The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04
WOMAN PICKED
UP UNCONSCIOUS,
LATER VAN|SHES
Found Lying in Street and Tells
Tale of Assault When
Revived
Mystery Wells Case and Police
Are Puzzled as to Real
Solution

Mystery surrounds the case OF a
young woman. giving her name as
Edna Wilson, who was picked up un-
conscious at Webster street and Du-
boce avenue yesterday morning about
ls.45 o'clock, and has since disappeared
Beside her were found her open and
empty handbag and purse. The young
woman told Policeman A Wagner. who
found her, that her purse had contained
a little more than sso. According TO
bier story she had been seized at
Church and Hermann streets about
midnight by man who had been fol-
Gowing her. SO frightened did she be
leome that she tainted. and knew moth
ing about what happened until she was
ipicksd up three hours later If the
story is true. the woman had been
Ersgged a distance OF two blocks and
Through a portion Of Duboce avenue
4thst Is a sort OF Culebra cut and quite
funfreQuented.
When picked up she was removed TO
sThe Casa Iona. Fell and Fillmore
streets. where she had been staying for
Rwo days. According 70 her story the
Robbery left her in a pennness condi-
'rion. but when Policeman y J. Reilly,
fWho had been detailed 10 secure fur
fther information as 10 the affair. called
est the hotel about : o'clock in the
fnorning Miss Wilson had disappeared
SIND had left no word as TO where she
.svas going.
sPCZZLE TO POLICE
j. one feature Of the case that is puz-
zlng TO the police is why the woma n
d. should have Aeen in district out OF
her way. sloFN and at an unusual hour.
She was questioned by Corporal a
Leonard. who appeared while Wagner
was assisting her homeward. She an
swered al questions quite readily. she
-told the officers that she had come to
lSsn Francisco TWO weeks 20 from St
Helena, where she had been the ward
OF an aunt since childhood. She came
shere 10 seek employment. Friday
evening she started out 10 find friends
BY the name Of Rogers. living near
sSeventeenth street and Lower terrace.
her search had proved futile. and she
was returning hOmewsrd along Church
street which IS somewhat out OF the
way from direct line 10 Fillmore and
Fen, when. for some blocks. she OBJ
served man following her. Al Her
mann street she turned toward Fill
more. and il was then that the man
laid hands upon her. she said.
Every question that Corporal Leon
ard asked was promptly answered
with the exception OF that pertaining
70 her age This she somewhat reIuc-
aHntly gave as 20. Outside OF having
been dragged several hundred feet no
other at OF violence had been com
omitted.
CROSS EXAMINATION OMITTED
Miss Wilson's story had been told in
such q Straightforward manner that
The peculiar features or the case did
P. not occur TO Leonard until afterward,
and he did not submit her TO q cross
examination. The entire story might
have been doubted were il not for the
TACT that she was found unconscious
by Policeman Wagner.
There are some minor discrepancies
in her story. She told the police that
she was milliner from st. Helena.
While at the Casa Iona she said she
was dress maker from Oakland. The
police yesterday morning made thor
ough inquiries for the Rogers IN the
neighborhoOd given by Miss Wilson
but could learn nothing about any such
family.