The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
Three Men. One Being a Brother
of the Victim, Arrested in Con
nection With Girls Death.
MOTHERS STORY is DOUBTED.
Stained Clothing and Broken
Hammer Found in House Tend
10 Show Crime Was
Committed There.

| Allentown. Pa. Oct Swim David
| WeIssnberg under y5c1 bail. supplied by
| Congressman Kline. and with Thomas
| Bechtel. her brother. and AlIrsl Eckstcin.
/ her accredited lover. locked tlp in a police
station cell. the Allentown police are rest
I Ing their work ON the Mabel IT. Bcchtel
murder case OF yesterday morning until
Coroner SCheiTer's jury meets tomorrow
| evening
The mystery i still practically unsoIved.
except that Indications point 90 d. family
fight. in which Eckstein may have. fig
ured. as he admits he was at Miss Hec--
telS home on Monday evening Tor an hour
and a half
Because Mrs Bechtel had said her
daughter started for a drive on Monday
al a. m. Efforts We're made 90 trace the
girls movements away from home.
RumorS that she was at roadh0use near
this city were found TO be gT0uudIess. and
he police 90 not believe the girl was away
from home nj all on Monday Her broth
ers. Thomas. John and Charles. say they
did not see her on that DAY. and 50 also
says her sister. Martha.
Martha usually slept with her widowed
mother in the second-noOr rear room.
J ~ mas occupied the middle room. and
John and Charles the front room.
BLOOD STAINS FOUND.
In the latter the police to-day on thor
cuEh search found blood stains on ,hs
carpet ana on the wallpaper. and "a looked
as II vigorous efforts had been made 10
wire them out There were no hloolstainS
IN IhDulaSS room. His bloody uveralls
Were round this afternoon la a neighbOI's
In a drawer Of closet in the third
story were found part OF CharIcs's hatch
~, sucn as skaters use, slate rOOnng being
The blade and small part uf the han
lle were found there with marks on th,
H!adr which Corner SCheirsr says are
o-nCd stains The remainder ~ the handle
was found In another drawer some dis
lance away. The break iu the handle
looks new and fresh. 4 bloody apron was
also found in the house The police have
removed a section of the wall with blood
stains
Thomas says the alleged blood spots In
his room we-e tobacco stains
The police this afternoon put the entire
Eechtcl family. except the mother under
thorough examination. An deny any
knowledge Of how Mabel came 10 her
death or VINO placed her bOly in the area
way under the home on Tuesday morn
Ing Martha. John and Charles were dis
charged after they had been examined.
The rlother was not called because OF her
hySterical condition
Eckstein was Miss Bechters accepted
NV " .leuSu Site dlsp Teff-lNtu attentions
from Weisenberg. Eckstsin and the Eirl
were 20 have been married November 2.
but the date was recently postponed until
Christmas
BEAT HIS FLANCEE
They had frequent quarreIs over wels-
cnberg's attentions. Eckstein being jeaI-
Gus Of him. He had expressed threats 10
several persons that he would kill both.
II IS said that he occasionally beat Miss
Bechte! severely. and rs recently as last
Thursday evening when they went 10
Philadelphia together. ECkstein was seen
10 pummel her on one q the principal
street corners whence trolley cars start
for Philadelphia.
The police do not credit Airs. BechteI's
story that she saw a team drive up to
the rear OF the house At l a. m. on Tues
day. and that two men carried dark
object into an adjoining yard. nor her
story that the girl went for drive with
WeiseaberE on Monday morning.