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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
SUICIDE HINT RECALLED s
IN WORDS OF DONOHUE
II May Not Come Back" Said
WOman'S COnS0rf to the
UHderfakerS

Il may not come back. want every
thing in order so that If l should not
come back it will be all right"
This is the manner in which Daniel
Donohue talked on Wednesday night to
the undertakers who had charge Of his
wife's funeral. The day before he had
made arrangements, elaborate plans.
toward a wake" which was to have
been held over the body tonight.
Donohue had talked of the wake to
the undertakers and he had told them
that he planned to have in attendance
a number of fellow lodgemen. He
wanted to make the affair elaborate,
he said. Wednesday he came and said
that he might not be back at the place.
He had brought with him badge of one
of the orders to which Mrs. Donohue
had belonged. He said that he wanted
this affixed TO her clothing. Then X
was that he made the statement as to
the possibility of his not coming back.
At the time nothing was thought of his
words, but yesterday they We're regard
ed as having possible significance.
Donohue had been closely questioned
by the police. He had been directly
accused of having murdered his wife.
The case on Wednesday reached that
tense state where a disclosure, ready
to come at any minute, makes every one
fear it's coming. Then it was that Don
ohue said that he might not show his
face again. The next time the under
takers heard of the man was when they
received a telephone call TO take care of
his body,
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Fat All My Life, and How
| Got Rid of 1t

First. captivating pIumpness begins
to steal upon woman in her twenties.
Plumpness is followed by--oh. horrors
-fatness. and shortness of breath and
heart fiutters. Then. alas. comes the
chin that is double and the comical
numbering waddle of the overfat Fine
sarcasm to tell such a woman to exer-
else. Why not counsel flying? She is
as able to do the one as the other. It's
another keen cut to suggest dieting.
When ladies are just so fat they haven't
an ounce of will power or energy to
spare for extras-just living Is hard
enough work for them.
What then? Are these unfortunates
condemned to be fat for life? No, be-
lieve it or not; simple home receipt,
easy to get at a drug store, will take
that fat off and keep it off. Listen. Il
ounce Marmola, " ounce Fluid Extract
Cascara Aromatic and 3 X ounces Syrup
Simplex mixed at home and taken in
teaspoonful doses after meals and at
bedtime will take off as much as q
pound a day in some cases. Get the
Marmola in the sealed packages-you
are sure Ii is fresh that way-take tho
mixture a month and you'll see The
fat seems TO drop off and leave nice.
smooth. firm flesh. while the health and
complexion improve wonderfully.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
NEWS OF THE SUICIDE
BREAKS UP INQUEST
Report of Second Tragedy
Comes During Hearing Con-
Quoted bY Coroner

When the coroner of Alameda coun-
ty and Captain of Detectives Petersen
of Oakland were laying the wires to
trap Daniel Donohue into some admis
sion of guilty knowledge of his wifes
death, the corpse of Daniel Donohue lay
cold in the home whence the woman
had disappeared. When Coroner Tis-
dale was preparing by preliminary evil
dence to Xix the trap for Donohue. an
nouncement came like a thunderbolt
that the man had slain himself. The
inquest became q riot Pandemonium
reigned. Officers OF the law, witnesses
and the coroner himself fought to get
through the door. They rushed to
autos and streetcars to reach the scene
of the latest tragedy.
That Donohue had known something
which he had kept hidden was the be-
lief of both coroner and captain of de-
tectives. They consulted in the morn
Ing as to the>best methods of snaring
the man into an admission on the stand,
for sweating had failed, though con-
Quoted vigorously, to bring any admis-
sion of guilt from his lips.
In the morning Petersen and Tisdale
talked for an hour and they decided
that they would catch the husband in
a lie as to some .triyial thing which he
had said on the finding of the corpse; !;
then get him to tell further lies; then
show him where his statements were
not true and possibly get him to tell
them everything he knew For both
officials on reading The Call yesterday
morning had learned that Donohue had
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

