The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
3 DEAD, VICTIMS
OF CRAzED MAN
Love of Girl Drives Cook to
Murder Two and Take
Own Life

Crazed with passion. John Allen, a
lumber camp cook, 80 years old, room
ing at 1917 Natoma street, first shot
Axel Anderson, a laborer, and the
father of Ceries Anderson. 10 years old,
of whom he was enamored; and after
a chase of three blocks. during which
the mother and daughter cried for help,
shot the girl, then turned the weapon
upon himself. All three died in cots
side by side at the Central emergency
hospital half an hour later.
Allen, who wanted to marry Miss
Anderson, firstecaped at the house of
the parents, 22SS Union street Monday
night at 6 o'clock with a loaded re-
volver. For five hours he argued With
the girl and her mother. Mrs. Anna
Anderson, demanding that the girl
marry him at once or that he would
kill both and himself The mother
finally persuaded him to think better
of his rash threats, and he went away
in a repentant mood
Last night he returned. He appeared
to be still repentant, and invited the
family to nickelodeon. They declined
the invitation, but requested him to re-
main. After a sociable chat of an hour,
10 o'clock. He was met at the front
door by Anderson, who returned yester-
day from Fresno, where he was en-
ployed in a nursery.
1t was then Allen opened fire shoot
ing the father through the heart and
breast. Mrs Anderson and Ceries,
hearing the shots, fed from the rear of
the house Ceries, pursued by the ma
MAC with the smoking weapon and fol-
lowed hV her W. Rno
taken at Filbert near Fillmore street.
Catching her in his arms Allen shot the
pleading girl through the breast. He
then placed the weapon to the back of
his head and blew out his brains
A pitiful scene followed. The mother
knelt beside her dying child until an
automobile arrived to take her and the
father to the hospital. Everything was
done to save their lives by DR.. w c.
Eidenmuller, but the bullets had all
penetrated vital points, and the slayer
and his victims were soon dead.
Mrs. Anderson conducted a restaurant
in Golden Gate avenue near Franklin
street, and the daughter waited at the
table. 1t was there that Allen met her
some months ago. The child often
brought meals from the restaurant to
the central emergency hospital for the
sick, and was we'll known to the sur
geons and attendants. Mrs. Anderson
has a son, Carl, a cook at the Clement
dining room, Clement street and Thir-
ty-second avenue. He was notified of
the tragedy by telephone.
Shoots Wife and Self
C. Christodulom, Turk, who con-
ducts a fruit and candy store at 1897
Turk street, in drunken rage shot and
killed his wife at their store last night
then turning the revolver on himself.
committed suicide. The couple had
been quarreling for some time past
Christodulom, who also runs a store
at 1913 Fillmore street had been
drinking heavily for the past week.
His wife, fearing that he would do her
bodily harm, had locked up the Turk
street store and sought the advice of
friend of her husband, G. Pappas.
SIS Hayes street. Pappas advised the
woman to apply to the Greek consul.
The woman had probably returned to
sui when her husband arrived The
woman had locked the door, bearing his
motives, but after waiting some time
Christodulom succeeded in making
entry
The shooting was not heard bv the
neighbors and it was not until sew
eral hours after the tragedy that sus-
picion was aroused. Samuel Lexer, a
tailor, whose shop is next to the fruit
and candy store, made several trips
into the store, and, finding no one
| there, glew alarmed and called Po-
liceman o. Fl. Roediger and d. J.
Dwomey- The officers investigated and
found the corpses in the bedroom. The
woman had three shots in her head.
while the man had one. A 32 caliber
revolver was found near the bodies.