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Show WOMAN'S DEATH FOLLOWS A BEATING ' UNKNOWN MAN ATTACKS HER IN HER APARTMENTS. Victim Is Unconscious When Discovered Discov-ered by Police Who Are Trying to Solve Mystery. Honolulu, April 22. Mrs. Alice Brandt, whose death in San Francisco following a beating Bhe received at J the hands of a mau nuknown to tho ' authorities, has taken the aspect of a ! mysterious murder. Is believed here to 'have beeu' Annlne Claudine, well 1 known in police circles. Henry Fisher, j a lamplighter, who knew the woman j In IIHo and who was held by the San j Francisco authorities in the hope that he could throw some light on th I tragedy, also is known here. Mrs. Brandt died nt.tho Emergency Iioispital in San Francisco Monday night. During the afternoon a stranger strang-er had called at her apartments and. after administering a terrible beating, disappeared. When the police visited the place a few minutes later the woman wom-an wus unconscious. lu addition ta severe injuries infiicled by her assailant as-sailant she was badly burned about the mouth and neck with cat lndlc acid. An empty vial lay on the floor. Mrs. Brandt's husband is a sailor on the Falls of Clyde, which is due in San Francisco in a few days. Fisher called at the house upon learning of the tragedy, but protested that hi knew nothing of the affair. |