lied for a certainty about vital details
in the case.
The inquest convened at 1 o'clock in
the afternoon. Coroner Tisdale got a
sensation before he expected it. It was
whispered at the beginning that Dono-
nue. was not to be found. He had not
appeared IN his usual haunts during the
morning In the afternoon he was out
or sight. Following this news of his
uisappearance came second sensation.
CITY Chemist Frank Benzinger, the first
witness, said that the woman must
nave died at the outside two hours
aiter her dinner. Probably, said Ben
zinger death came within an hour OF
the meal.
Frank Walsh, the boy who found the
pody, was asked what Donohue had
SAID when he came to the shallow grave
beside the Western furniture factory
on Twenty-fourth street. He did not
know. Tony Figone, who helped Walsh
dlg knew as little. The jury was just
preparing to hear the testimony of
foreman Krasky of the furniture fac
tory when some one called the coroner
to the telephone. Tisdale went into an
outer room AT the instrument he
talked for moment; then threw both
MY God" he cried, "Donohue has
And the inquest became a crowd of
excited. white faced men. A semhlance
of order was restored and adjournment
was pronounced until Tuesday morning
next. The coroner, Captain of Detec-
tives Petersen and newspapermen made
a wild rush for automobiles and hur-
r1ed TO DOnOhueS home
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
AHLSTEDT STILL HELD
BY THE OAKLAND POLICE
Prisoner Says He Does Not Be-
Ieve That D0n0hue Was
Guilty of Crime

Van c. Ahlstedt and James Boyer at
torney for the prisoner, visited Gus
tave Ahlstedt in Oakland's city jail yes
terday morning. At the conclusion of
an hour and halfs talk Boyer said
habeas corpus.
My client" he said. "is perfectly safe
from prosecution. He has had nothing
nothing of II. / have told Captain
Petersen that I was satisfied TO have
Ahlstedt undergo questioning and that
he himself is willing to undergo it,"
Boyer had no difficulty in seeing his
client The lawyer and the prisoner
talked for some time by themselves.
Then the son joined in the conversation.
Speaking Of the conversation Boyer
said;
"Ahlstedt knows absolutely nothing
of the murder. He had nothing to do
with IL. And he does not believe that
Donohue was guilty Of the crime. He
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
INSURANCE REGARDED
AS MOTIVE FOR CRIME
Constant Inquiry Made by Dom
Ohue as to Money He
Hoped to Get

Insurance money was the only thing
which could make Donohue talk of
anything save his sorrow over his
wffe's death. A number of strange in
cidents in Donohue's behavior were
learned yesterday
The evening of the day on which Mrs.
Donohue's Clothes were found Donohue
went to al Whites saloon at the cor
ner or Fifty-ninth street and San Pablo
avenue in Oakland. He used the tele-
phone and called up several women, Of
Hcials in the lodges in which Mrs. DON
onue was insured. To each of these
women he asked the same question
Were my wife's dues paid up, and is
ner insurance in such shape that it can
be collected?"
This was the first night. the night
pe1ore. the body was found. AT that
time there was no reason to think the
discovery of the body would be made
Tor weeks. At that time Donohue was
weeping Historically and acting in the
presence OF outsiders like man
stricken with a mighty grief.
Then came the finding of the body.
Then the search of Ahlstedts house
W nile the officers were rummaging the
place for signs of evidence, Donohue
stood crowd-neighbors and news
paper men. The latter, interviewing
Donohue, had heard him talk like a
man. mad with grief To the officers on
reaching the attic room where they
We're working, Donohue spoke. He did
not talk of the murderer-or of justice.
He asked a question. 1t concerned the
insurance money. He wanted to know
whether he could get it. Horrifed at
the mans cold bloodedness, the officers
ordered him out of the room.
We're looking for the murderer, not
the insurance money, they told him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
AND DONOHUE
SEEN IN CONFERENCE
Two Men i'm Earnest Converse
ton at Time of Discovery
of WOH1an'S Body

