The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-13
B|CAM|sT STAYS
FIRST WIFE AND
KILLS HIMSELF
William J. Sosin Carries Out
Death Pact While Police
Are Searching for
Him
BLAME NO ONE;
THIS is LOVE"
Note Makes Motive Plain
Dead Man Accused of
Murder in Russia

After agreeing that death would solve
sin, under indictment by the grand jury
for bigamy, and his former wife, Mrs.
Andrew Memoir. 1897 De TIaro street,
entered room at the Mission Central
hotel, 5o4 Valencia street, about 8
o'clock last night. One hour later So
sin fired bullet through the woman.s
brain and then killed himself
Careful preparations had been made
by the couple to carry out their death
pact. The windows of the room were
tightly closed. The shots were fired
under the bed clothes, and no one but
Or. c. P. Thompson. whose office is in
the adjoining apartment, heard the
shots. He summoned Mrs. c. NJ Post,
the housekeeper who opened the door
with a pass key. Doctor Thompson
said that both bullets had proved in
stantly fatal.
Corporal F. J. Teutenberg Identified
Sosin, who left note on the dresser
which read:
LEAVES MONEY TO MOTHER
Please, do not blame any one for
this-it is love-
Another note was left to his brother,
street, saying that $1,000 of the dead
mans money was to go to his old
mother in Russia
Sosin, who was arrested several
weeks ago on a charge Of conducting
a blind pig al his grocery. s66 Rhode
Island street, leaves widow and a
year old baby. Mrs Sosin. the second,
refused to believe that her husband
had committed suicide. She screamed
and threatened vengeance on the police
when the news wss broken to her,
Much excitement prevailed in the lit
tie colony of Russians when 1t became
known that Sosin had taken the life
OF Mrs. Memoir. who was highly re-
spected in the community
The dead woman, who was the wife
OF Andrew Memoir. an electrical engi-
neer, married the murderer in Russia
some years ago. Two years ago she
came to America to find him. While
she was detained on Ellis island, Sosin
married again in San Francisco
WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST
Tuesday night Mrs. Memoir appeared
before the grand jury and told of
Sosin's marital adventures. A warrant
was sworn out for his arrest. At the
time his body was lying in the morgue
last night, Officer II. D. Reardon of the
Potrero station was searching for him.
Memoir. who speaks but little English,
was unaware that the murdered woman
was his wife until she failed to put in
an appearance at supper time. He was
notified that Sosin and his wife had
been seen together late In the after
noon. He identified the body at the
morgue.
Early yesterday morning the couple
met at a downtown cafe. They re-
mained together throughout the day,
registered at the hotel at 6 o'clock The
man signed his name as ]. D. Curley,
without mentioning the woman
Friends OF Mrs Memoir say she was
infatuated with Sosin, and that she had
appealed to the police for his arrest
only after great persuasion on the part
of her mother and brothers. That she
loved him was evident from the fact
that they went to the room together to
die.
Sosin complained to the police COM
missioners about three weeks ago that
Patrolmen Reardon, H Takney and
Keene and Corporal Charles Skully
had beaten him without warrant dur
ing a raid on his grocery store. The
commissioners exonerated the police
men.
It was alleged during the trial that
Sosin was wanted in Russia for the
murder of fellow groceryman
MINISTER'S AWFUL CRIME