The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07

the girls were over in the Potrero this
AFTERNOON and when they started for
home / wanted to wait over for the
next car I told them TO look out for
Joe, he would kill them, and that s
what he did. We all--that is, he was
drinking lot, see. and that caused
the trouble. Now I want to see my
husband and my sisters"
The dead bodies had been already
removed to the Morgue and it was not
thought prudent to allow the woman
to see the unconscious murderer, and
with much difficulty she was persuaded
to leave the hospital and return to her
mothers tent She was not with her
husband when he died.
William Kelly, who was the father Of
Elizabeth and stepfather to his wife's
other children, had a long story to tell
of the treatment suffered by both
daughters, Mrs. Rabley and Mrs. Krue-
ger. from their husbands, and his face
bore marks of brutal blows inflicted
yesterday afternoon by Rabley, with
the aid of Krueger.
Kruger beat his wife and she had
to leave their home, sos Steiner street,
and come to live with us, and Rabley
beat his wife and she had to leave
him, too" he said, when questioned at
the hospital by Captain Duke. Il used
to speak to the boys about the way
they treated the woman, Dut IneY were
abusive to me. This afternoon I was
in saloon on Turk street, near Web
ster, and Krueger and Rabley came in.
/ tried to avoid them, but they came
up to me and asked Rabley why he
treated his wife the way he did Then
Krueger grabbed me and Rabley hit
me in the face
Mrs Kelly corroborated the story of
her husband in relation to the actions
of her two sons-in-law.
E. P. Haley, the young horseshoer,
who is employed by Gallagher Bros. and
who lives at I'll Golden Gate avenue,
told Captain of Detectives Duke and
Detective Harry Braigg of the threats
made during the afternoon by Rabley.
He said:
TWO MEN DRUNK
"Rabley and Kruger were both
drunk during the afternoon and I was
with them. Rabley was mad at his
wife and all of her family. He said:
I'll get my 4s-meaning his 4S-caliber
revolver-and go down and tear the
- - tent to pieces and Kill the
whole family That was
about $50 when he said that After
that / went and put Kruger to bed in
his room and then / told the Kellys
what Rabley had said about killing
them.
when the policeman came and told
me that Rabley had killed his sisters
in-law / said, He did 1t with that As,
said. Just like that, because l knew
that he said he would do it,
Kruger was found about IL o'clock
in his room at COS Steiner street. He
tends bar at Golden Gate avenue and
Franklin street but was on the other
side of the counter when in saloons
yesterday
Detectives Braigg and Bell raped on
the door and told the bartender that
his wife was dead. but at first he took
the news like a profane stole. Later,
when he was more awake and under
stood the facts of the case, he appeared
to be greatly affected by the crime. He
said that he and Kreuger had had a
fight during the afternoon over the
murderous designs of his brother-in-
law. Kreuger admitted that he and his
wife had trouble, and blamed Mrs.
Rabley for it all, and then later he de-
clared that Mrs. Kelly was responsible
for the family discord. Kreuger is a
prominent officer in the local bartend-
ers' union. He was employed at the
phoenix bar. at Franklin street and
Golden Gate avenue
Rabley's father lives in Lima, Ohio.
One brother, william, youth who is
an apprentice macninist, lived with
Rabley on Buchanan street, between
Eddy and Ellis, and another brother,
Edward, lives in Los Angeles. Rabley
was a structural iron worker by trade
and had a union card in his pocket
when taken to the hospital.
Mrs. Mary Kelly, mother of the dead
woman, has been conspicuous ever
since April. In June she organized an
association Of refugees to protest
againyt the relief committees methods.