradise'---that's all, and more than
I should ask. If this is published in a
paper please send a copy to Miss Daisy
Davidson, 129, South Ninth street. San
Jose. Cal Respectfully.
"a E. DAVIDSON,
"a criminal who does not deserve to
be buried.
Mrs. Weigel shall ruin my life but
once"
The shooting occurred in Mrs. Weig-
els rooms half an hour after her hus-
band had gone to work. The police
found Mrs. Weigel unconscious in an
adjoining room. Davidson's dead body
lay on the floor of the room in which
the tragedy occurred.
Hospital surgeons found that one bull
let had struck Mrs. Weigel on the right
side of the forehead but had glanced
off without penetrating the skull. and a
second bullet pierced the right cheek
near the eye The middle finger of the
right hand was shot off, but it is not
known whether this was done by
third shot or by one of the bullets
that struck Mrs. Weigel in the head.
The physicians say that while her con-
dition is critical she has a chance to re-
cover.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 27.-The family of
j. NJ. Davidson of this city was greatly
shocked today upon receipt of dis
patches that Albert Davidson a son of
j. M. Davidson, had shot a married wo-
man in st. Louis and then killed him
self. Young Davidson's father and
mother were prostrated by the news.
Miss Daisy Davidson. the dead mans
sister, to whom he directed that word
should be sent in note left by him.
is broken-hearted over her brothers
death. A brother of the deceased is
in the employ of the Wabash Railway.
His sister Daisy is a stenographer in
the Office of Wilcox & Burnett, at
torneys, of this city.