What, if any, was the bond between
Daniel Donohue and Gustave Ahlstedt?
OF the three men who enter into the
mystery as possible suspects, these two,
the one through his dramatic suicide
and the other through his arrest, oc-
cupy the center of the stage. That
they talked together two hours before
the woman'S body was discovered Is
messed as the conversation was by
more than one person. What relation
did these two men bear to each other,
and of what did they talk the Sunday
morning of the body's discovery?
Mrs. Spanier, Ahlstedt's tenant, told
through The Call her story of this con-
ference. Yesterday the officers found
evidence to corroborate her statement.
Mrs. Spanier said that the morning
after the garments had been discovered,
two hours before the body was found,
called the man who is now prisoner
from the place, talked with him and
left with him. This statement she re-
peated yesterday.
said she, "else I'd have told 1t long
since"
Yesterday Deputy Marshal Lippi of
Emeryville found man who saw the
conclusion of this conference. This
man, whose name the officers will not
give out, was one of those who raked
the open sewer near the refining works
on Saturday afternoon looking for the
body of Mrs. Donohue. He was on his
way to Donohue's home Sunday morn
ing. When he came near the house he
looked through one of the front win
dows. In the front room he saw two
men. He is positive these were Dono-
hue and Ahlstedt. They were in close
conference.
When Mrs. Spanier had seen them
the two men had started talking in
the road. They walked away together,
she says. Then came this second wit
ness who saw them in the front room
nf
the attitude of the men was the atti-
tude of men who We're intensely inter-
eSted in what they said
Donohue, according to Mrs. Spanier,
is responsible for Mrs Donohue's hav-
ing taken dainties TO Ahlstedt when
the latter was sick. In an interview
two days ago Donohue admitted that
he had known Ahlstedt we'll The pos
sibility of two men being concerned
in the murder is one of the theories
on which the police have been working.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
DONOHUE SHADOWED BY
THE OAKLAND OFFICERS
Suspected From the First of
Completely i'm Murder of
His COuSOrf

Donohue had not at any time since
the principal facts of the murder be-
came known been looked upon by the
Oakland authorities without suspicion.
Captain of Detectives Petersen had re-
garded him as. dangerous suspect and
had planned to use every means in his
power TO break him down yesterday
when he appeared as witness before
the coroner's inquest. Sheriff Barnet
of Alameda county also suspected the
man.. and when he heard of his death
yesterday afternoon his first words
We're:
He was guilty and he was afraid to
face the music.
On Tuesday afternoon. as told yes
terday in The Call, Donohue was taken
before Captain Petersen and Town
a severe sweating" He was accused
directly of having been guilty of the
murder and Captain Petersen went so
far as to tell him that a man who had
seen him burying his wife was in the
anteroom ready to face him.
Bring him in" was ponohues cold
response.
Every effort to break the suspect
down was unayailing. He stoutly de-
MED his guilt. and when he was finally
told by Petersen and Carey that they
did not really suspect him, but had
questioned him merely as a matter of
form. he turned and thanked them both
with relief written in every line of his
face.
ven lllells however. Ine OIUGefS were
not satisfied. He tells a straight story.
btt l don't trust him." Peterson said
and Immediately a shadow was put
upon his movements. One statement
that he made in AL Whites saloon on
the day following the discovery of the
woman's body was regarded with par
ticular suspicion.
Il only hope they get the murderer"
he said. My God, though. suppose it
should be an innocent man.
Immediately following the discovery
of the murder Donohue made the asser-
tton that the motive could not have
been robbery. as none of the murdered
woman's jewels were missing. 1t was
supposed that Donohue had this jewell
ry in his possession, but When the house
was searched yesterday not a trace of
any jewelry was found. and when his
safe deposit boxes in Oakland were
opened they were found to contain none
Of the valuable jewelry she was sup
posed TO have possessed. but only a
small quantity of cheap imitation Jew
q Ivy
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

part of Berry-knowledge which he
had concealed from the police.
When Mrs. 'Donohue's body was dis
covered, her husband was closely ques-
toned by the officers Since that time
he has been sweated. He admitted
nothing in the sweating. To the ques-
tions he gave no answer that betrayed
any knowledge of Berry. Then came
the story in The Call telling how Mrs.
Donohue had lived with Berry. OF this
Donohue knew. Mrs. Donohue had re-
ceived money from Berry. Donohue
knew of Berry.
The discovery of the fragment of
note paper is therefore regarded by
the police as OF the utmost impor-
tance. That Mrs. Donohue got her
money regularly from Berry rs believed
by the officers. In the note found the
woman had written of letter from
Joe. Joe is Berry's first name, as
Danny is the name by which she called
DonoI1ue.
The appearance or this note, show
Ing that Donohue knew of Berry, gives
the police some data on which to work
So far as an immediate solution is con-
cerned, 1t throws a mystery into the
case deeper than that already existing.
Evidently Donohue was not hostile to
his wife's knowing Berry. He was
aware that she had gone to get letters
from the man for whom the police are
searching
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

