The San Francisco call., 1908-08-31
Mrs Alice Donohue's Body Found: Carpenter Arrested

around the neighborhood for work
again he did many little things for
Mrs. Donohue in return. Mr.. Donohue,
so | understand. worked long hours
and Arkell used to go over to her house
and assist her with the heavy work.
To certain extent he may have
peen nuisance; 1 could not tell, as
moved here after she disappeared. All
am telling you is only what l have
heard
When questioned as to whether Ar
keL appeared to be nervous when he
nrst heard of the discovery of the dead
woman's clothes under the furniture
warehouse, Mrs. Spanier said:
lie dld not appear SO to me. He
knew or the discovery before I did and
impaired the information to me. After
ne came home he removed all of his
bedding and other effects from the lit
tie shack next door and placed them in
the loft over my house
He had very little to say. He went
to bed about 9 o'clock
When did you first hear about his
arrest?' she was asked
When Mr.. Carey, the marshal, and
Mr. PETERSEN, the captain of detectives
OF Oakland, came to the house and
boarded up the entrance to his room.
They cautioned me about opening the
TOOK lot of his clothes that were mud
stained and revolver away with him.
he asked about a shovel, but 1 couldn't
tell anything about any"
Inc revolver and mud stained clothes
gave the police one of their first clews
captain Petersen worked on the theory
That the shovel was the property of
man that dug wells or bitches, on ac-
count or the short handle
He searched tho nofohborboo5 e..
such man and found Arkell. Deputy
Marshal Lippi brought Arkell before
captain Petersen, who let him go after
ieW minutes conversation. Instead of
gong to view the body or the hole
from which 1t had been taken. ArkeIlI
hurried off toward his home Lippi, act
ing upon instructions from Captain Pet
ersen, followed him and placed him un-
der arrest. He took him to the town
hall in Emeryville and from there to
the city JAIL where he was sweated
late in the evening.
Mrs. Spanier was not the only
woman in the neighborhood in whom
Arken confided. He did considerable
work for many other people, to all of
whom he told his troubles Shortly
after the disappearance of Mrs Dono-
hue Arkell was working at the home
of Mrs. Green in Eighth street. Every
morning when he went to his work he
about the dead woman
On the day after the disappearance
Arkell exhibited before Mrs. Green a
heavy gold 1ocket and told her that he
had found it in her Mrs. Green's) yard
Mrs. Green informed him that it was
not her property and asked him why
he did not advertise his find in the
papers. He replied that findings were
keep1ngs with him and that he pro-
posed to keep it. He said: "T might
find the chain" The locket, which is
reported to have been the property of
Mrs. Donohue, is now in the possession
of the Oakland police, who are holding
it for evidence. He seemed to like the
company of women. At one time he
offered Mrs Green 500 if she would
procure a wife for him.
George James, who also lives in
Eighth street, found an AK in the field
through which the path on the way to
the furniture warehouse runs, with
stains on it4which resemble blood The
AK was talssn to the Office of Captain
Petersen. The stains on the handle
will be anaisszed today by the city
chemist
Captain Petersen has identified the
shovel as the property of. Arkell. The
other articles which were found in
Arkells room were confiscated by the
detectives. These articles probably
have an important bearing on the case
and will be used as evidence at the
coroner's inquest today.