The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-29
BECHTEL GIRL
KILLED AT HOME.
Police Gradually Getting at the
Facts in the Case.
MOTHERS STORY IS DOUBTED
BROTHER AND JEALOUS LOVER
IN JAIL.

a LLENTOWN, Pa, Oct 2s.-With
"A David Weisenberg under $500 bail.
supplied by Congressman KIae.
and with Thomas Becntel. her brother.
and Alfred Eckstein. her accredited
lover, locked up in a police station
cell. the Allentown police are resting
their work on the Mabel IT. Bechtel
murder case Of yesterday morning un-
I'll Coroner Scheirers' jury meets to-
morrow evening
The mystery is stiu practically un-
solved, except that indications point 20
q family row ip which Eckstein may
have figured, as ne admits he was at
Miss BechteIs home on Monday even
ing for an hour and a half. Because
Mrs. Bechtel had said her daughte-
had left for q drive on Monday az
9 a. M efforts were made to trace the
girls movements away from home. Ru-
mOrs thar she was at a rOadhOUse near
the city were found to be grOundless.
and the police do not believe the girl
was away from home at all on Mon
cav. Her brothers. Thomas. John and
Charles. say they did not see her on
that day, and SO says her sister,
Martha
Whole Family Suspected
The police this afternoon put the entire
Bechtel family. except the mother. under
I thorough examination. All deny any
knowledge of how Mabel came to her
death or who placed aet ooas r u ;a@
morning. Martha, John and Charles were
discharged after they had been exam
ined. Thomas was held as witness ne-
/ fore the corOner's jury because OF sup
posed blood stains found on ms oYeral 8
and in his room ECkstelu was slrliiarlN
I held. Neither could set the Gail Of 81 ~.
asked for. The mother was not called
! because of her hysterical condition.
Eckstein was Miss Bechtcl,S accepted
/ lover, though she also received lkten-
/ tons from Weisenberg. Eckstein and the
! girl were TO have been married Nov. %
/ but the date was recently postponed UNI
I til Christmas.
! Eckstein Was Jealous.
/ They had frequent quarrels over Weis-
/ enberg's attentions Eckstein being leal-
I Gus of him. He had expressed threats 20
/ several persons that he would XIII both
| 1t is said he occasionally beat Miss Bech-
/ tel severely and AS receutiy as last Thurs
/ day evening. when they went TO Philadel-
( phia together Eckstein was seen 10 pCm-
I mel her on one OF the principal street
/ corners. whence the trolley leaves for
! Philadelphia. Because of this and be-
/ cause Eckstein was at the Becntel nome
! on Monday evening he Is being held
| The Bechtel family sided with EcSstein,
| preterring him to Weisenberg as pros
| pective member of their family. W el5-
| enberg was not allowed to enter the Been
] tel home and I'm the year and half that
he courted the girl ne never dlo So IN neE
i own nome AilcN met ON AAle oAAINA eIAAAi
went to public places together
Alibi Of Weisenberg.
/ Police Sergeant Inauss returned 81
l-AuentOWu from rev York t1c1l 1855
N .WeisenberC- The latter gave q detailed
4 statement OF mis- movements since SUM
day. which are cOrrOborated fully. TIC
had not seen the girl since Sunday even
/ iug; then ne met her by appointment on
First street. when she had Just left Eek
/ stein at the next corner The police 90
I not credit Mrs. Bechtels story that She
I saw a carriage draw UP u the rear pi
/ the home at j o'clock Tuesday mornllle
| and that two men carried a dark obieci
! into an adjoining yard. nor her story that
l the girl left for drive with Weisenbers
} on Monday morning. They incline to the
/ belief that the girl was not away from
{ home on Monday, that a family row Qc-
| CURED i'm view of the girls supposed uu-
I pliCity to Ecksteiu and her attachment for
| Neisenberg; that the blow was struck in
Z anger which may have been more severe
| than was intended. and that the ElFt-
| murder was thus accomplished and tie
: / body disposed Of as found. the story being
I COncocted as related by the mother.