Berry. Up to the present time it has
been impossible to find any trace of
Berry in this city, but information was
received to the effect that man an
swering to his description had been
seen in Reno and Goldfield, New.
After having quarreled with Berry
at the place which she occupied with
him as his wife on the corner of Fourth
and Mission streets the woman moved
TO a house in Minna street, where she
became intimate with Frenchman en-
ployed as a cook in local restaurant.
Shortly afterward the woman, known
at that time as Mrs. Berry, became as
sociated with Morris Barron, a barber,
who, according to his own statement
paid her attention until about year
ago. - -
In speaking of the woman yesterday
Barron stated that he had known her
for about Is years, and discussed his
relations with the woman freely. He
said that he had been on friendly terms
with her while she lived on Minna
street. and that he supported her after
she quarreled with Berry. Barron said,
further. that while she was living with
Donohue his wife in Oakland he
himself often called at the house dur
ing the afternoon while her supposed
husband was at work, but always left
about an hour before the latter came
home. Barron stated that he also knew
of instances where the woman met
other men, among them Samuel
Schwartz, known as Brownie along the
Barbary coast
Mrs. Donohue was married to a man
in Pennsylvania when she was over
16 years of age. She had five children,
all of whom died.
Joseph Berry was employed as
miner by the coal companies of Scran-
ton, Pa, where he met the woman.
They eloped and went to France, where
they were married, later returning to
this country and coming to San Fran
cisco.
In the Mission district yesterday a
number of persons spoke of the disso-
lutte character of the woman and said
they were familiar with the fact that
she was simply living with Donohue
as his conSort
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CUTS HIS WIFE
WITH BIG KNIFE
Continued From Page /, Column 8

Continued From Page 1, Column
details
Jordan said he was married in 1904
to Mrs Honorah Eddy whose maiden
name was O'Reilly and whose home
was in Someryille. He did not know
who his wife's first husband was or
what had become of him. The couple
went on the vaudeville stage, Jordan
taking the part of tramp and his wife
that of nurse Mrs. Jordan had taken
to drinking of late, he claims, was as
sociating with other men and he be-
came jealous 1t was IN a jealous quar-
rel that the trouble started which end
ed in the death of the wife.
Jordan declares his wife struck him
first. that he knocked her down stairs
and was Mortified to find that he had
killed her. This happened at 1880 o'clock
Tuesday night. Fearing discovery, he
conceived the idea of cutting the body
up, taking it away on one of the steam
ers and throwing the parts overheard
and then reporting to the police that
his wife had left him. Jordan went out
and bought a heavy butcher knife.
With this,~a razor and shears he sew
cred the head from the body, and after
putting the scalp and hair in the kitchen
range placed the skull in the furnace
in the cellar. The legs and arms were
cut from the body and the flesh sliced
off In strips, leaving the bones of the
lambs practically bare. The bones were
placed in the furnace and the chunks of
flesh piled into a trunk with the torso
The trunk was taken to the Somerville
station and shipped to Boston Wednes-
day.
Jordan is a brother in law of Jesse
l.. Livermore, the cotton plunger, Liver
more having married Jordan's sister.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
WOMAN'S NOTE THROWS
NEW LIGHT ON TRAGEDY
Evidence That D0n0hue Had
knowledge of Her Relations
With Joseph Berry

Danny. have gone to see If I can
get a letter from Joe. Will come
back"
This, in a woman's handwriting, on
torn scrap of paper, is among the
things found--the bits of evidence
picked up during a thorough search of
the Donohue home made by Captain
Petersen yesterday afternoon. 1t
speaks of knowledge on Donohue's
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
DEAD WOMAN WAS KNOWN
AS DISSOLUTE PERSON
Barber Tells of Mrs. DOnohue
and Her Relations With
Other Men

