The San Francisco call., 1908-09-03
HAD BEEN
"WIFF' OF
THREE MEN.
Lived With Companion in San
Francisco Under Name of
Mrs. Berry
Deserted Him to GO With DonO-
hue, but Was in Terror
for Her Life :.
Real Husband of Woman Is in :.
Philadelphia, Where Couple
Were Married
:
Startling Developments Start
Hunt for New Suspects
in Mystery 8

Sensational developments
in connection with the Dono-
hue murder mystery yester-
day served to weaken the
suspicion that Gustav ALL
stedt, now being held in
the Oakland jail, was alone
guilty of the crime, and to di-
rect the energies of the au-
thorities in another direc-
ton. 1t seems certain that the
new features, while seemingly
deepening the mystery for the
time being, will aid materially in
an early solution of the problem
which has kept the police an
thorities or both sides of the bay
busy day and night for almost a
week. An investigation of .infor-
nation given the Oakland police
yesterday established the fact that
Daniel Donohue, according to 'state-
ments of the deceased woman, was
not her legal husband, but that she
became his consort after having quar- ::
relied with a Frenchman named Jo.-
seph Berry, with whom she had lived
in this city. Even Berry, in. spite OF
the fact that he and the woman had
secured a license and gone through
a ceremony. was not legally mar
ried to her, because man to whom
she had been married In Philadelphia'
and from whom she had never been
divorced was and is still alive. = .
Further than proving the fact that =
the woman was not poisoned. the ex->
animation OF the vital organs by the
Oakland city chemist was productive
Of no results and the manner in which.
death was caused Is still mystery.
Donohue is being kept under the strict-
est surveillance. and 1t became known
that he had been put through q
sweating process by Captain Peter
satisfactory because of an apparent re-
luctance on the part OF the man TO
answer questions.
Investigations at the scene OF the
murder and the various houses which
have figured In the mystery brought no .
results OF Importance =.
WOMAN FEARED BERRY
According to the information secured
by the Oakland police yesterday from
source upon which they have been
working for the last two or three days.,
the murdered woman lived in mortal
fear OF Berry. the Frenchman with
whom she formerly consorted. Berry
was seen IN this city on June IL. but
since that time no trace OF him has
been found. Information 10 the effect
that Donohue was aware OF the exist
ence of Berry and knew OF the deceased
woman's fear OF him was also secured
His silence since her death in regard to
the matter has caused much specula-
tion. An effort is being made to dis
cover Berry in order to determine
whether he has any knowledge OF the
circumstances surrounding the murder
It has been established that In 1894 a
man and woman called at q saloon In
the Mission district which had been ad-
vertised for sale and purchased a half
interest IN the place. Immediately tax
ing up their residence In apartments
over the store. It was learned that
within a couple OF months the man and
woman. who used the names OF Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Berry. became engaged in a
violent dispute. during the course OF
which the woman. armed with a carving
knife, chased her spouse around the
house.
Quiet was restored finally by neigh
bor But the woman was In no mood
to be reconeiled- Taking a marriage
license from a trunk she tore II to
pieces. saying she would no longer live
with Berry He told her that she would
have to- being his wife. In reply the
woman stated that they had never been
legally married. as some years before
she had married man in Philadelphia
and had never been divorced
COUPLE DISAPPEARED
The couple sold their interest In the
saloon and disappeared. neither being
seen again by their former associates
for three years. At that time the
woman met an acquaintance In the En-
porium dry goods house. and during the
course OF a conversation stated that
Berry was working in the mines az
Coos bay. Ore. and that she had a new
fellow named Daniel Donohue. who was
employed as motorman on the Powell
street line. She stated that they were
living together at North beach
The next instance OF Mrs. Berry's ref
erence 10 her past life comes three