The San Francisco call., 1913-09-20
POLICE FA|[.
To SOLVE
MYSTERY
Triple Staying in Garage, De-
MED by CouIson, Becomes
Battling Crime

thoughts over Sunday is the admis-
SIGN the department is baff1ed.
A little new history in regard to the
Gallagher woman was uncovered. She
was divorced from v. A aWltenbaugh
in San Francisco in 1908. The ground
in the complaint was neglect.
Fresh after a nights sleep in de-
1inue, Coulson greeted his keepers in
friendly manner after he had ar
ranged his clothes fastidiously. c1rled
his blonde mustache and eaten a
nan's size breakfast like a day la
borer.
Then he was introduced to the
crafty quizzing of the inner room.
His questioners were perspiring when
the session was over. They had not
elected an admission from the taci-
turn man. couIson was cool.
WOMAN's MEMORY LAPSES
Aided by the lapse of memory of
wounded Katherine Gallagher, who
was thought to be Mrs Coulson. the
merchant has assumed you prove
it front
Coulson's silence and the woman's
statement that she could not identity
the man who shot her down. aid in
developing the denouement OF the Joy
ride OF two women into one OF the
most unusual murder cases the de-
partment ever has worked on.
There is no good circumstantial
evidence against Coulson. the police
admit, explaining that the only hope
Of clearing up the crime is by batter
ing down Coulsons will power
through a long third degree" or
making the woman come through"
with us.
ORD IS PUZZLED
Cha - stafford, the husband of
Mrs. Mary g. STAFFORD, who was with
the other woman in her debauch at
&he beach until after midnight Thurs
day night. was interviewed today. He
was at his work in the shop of the
Pierce Arrow automobile agency,
where he is manager OF the service
department
stafford said he had attempted to
find his wife yesterday. and that he
slept in his home in the Ainslee apart
ments. $40 Turk street, Thursday
night After he found out through the
newspapers where his wife was he
couldn't. decide what to do, he said.
He made q trip to police headquarters
TO see Mrs. Stafford, who is held In
detinue as material witness.
AT 10 o'clock stafford and his wife
were eloseted with Detectives Gal
lagher. De la Guerra and jackson.
" Mrs. Stafford fears her hsuband has
deserted her nthis extremity. He did
not say what his future attitude to-
ward his wife viii be.
p George NJ Lipman. one of CoElsons
attorneys, after visiting CouIson in
his cell for 20 minutes today, said:
Il viii not have thing to say
about the affair until after the cor
oner's jury fixes the blame for the
death of the two men"
Coroner T. W. B. Leland has fixed
e Tuesday evening for the inquest.
II is understood formal charges will
not be filed against Coulson until next
week. unless some developments that
seem unlikely now TO follow imme-
sdiately.
Stafords interview with the detect
ives did. not develop anything mate
rial, according to information given
out at headquarters STAFFORD ex-
plained his absence from his fat
Thursday night by telling he Slept
with a friend named Morrell at the
Empress hotel
If the 3s caliber revolver which the
murderer used can be found, the de-
tectives believe they can connect the
gun with It's owner
Next to the search for the gun, the
energy OF the detectives is being de-
voted to securing a record of the
Whereabouts Of Coulson on Thursday
night.
Minute examination OF the territory
IN the vicinity of the garage and the
building itself failed to bring the
weapon to light
OF course. Coulson had ample op-
portunity to dispose OF any artillery
he might have carried, the police point
out before going to the ONCE OF his
attorneys.
A fiatened bullet from a ss caiibre
revolver, found on the floor of tho
garage, .fixee the size OF the gun with
which the murders were committed.
While to the casual observer Of the
case the riddle is as clear az spring
water. the police department Is not go
confident. The theory that Coulson. did
the shooting has the majority Of sup
schooled / nthe study of crime who
say there is large possibility that
Coulson's hands are clean
HOLDUP MAN THEORY
This fatter class say there might
have been words between Aeker. the
chauffeur; Kovack. the hostler and
the Gallagher woman when the ma.
chine reached the garage Give
either Kovack or Acker 4 gun and
stage q free for all light. ana von
have solution to the mystery, some
think
The first story Of me Gallagher
woman was that the party had been
surprised by holdup man If a hold
UP man entered the garage and start
ed shooting before advising his thfee
victims to elevate their hands. he ara
not know much about his business.
the police say.
Remorse had Mrs. Stafford todav.
Il am through with the booze for
ever" she walled II guess il has
broken up MY home for good now
Mr.. Stafford often said he would d.
Yorce me if-I didn't change, my -Svaya.
and I guess this Is about the last
straw" Mrs. Stafford was bemoanine
the fact that she didn't have dime
with which to buy cigarettes Some
body sent her a suitca6e full OF
clothes last night
ATTORNEYS ADVISE SILENCE
Keep your mouth shut" the first
aid to the injured signal of all good
attorneys to clients accused of crime.
seems TO have been the first advice Of
George NJ. Lipman, Edgar c. Ieyey
and II. n. Mathews, with whom coul-
son was cioseted for half an hour
before the police learned Of the