Investigation yesterday established
the fact that the woman known as Mrs
Donohue was not married to Donohue,
but that she was considered a dissolute
person by many who knew her when
she professed to be the wife of Joseph
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
LAwYER,s .soN BURGLAR

NEW YORK, Sept. "a police court
prisoner giving his name as Emory
Storrs and claiming to be a son of
the late corporation lawyer, Emory
A. Storrs, was held for trial today on a
charge of burglary. Storrs said he ran
away from home four years ago. when
he was 10 years of age and that pow
erty had driven him into the paths of
crime.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

thinks that there may be possibility
of Berry's having done the deed. But
Ahlstedt was surprised when l told
him of Berry. He had never known
of the man."
When the news came of Donohoe's
suicide it is stated by some of the po-
lice that Boyer at once notified Ahl-
stedt. Boyer was a visitor at the in
quest and he was busy taking notes
during the giving of testimony.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

LOAN RATE REDUCED-Philadephia Sept
3-As result of the largest accumulation Of
idle funds in Philadelphia banks since 1904 the
rate for demand loans marked down by lead
ing financial institutions of the city today from
3Ia to 3 per cent The rate will take
effect tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
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Diseases cured BY
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Over 5000 varieties OF
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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Obe Bl1h
Gbas 1Seilrs & On
Sam 1frarrisrr.
SATISFIES.

Some clothes makers force the use Of their label.
especially those that do lots OF magazine
advertising.
There's an enormous expense attached to such
publicity
and it's got to be taken out Of somewhere
quality.
Label clothes amt what they're cracked up to be-
We've lost confidence In label clothes
We've got brains enough to order clothes
70 be made exactly as we want them and by whom
Our values are in s. not in labels.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
GUARANTEE

I'VE guarantee that the most sensitive
tomach will retain Duffy's Pure Malt
when it will retain no other
timulants or nourishment."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-03-05

The Reporter is privileged to
quote from personal letter from a
resident Of Brookings in regard to
the recent addresses made in that
city by Senator Kittredge and Gov.
Crawford and may add that the
writer is in no sense connected with
politics and merely gives his impress
sions OF the men, their speeches and
their manners.
Senator Kittredge spoke here
last evening to large and enthus-
astic audience. He spoke for full
two hours, masterfully, clear, power.
fully and effectively. No words Of
abuse fell from his lips. He
arraigned no one. He spoke on the
defensive most of the time and at no
time was he aggressive. His speech
may be characterized as powerful,
earnest, dignifed and clean. 1t wen
him much applause and many votes"
This afternoon at three TO five
o'clock Governor Crawford spoke to
large audience in the same hall where
Senator Kittredge spoke on the even
ing before. Crawford's speech was
loud, arrogant, ironical, aggressive,
insulting and offensive and falsify-
ing. He lacked even the courtesy
that man in much smaller Office
should possess. He unburdened his
heart with words Of vituperation, win
dictiveness, falsehoods and malicious
attacks. He had applause, am sorry
to say. l write you this as my con-
trast Of the two men; one is a dis
tinguished gentleman and a United
States senator and the other is sim
ply fellow"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-03-05

Did you receive copy of what
purported to be a set of resolutions
adopted by the" Scandinavian Repub-
lican League" endorsing Crawford,
Ustrud and Dokken? Well, there is
an interesting story connected with
the same. Five men, X. o. Rich
ards, OF Huron, Hans Ustrud, DIR.
Klayness and two others Of Sioux
Falls, met in the doctors office and
claiming to be the representatives Of
the 10000 Scandinavian voters OF
South Dakota issued the bombastic
resolutions instructing the Scandi-
navan elector how to vote. Hans
Ustrud has gone on record as saying
that he had the Norwegian vote in
his pocket" But that is another
story. The printed resolutions bear
the date Of February oath, while the
meeting of the five men was held
February 25th. The Sioux Falls
Press, Mr. Crawford's chief organ,
published, under glazing headlines,
these resolutions or platform dated
one day before the meeting took
place. Does this not strike you as
being pretty coarse work? The
assumption of control of the Scan
dinayian vote by Ustrud should be
resented by the sturdy Scandinavians
and Mr.. Ustrud retired to political
obscurity.