Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-02
EASTERN DISPATCHES
TERRIBLE STORY.
Upfaithfulntss and Brutal Murder
A Wicked, Lying or Truthful
Child.

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PHILADELPHIA, September About
the middle Of April last Thomas Klink.
residing at 1886 Market street, slopsd
with the wife OF George Beck. q neigh
Dor. Upon their departure both Klink
and Mrs. Beck took all their available
property. The woman was accompanied
By her daughter Lille. thirteen years Of
Of age. The latter has just returned,
and states that Klink had frequent quar-
rsls with her mother when they reached
their destination in California. and that
in ono Of these disturbances Mrs. Beck
was murdered. The child declares that
Klink secrstsd the body and threatened
to kill her (Lillie) also II she spoke OF
the matter. She obtained means and
reached the city q day or two ago.
Her father, George Beck. has made
the following statement : ~ have been
married fifteen years I have two chill
dren. This 10 the child that was taken
away from me. II was In this way : I
went away to my work April z, last, and
when I came home at night, the fire was
out in the stove and there was NO light.
MY wife and this child had disappeared.
l knew nothing about their fate (al.
though I soon learned that my wife had
left iu company with Klink) until July
"a, when I received q dispatch In this
child's name. telling me that she was in
San Francisco, and asking for money to
come home. sent 1t to her. and she
was pu. on board the cars ; but with his
last breath Klipk tried to corrupt her
heart against me by telling her that /
would not take her back"
A reporter interviewed the child, who
said: My name is Lille Beck. I left
home with my mother, without any idea
Of where We were going. After We got
to San Francisco my mother repented OF
her folly, and cried all the time. The
man abused her, and repeatedly struck
aud kicked her in my presence. On
July Oath, OF 4 o'clock In the AFTERNOON,
after she had been weeping. the same as
ever, Klink came out into the backyard
of his tavern. No. 10 Clay street, and
knocked her down. He said: III you
uiA cry. you ought to have something to
cry for" She screamed. and the moro
she did so tho wickeder he got. He
threw her down on the ground again
and jumped on her with bis knee. She
shouted '.AIurder," but he stuffed her
apron in her mouth and choksd her till
she ceased making any more noise. /
was frightened. and begged him to
stop. l ran and raised her head, and
saw that she was gasPing for
breath, took her poor face In
my lap, and held her till she died.
Kiink was thoroughly scared. He
brought whisky. tried to get her to
drink, and bathed her head; but she did
not recover. He then threatened to kill
me II I told anybody. He called In his
friends and said mother had fallen down
in q 1T. He then carried her in and laid
her on the bed upstairs. The body was
80 swollen that all her clothing had to
be cut of. / brought them with me and
have them now. Tho Coroner did not
ask me any questions, and I did not
dare say a word. He examined the
body aud said: "a blood vessel has
burst, aud the blood has gone to her
head" Not q word was said about
Klink jumping. not a word about kick.
ing her. She was buried in the Odd
Fellows' Cemetery on July 25. and
Klink has gone right on with his bust
ness Just the same. I suppose.
It appears that three years ago Mrs.
Beck left her husband and lived with
Klink. She afterward returned to Beck
and was forgiven. A renewal OF the old
intimacy led to the elopement.
San Francisco. September 1.-The
story Of Lillie Beck. tslegraphed from
the East today, proves to be without
foundation in fact. The records OF the
Coroner's Office show that the autopsy
disclosed the cause Of Mrs. Kinks (or
Beck's) death to have been Serious apo.
plexy, supsrinduced by chronic alcohol
ism, and that no traces OF violence were
discernibls upon the body. Klink was
taken to the police station this morning,
and he and some Of his neighbors were
examined. the result showing that the
woman was addicted to excessive drink
ing, and that Klink had not abused her.
Ha vas ast nj lherty.