The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
WOMAN'S SLAYER
GETS A START
OF THE POLICE
Tragedy Discovered by Bed
Maker in Lodging House,
Who Breaks Open Door
Man Last Seen With Victim Has
Disappeared Without Leav-
ing Trail

room s in his place and LED the woman
before, but did not know his name.
The woman was stranger TO him. He
described her as Of neat appearance.
wearing q large black hat, which be-
came her well.
when McHenry had shown the couple
TO their room, the woman sat on the
bed while her escort asked the land
lord for whisky. Being refused the
man left the place, saying that he
would obtain some. That was the last
McHenry saw of either until late this
afternoon, when his bed maker. Mrs.
II. Morrison. broke into the room and
found the strangled woman on the bed.
KEY TAKEN FROM DOOR
u was not watching. so that the
man could have easily returned in a
few minutes" said McHenry. Il pre-
sumo he did so. for today the door was
locked and the key was gone. Ny
house keeper had to break in TO see
what kept the woman. whom we be-
lieved to be still in the room. She
found the body
The police were notified and the cor
oner took charge of the body. The
woman was partly undressed. All her
garments were cheap but clean; her
sytackings brown tan open work and
her shoes were Of good quality.
Besides she wore a light gray jacket.
:. blue skirt of coarse material. a frayed
black underskirt and new corsets. On
her left wrist was a gold washed brace
let and on her left hand was plain
gold 4 karat wedding ring. Pinned to
some underwaists was an oxidized sill
yer pin. shaped as a f1eur de lis. Not
any Of these trinkets nor the clothes
bore marks which would serve for
Identification. Her eyes were blue and
her hair chestnut brown.
TOBACCO SPILLED on BED
The policemen who searched the room
found cigarette papers and tobacco
spilled on the bed and floor. One
burned match, but no stubs Of cigar
cites were found; nor was there a
whisky bottle.
Following the trail, the police found
the room which the man rented last
night from Boscus at 63 Broadway. In
II hung pair Of corduroy trousers left
bv the man. who has not returned TO
his room since last night. Suspecting
that he might do so, the police put
Parolman McKeegan on watch at the
place.
Hope that the woman might be iden-
tiIed now centers on her upper plate
Of false teeth. These had been dis
lodged by the blow on the mouth,
which presumably made her senseless
before she was strangied
MYSTERY BATTLES POLICE
Detectives Hodgkins and Quigley.
who are working on the case believe
that the woman was murdered by the
man who took her TO the room. Accord
ing 70 Hodgkins there is no other the
Ory 10 follow. But at that point the
police are baffled until they learn the
identity of the woman and of her gar
roter.
The nearest lead to an Identification
Yet obtained comes from McHenry. He
told the detectives that last night
when he asked the couple for their
names while renting them room the
woman looked at him strangely and
said Carlyle"
This name caused a belief that she
A0o DFFH N0tollit4 ~ tue city jail re-
Gently. Such proved not to be the
truth, however. for women held now
IN isil who would have known hel
saw the body at the morgue. They
declared that they had never seen the
strangled woman before
The suspected murderer is described
as a heavily built man. perhaps 20C
pounds in weight He is about ; feet
s inches tall. wore a brown sack suit
and a black derby hat He kept his
clothes neat and his hands showed nc
marks of manual labor. according tc
those who observed him.