The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
STOOD IN
FEAR OF
ACCUSED
Mrs. DonOhne Conided Her
Alarm TO One OF Her
Friends
Record of the Prisoner Found
by the Police to Be Most
Unsavory
Has Been on Trial for Murder
and Attempt to Poison
His Wife
Search Begun for Mrs. Daily,
Who May Know Some
thing of Case
By Fred x. BechdOIt


Direct circumstantial evil
dence tending to connect
Gustav Ahlstedt, alias Ar
kell, with the murder of Mrs.
Alice L. Donohue came TO
light yesterday in the form
Of two important facts. A
gold bangle, the emblem of
the Royal Neighbors Of
America, worn by the MUIR
dered woman the night of her
disappearance, was found among
Ahlstedt's effects. And Mrs.
Mary Beeke, friend of Mrs.
Donohue, told how the latter had
confded her fear that Ahlstedt
might do her harm.
Already a man Of several
aliases. Ahlstedt has been on
trial-for murder, for attempt to
poison his wife, and for horse steal
ing. In his handwriting black hand
letter was sent to neighbor, threat
ening to dynamite the latter's house.
Fuse, such as is used for dynamite,
was found in AhIstedts house.
New in the case is the existence
of Mrs Mary Daily, for whom the
officers are now searching in the be-
lief that she may be an accessory. at
least after the fact. That -Ahlstedt paid
this woman. who had lived in his house,
a large sum to leave the state. Is a
theory. A few days before the trag-
edy she is said by the police to have
told a friend of Mrs. Donohue's that
the latter would soon leave California
One at time facts were gathered
yesterday-in San Francisco. where
Ahlstedt had an unsavory past; In the
where the prisoner lived And they
dence-with an evenness which was re-
markable. During the morning detec-
tives cOmbed down the city for men
who had known Ah1stedt- In the after
noon, while crowds Of morbid men and
women gaped over the foul hole whence
the BODY was exhumed. the police ran
sacked his room. the garret apartment
to which he had taken his clothing so
iurriedly Saturday night when the
news of the discovery OF the woman's
garments was spread broadcast
FIND GUNS AND POISON
The room was an arsenal Two re-
volvers, a loaded shotgun and bottle
of strychnine were among it's contents.
One Of the revOlvers. discovered by
Deputy Marshal Lippi IN the morning.
contained five loaded cartridges and an
empty chamber. The barrel was dirty
as from smoke. A box Of SO caliber
cartridges and two coils Of fuse were
in the cabin which Ahlstedt had occu-
pied adjoining the house. Save the
bangle there were no Jewels But there
was a large quantity of imitation Jew
eIry which still bore the price marks
and is thought to have been part OF
the loot from some robbed store.
During the morning positive identif-
cation OF the shovel with which Mrs
Donohue's body was buried was made
1t belonged TO AhIstedt o. H Adams.
who rOOmeO ana cnumneQ Win Lno
prisoner in Emeryville. told how Ahl-
stedt had found the shovel Mrs e
Vera, for whom Ah1stedt had dug a
well. said positively that this was the
tool he had used A crack on the right
side Of the blade and the slanting line
on which the handle had been cut were
the marks by which both pronounced
their certainty.
The pair Of mud stained trousers and
the mud stained coat which We're found
among Ahlstedt's effects were identified
by Mrs Vera as the apparel which he
had worn on the terrible night when
Mrs Donohue fled from her home into
the darkness where she was slain
JEWELS ARE MISSING
The diamond earrings, the wedding
ring and a brooch Of Mrs Donohue's
are still missing They were not on the
body. Mrs. w E. Green. the woman
from whom Ahistedt kept asking In
formation as to the "elopemSnt" Of Mrs.
Donohue directly after the murder, told
Yesterday how he inquired from her the
price OF the jewels
Would the earrings be worth s900g'
he asked. Later he told Green that he
did not think the diamond earrings
were genuine.
Ahlstedt was silent prisoner. Sweat
ed in the morning. he confined himself
to denials Of guilt. An attempt to see
him was made by his lawyer-retained
number of years ago by the prisoner
ito defend me any time I happen to set