The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-02
FAMILY KNEW OF GRIMES.
Knapp Arrested at Instigation Of HIS
Brother-ir-law.

| AAapp arrested az 4usLlgaLiou OF HIS
Brother-ir-law.
/ Cincinnati. o.. March 1.-Since il has
/ been determined to arraign Alfred
! Knapp at Hamilton tomorrow. and
| have trial as soon as possible for the
murder of Hannah Goddard. his third
I wife, the efforts OF the city and county
/ officials here have not been relaxed I'm
/ securing evidence regarding the muir
ders of Emma Littleman, Mary e.
EckharJ and Jennie COunors. the three
crimes which Knapp confessed 10 COM
hitting i'm Cincinnati
While neither the parents nor the
/ brother Cyrus Knapp. nor the sisters.
Mrs. King and Mrs. WenzeI. Of Ham
iltOn. are under actual surveillance here,
the officers are keeping track Of them.
The family all agree in their state
mentS about Alfred being insane. His
father SAYS Alfred would be better of
dead than alive but his mother wOr-
ries over such an ending. His brother
Cyrus and his sister. Mrs WenZeL
are doing all they can for the defense
and have created SO much sympathy
for their aged parents that the Knapp
home was thronged today with visit
ors, many Of whom brought flowers.
King Suspected Him.
The Kings aided I'm the apprehension
of the prisoner. After killing his third
wife I'M Hamilton on the morning of
Dec %, Knapp on the night OF that
date called ON his DrOther-iu-laW II. +.
King. in Cincinnati. and inquired if his
wife had been there. King had sus-
pected Alfred of former murders. bus
on account of the appeals of the FAM
lily was restrained from reporting the
fact 20 the police When the wife No
2 disappeared, however. neither Mr..
nor Mrs. King could suppress their sus-
piciOns. Hannah Goddard had lived
with them and was regarded as a
daughter. Tt viii be one week tomOr-
row since King. accompanied by a Gin
clnnau detective went 70 Hamilton,
and after seeing Mr.. Goddard and
others. communicated with Captain
Lenehen Of the Hamilton police, who
arrested Knapp at Indianapolis the
next day.
1t is now generally believed here that
King had his suspicious confirmed re-
Gently by Knapps mother, who got a
letter from her son, telling about his
crimes and that the aged mother told
all, so as to prevent Alfred from muir
dering his fourth wife who is now i'm
indianapolis. All possible efforts were
made here to get this letter and others,
but Mrs. Weuzel insists that Alfred's
letters were burned.
Family Squabbles.
Mrs. sadie WenZel says King came
to her house last Tuesday night and
said he had put the Hamilton police
on the trail because Alfred had robbed
him. King claimed that Alfred took his
revolver and other things when he Wis
tied them Mrs WeuZel blamed her
sister. Mrs King. with urging her hus-
band to have Alfred arrested. She also
blamed Hannah Goddard Knapp with
separating Mr.. Wenzel, who now lives
at Chicago. aud herself Mrs. King, I'm
her interview, stated that Alfred wrote
Mrs WenZel some time ago that Han
nah was now out OF the way. Mrs
WenZel denies receiving such a letter.
The counter statements OF the sisters
are attracting much attention. Il is
thought that one may be called at
Hamilton by the prosecution, while
there is no doubt of the other being
called for the defense.