The San Francisco call., 1910-09-26
PAUL PARKER AND EVA
SWAN LIVED IN SAME
HOUSE SEVEN MONTHS

Paul Parker first met Miss Eva Swan
in Salinas. They had been playmates
and had attended the same grammar
school there. Parker afterward took a
course in Stanford university. When
ever Parker visited his home town the
two renewed their friendship.
When Parker came to this city to
live and write for the numerous pc
riodicals, to which he was a steady
contributor, he took lodging with
very close friend of his family, Mrs.
Ware of 2040 Scott street. Later Eva
Swan came to this city and at first took
room in Haight street, but afterward
moved to 2040 Scott street, the same
house in which Parker had lodgings.
She had been living there seven months
before her disappearance.
Prior to coming to San Francisco
Miss Swan had been teaching school in
one of the small towns in the northern
part of the state and came here for
the purpose of learning shorthand and
typewriting. She attended the San
Francisco business college. After study
ing for two months she had complained
to Paul Parker that she found the work
very trying.
When seen Immediately after the
body of Miss Swan had been found un-
der the house in Eureka street, Parker
made lengthy statement in which he
moodyness and at times would burst
forth into fits of weeping. The two
met in the rooms of Mrs. Ware on sew
eral occasions, but outside of that were
not seen in each others company.
PLAYMATES TOGETHER
In explaining their relationship, Mrs.
Ware. the landlady of both Parker
and Miss Swan, last night said:
When Miss Swan came to this house
L. g.
beene living here for over year.
Parker was on his way down the
stairs when the bell range and Miss
Swan asked for apartments They
passed each other on the stairs. Paul
had gone but few feet when he came
back and, looking at Miss Swan. asked
if she wasn't Eva Swan of Paso RobIes.
The two had been playmates together
Mr.. Parker was in and out of town
considerably and was too much taken
upp in his writings to pay any atten-
tion to any of the roomers. He attended
numerous parties while in the city, but
never took Miss Swan to any of them.
When Miss Swan disappeared from
my house it was Mr.. Parker who went
in search of her, he visiting the morgue
and numerous other places where she
might have been if she had met with
an accident. When the mysterious per-
son who had been telephoning Miss
Swan every night called up after she
had disappeared Mr.. Parker endeavored
to find out who he was and from
whence he was telephoning, but was
unable to do so.
MYSTERIOUS VOICE
'The last time that this mysterious
man rang up on the telephone 1 an
swered and he said he wanted TO speak
to Miss Swan. 1 informed him that she
had not been home for several days and
said that if any one could tell where
she was / thought IL was he. He an
swered by saying that Eva was visit
ing friends in Berkeley and would re-
turn shortly. He never rang up again
Attention was first directed TO Parker
when letters were placed in the hands
of the police by Henry Swan, an uncle
of the dead girl. The letters were from
brother of Eva Swan, r. w. Swan,
in Rome, Iowa, and a sister, Nettie
Mackenzie, who lives in McMurray.
Wash.
In one letter from her brother. bear