The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-29

AND LOVERS
Are HELD
Police Think Murder Of Mabel
BeChtsI Took Place at Her
Own Home.

Allentown, Pa, Oct 29-With David
! WeiSenbergcr under $500 bail supplied by
! Congressman Kline, and with Thomas
| Eechtel. her brother, and Alfred Eek
stein. her accredited lover. locked UP I'm
a police station cell. the Allentown police
are resting in their work on the Mabel
III. Bechtel murder case OF Tuesday
morning until Coroner Scheirer's jury
meets tonight
The mystery Is stll practically un-
solved. except that indications point 10
family row. in which Eckstein may
have figured. as he admits he was at
Miss Bechtels home Monday evening for
an hour and a half Because Mrs. Bech-
tel had said her daughter had left for
drive Monday at 2 a. m, efforts were
made to trace the girls movements
away from home. Rumors that she was
at a road house near this city were
found 10 be groundfess and the police
do not believe the girl was away from
home AT all on Monday. Her brothers.
Thomas, John and Charlie. say they did
not see her on that day. and SO also
says her sister Martha
Martha usually slept with her wild
owed mother in tho second floor rear
room. Thomas occupied tho middle
room and John and Charles the front
room. In the latter the police today on
thorough search found blood stains on
the carpet and on the wall paper and
IL looked "a N vigorous efforts had been
made To wipe them out His bloody
overalls were found this evening I'm Il
neighbor's yard. IIc acknowledges that
they are his.
STAINS ON THE HATCHET.
! In drawer OF closet In the third story
| was found part OF Charles hatchet such
/ az skaters use, slate roofing being his
| trade. The blade and a small part OF the
handle were found there with marks on
/ the blade which Coroner Schierer says are
| blood stains. The remainder OF the han
die was found In another drawer some
/ distance away The break I'm the handle
looks like fresh one 4 bloody apron
was found part Of Charles Ratchet such
removed section OF tho blood stains
4 To have them analyzed
Thomas says the alleged blood spots
I on his overals were tobacco stains The
| Coroner thinks otherwise. The police
/ this afternoon pat the entire Brechtel
/ family except the mother. under thorough
/ examination All deny any knov-i ledge
OF the affair. Martha John ana Charles
were discharged after they had been cN-
amined Thomas was held rs a witness
before tho coroncrs jury because or sun.
posed blood stains found on hts overnlls
and IN his room. Eskrteln was similarly
held. Neither could get the bail of $1,000
asked for The mother was not called
because OF her hysterical condition
Eckstein was Miss Bcchtels accepted
lover. though she also received attentions
from Weisenbcrgcr. Ecksteln and the
girl were 10 have been married Nov. %
but the date was recently postponed untn
Christmas They had frequent qilarrols
over Weisenbe-ger's attentions Eckstciu
had expressed threats that he would kiii
both. II Is said he occasionally beat Miss
Bechtel severely and last Thursday even
Ing, when they went 30 philadelphia to-
gether. Eckstoin was seen 10 pummel her
on one OF the principal street corners. Re-
cause ot this and because Ecksteln was
AZ the Rechtel home on Monday evening.
he Is being held The Bechtel family sided
with Eckstein. preferring him 10 welsen
berger as a prospective member of their
family.
CoURTED on OUTSIDE.
weisenberger was not allowed to enter
the Bechtei home and In the year and a
half he courted Mabel he never did 90
Police Sergeant KneUss returned from
New York yesterday with Weisenberger.
The latter gave n detailed statement of
his movements since sunday. which are
corroborated fully. lie had not seen tho
girl since sunday evening, then ne met
her by appointment ON a street corner
when she had Just left Eckstein az the
next corner.
The police do not credit Mrs Bechters
story that she saw a team drive up 60
the rear of the home az I a. nm. on Tues
day and that two men carried dark OBJ I
ject into the adjoining yard. nor her story /
that the girl left for drive with welsen- I
berger on Monday morning
They incline TO the belief that the girl \
was not away from home on Monday. \
that n family row occurred over the girls ,
supposed duplicity 60 Eckstein and her \
attachment for Weisenberger: that tho 4
blow was struck IN anger. which may
have been more severe than was Intended
and that the girls murder waR thus ac.
complished and the body disposed ~ as
found. the story being concocted ss reiat.
cd by the mother
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