The San Francisco call., 1910-09-26

her was unavailing. Betole launching
into the facts. she prefaced her con-
fcssion with the statement that the
constant fear of death was the only
thing that had made her silent for Two
days. Not only had the accused man
threatened Ter with IN end like that
of Eva Swan soon after the commits
sion of the deed, but just before the
arrests were made Friday he warned
her that betrayal meant death to her.
She then gave the secret to the world
and deliberately charged Thompson
with full responsibility.
According to the recital. Eva Swan
came TO Thompson April 16 and sub
mitted to criminal operation in his
office at 1898 Golden Gate avenue. She
returned the next two days and aD-
sented herself on the third, returning
April 20 in a highly dangerous condi-
tion. The girl was Immediately placed
under the care of the nurse and giveE
an apartment to which Parker made
repeated visits. Her condition grew
alarming and several days before she
died. Thompson, the nurse and Parker
were advised of the inevitable. Ap-
preciating that the end was fast ap
preaching, Thompson and Willie
Sack rented the house at 327 Eureka
street and awaited the end. The pa
tient died at midnight April 20. being
pired. With the Eureka street prem
ises secured. Thompson, the day after
she died and in the presence of the
nurse, knitted and sawed the remains
so that he could force them into
trunk and under cover of darkness had
the trunk conveyed to the spot where
the girls body was later unearthed.
FOILED BY MOON
While William Sack accompanied
the trunk in the express wagon,
Thompson rode to the cottage on the
street car and had arranged to bury
the body in the back yard that night.
However, the night was ill-selected.
for the moon was fun and the yard
was flooded with the light, giving the
neig1bors, who were observed by the
physician, full survey of the spot
where the ground was to be opened.
when he returned" she continued
che told me that he had not been able
to bury it because the neighbors were
curious and were watching him. That
night (the second night he went back
a second time to the house where the
body was and remained there all night
He came back the next morning at IL
o'clock. and said that he had been un-
able to bury the body in the yard be-
cause the night was bright and moon
light and that he would have been
seen. He said. however. that he had
buried it in the basement under the
cement floor"
With this information in hand and
what evidence they already possessed
the detectives, in the hope of breaking
down Thompson, asked the nurse to
confront the physician in the prison
and make a direct accusation. At first
the woman recoiled from this, but on
the advice of of Borman, consented
and when her mind was at ease. she
was escorted from Detective Wren's
Office back to the prison cell, where
Thompson was held in waiting. AS she
approached him he glanced at her with
a confidential smile, but as she paused,
lifted her hand and announced that he
was Robert Thompson, the man she re-
ferred to in her confession, he swayed
away from her and almost fell when
she dropped at the very feet of the
man who had threatened to kill her.
PARKER Is BROUGHT
The Jail matron administered restor-
atives to Miss Messerschmidt and the
4 doubly accused physician was taken
away from the presence of the detec-
tives, stoically refusing to utter word
though barely possessing the strength
to walk beside the jailer. While eff
forts were made to revive the woman
Detective Burke sped to the Ware
home to get Paul Parker and Rich
ards made visit to the Office of