THE MURDER ON THE ALAMEDA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7821, 13 August 1887, Page 3

THE MURDER ON THE ALAMEDA.

The A tirkland Hlnr publishes the following particulars of the tragedy on liourd tlie s.s. Aluuißcla, which ended in (lie death of the womuleil man :— Bishop sold his business in (iWiorne a few months ago and went to San Francisco, where lie quickly fell into the toils of the woman by whose hands he ultimately met his death. On 15th April Hishop went, to a matrimonial agent named Hopkins ami asked for an introduction to a woman who was advertised in the sheet which Hopkins published a* in search of a husband. Hopkins had advertised in the following terms : - " A young and beautiful woman, who has just got out her divorce papers from a bad husband, is again in the matrimonial market. She is a beautiful creature — splendid formation, accomplished, prepossessing, beautiful pianist, and itas higli-toned relatives, anil is now in a prosperous business." I ndcr examination in Court be after- I wards admitted that the description was false, and the woman was known to be about frf) years of age and 2001 b weight-. Hopkin.s j;ii.ve lSishop a letter to a woman lie called " l,ady Mary You," charging ten dollars for his services. The introduction led to a liaimii, JJishop Hotting her up in a lodging-house in I Wellstreet, which he rented for her special benefit. All went well feu- »i time until llLslion, apparently tiled i,f liis liaigaiu, assigned the property lo a man named Joseph M. M'J-iauglilin. The woman refused to give up possession, ami this led to a .suit for the recovery of (he furniture, whicli, according to complainant, included live beds ami bedding, carpets, si.\ minors, cooking stove, chairs in ci^lit rooms, pictures in same, three washstands, live tables, and various other articles valued at :l."(i(i. (ieorge Wcby P.ishop, under examination, said- I am about four months from Now Zealand. 1 met Mis Mary Aon, and 1 confess J fell in love' with her, and she induced mo to purchase tliu liou.se iv I'liwell-strucl from Mrs lU'liridc. I got acquainted with .Mrs Von by adverfccmcut in the Mnirimmiinl (•'nrslO; hy

the assistance Of 1> Hopkins, t told her when I met her that she need not suppose I came to hey on matiimonial lmMne>s, as I already hail a wife- T paid considerable attf ntion to her. lam a chemist. I got her medicines such as limes, lozenges, and many other things. V\ lieu she got well we again talked, of divorce matters, and were Very afleetioiiata Once when she was playing at tln> piano sheiiioke oft rather " rhapsodical!)' "' and said it was too bad, she never could net ready money ■when .she needed it. I said that it was right, it was only changing money fioni my pocket to hci'.s. Then she spoke about the house on I'owcll -street, and she asked me to look it up. If tile plan met her approval and expectations, it would t)C all right, and I was to buy it. It was 10+, Powell-street. Well, we looked over tlie house, and it seemed all right, and I bought the place ont. The bill-of-sale was first in lier name from Mrs M'firide., lint afterwards at my suggeMion it fras put i/i my flame. On 30th May 1 asked her if niie 1 had tlie hipney to pay" next month's rent, nft'l s" c saw no. Then T asked her what proposition she had to make, but she submitted none, consequently the lady depreciated considerably in my estimation. Mary von, in lier evidence', g.ive corrdbbrahqn to tlie story, but maintained that (lie furniture was bought for her. In cross-esnniination she was compelled to acknowledge tliatat various times she had home the names of Diodes, Hughes, and Hammersmith, and that she did not now know where her quondam husbands were. nio " poor »irl," wan quite nonplussed when asked if site wits r Carried woman, ami said that "under the decision she really did not know," and she said she had married Bishop by .weement. Being asked what her business was she said she was a physician, although she had no diploma anil could not tell how many teeth were in tlie head nor bones in the body. She Ueslre'l il tb lie understood, hHtfeter, that she did not cure by tlie use of medicines lmt l>y Laying on of hand?, and her method was known as the Roman method. She was a "natural healer." Were you not sentenced in Jud^e Murphy's Court; on 7th January. ISBO| for an assault with a deadly weapon, ! with intent to commit murder, and hpnt to Sun Quentin and served ayeavV "Yes, sir,' faltered tlie claimant of four names and the relic of several husbands. In rendering judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Justice Burke reviewed the evidence at length, and said he did not think fhe fact of marriage had been conclusively shown, and thought Bishop had made, a V'ift of the furniture to Mrs Von. "I think," sidd the Court, "that ibis gay Lothario bought the property, and put this woman in the house to run it, and make all she could out of it. I am inclined to think that plaintiff, although lib probably ought to have a guardian ag'golnted for Idili— a man ■who went to Hopkins to get a wife ought fo Have a guardian— is entitled to judgment. I can't see that defendant in this cate, after receiving all those presents, is entitled to this property. Judgment for plaintiff." The sequel to the story Is supplied In the shooting of Jiishoji by the woman, and her arrest on what will now be a capital charge.