Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-23
FOR HIS SONS SAKE
Eddie Myers Father Takes a
a Trip to McKeespOrt.
ANOTHER ARREST is MADE,
But the Douglass Mystery is Not Yet
Cleared Up.
WHY MRS. BECK WAS PUT In JAIL

John Myers, father OF Eddie Myers, thu
young McKeesporter now in Jail accused o
the murder of his aunt, Miss Margare
Douglass, on the Douglass farm at McKees
port, on the 18th instant, arrived in Nc
Keesport yesterday FOR the purpose of look
ing after his sons property, and will max,
an effort to have the young man released or
bail. Mr.. Myers says he has only seen hi
son twice IN his life, but has always had 4
fatherly interest in the boy. The latter, ht
says, has always been taken care of by hii
aunt, who raised him from an infant. Eddie'i
mother died when he was only 20 days old
and since that time his father has seen little
OF him. In conversation with DIsPATcH
representative Mr.. Myers said:
WILL TRY TO FREE HIM.
'tI will make an effort to see that Eddie
gets good treatment, aud 1 think l can get
him out OF Jail on bail. His aunt kept him
away from me, and have seen the boy but
twice in nv life. do not know who has
control of his property, but will see that it
does not fall into bad hands. 1 have been
living at Salem, Westmoreland county, and
the first heard OF the murder was when /
saw it in THE DIsPATCH."
Another arrest was made in the mysteri-
Gus case yesterday. Detective Charles Cook,
employed by the Pinkerton agency in the
borough, went to the house Of Mrs. Emma
Beck, near the Douglass farm, and placed
the woman under arrest. She was taken to
Squire McMarIin's Office and given a pre-
liminary hearing. The Squire considered
the circumstances surrounding the arrest
sufficient to hold Mrs. Beck, and ordered
her to be taken to the county Jail.
Mrs. Beck, who is one of the nearest
neighbors to the Douglass farm, has told
many conflicting stories since Thursday.
the latter. she admits. has been frequent
visitor to her house, and she often went to
see Miss Douglass. She claims this would
be no bar to her telling all she knows about
the case.
ON WHAT SHE is HELD.
The point on which Mrs. Beck Is being
held is her statement about her boy being on
the wagon when young Myers discovered
the body Of his aunt upon his arrival home
from town with a load Of feed. Mrs. Beck
said the boy was at school. and the latter
says he wns on the wagon and rode home
with MYERS. She also tried 10 discredit the
testimony Of Nellie Jones.
Mrs. Heck was interviewed yesterday %
the was on her way 10 jail in charge Of Con.
stable Piper, She saidi "On the Thursday
ri the murder went 10 town with my hus.
hands dinner about noon. had been In the
habit Of sending my boy. but ~ had a note
20 pay the Interest on at the First National
fank, went 10 town myself ! got the
money-Si4-from my husband and
then went 90 the bank, After
making the payment, went 10 several
stores aud attended 10 some business. When
] was through, started home, arriving at
the latter place about 8 o'clock. / did not
know anything about the murder until was
told by one Of my children that Miss Doug
lass body was found In the yard. am
hure this was about o'clock Ia the after
noon, and was several hours after the dead
woman was reported 10 have been found.
WHEN SHE WAS LAST THERE.
81 had not been near the Douglass house
The day Of the murder until after the dis
coYery OF the body. The last time ! wns
there was on Tuesday evening, and Eddie
and his aunt were preparing 10 20 10 the
taxpayer meeting. She asked him 10 but
ton her shoes, and he did so. At the same
time she remarked that he had better hurry
up and get n vile 10 take care OF, as he was
probably tired of caring for her. He re-
piled that he would marry the girl be loved,
and she told him II he did he would not get
any OF her money. He said he did not care,
and with this the conversation ceased"
While Mrs. Beck was telling her story
she broke down, and wept bitterly. She
said she was not an accOmplice OF Eddie
Myers, and the only time he visited her
house was when he was passing, and only
dropped in in a neighborly way. Her
husband works at the blast furnaces, and
when be heard Of his wife's arrest he tried
TO secure bail, but could not. The latter
was first fixed at $1,000, and afterward
the detective said be would refuse
bail. although what he had 10 do
with 1t was not clear to Mrs. Beck's friends.
; Constable Piper is still working on the
case, and hopes to develop something about
the missing revolver in few days.
John Cooley, father of the girl to whom
young Myers was engaged, was yesterday
placed in charge of the Douglass farm BY
the attorneys for the defense.
Mrs. Beck was brought to the county Jail
about o'clock. Shortly afterward Colonel
Blakeley, her attorney, called to see her,
but was refused admittance, it being after
the regular visiting hours Of the prison.
MAY BE A CLEw.
The Chief of Police of Altoona wired the
Chief at McKeesport that the man Charles
Freeman, who tried to commit suicide at
Altoona Friday night, is continually MUIR
muring about the "McKeesport murder"
while in a delirium. The man. he says,
is notion peddler, who hailed from
Pittsburg, and he talks so much of the mur-
der that he is of the belief that he knows
something of the recent murders, or at least
one of them. The McKeesport authorities
telegrsphed to hold the man, and there will
be no trouble, as his head is nearly severed
from his body on account of his attempt at
suicide.
Investigation shows that man answering
the description of Freeman called at the
City Clerks Office, just prior to
the Douglass murder, and took out a license
to peddle watches. A detective will go to
Altoona to look into the case. The would-be
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