Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-02-04
new BECHTEL CLUES
"olice Sergeant Expects Solution OF
Murder Mystery.
TRACES THE CRIME TO A RESORT.
Mr.. Krauss is Next 10 Certain That The Girl
Was Killed at a Resort on the Outskirts OF
The Ciiy-She Was Followed Thlther By
Her Jealous Admirer, lie Says, There the
Mortal Wounds We're Inflicted.

Allentown, Pa. (SpcciaD .-Disclosurc
of the name OF Mabel BcchtcTS mur-
dcrcr and all tic details OF the myStcri-
Gus tragedy are promised this week,
according to the statement OF one ot
the officers at work on the case under
the direction Of Capt. Jas. l.. Schaadt
counsel for the Bcchtel family.
This officer is Sergeant Edwin w.
Krauss. OF the local police, who, from
the hour Mabcl's body was found III
the areaway OF her home, clung to the
theory that the girl was not Killed at
her home. His views are now support
ed by more than 90 per cent OF the
people here When the murder was
discovered Sergeant knauss was one OF
the first officers on the ground and it
was not long before he lett the home
ol the Rechtcls and began to look in
other directions i1r clues. The Ser
gcant said:
The Bechtcl mystery is nearer solu-
ton now than most persons think and,
although the man at whom we point
suspicion Is free from the law, We pro
pose to show the truth We have cs-
tabliShcd the motive for the crime.
We can show that only two days be-
fore she was killed Mabel was threat
encd that if she did not marry GER
tain young man she would not marry
J, l. 70
bic witnesses that the young man de
manded final answer on the Monday
night OF the tragedy, but that he did
not see Mabel then That night i'll
stead OF being i'll bed at 9 O'clock, as
members OF his family said, he was seen
on the street shortly before II O'Clock,
when he gave a trolley car transfer to
friend.
Thus far there is not a flaw in our
theories. but the rest is based upon in
ierences supported by some strong
proof that is becoming stronger every
day. The man whom we suspect has
given us accounts oi his movements
alter II O'Clock OF the night that pre-
coded tic finding oi the girls body in
the alley and this is the feature of the
case we are now trying to clear UP.
Sergeant knauSs added that he IS
next to certain that the girl was killed
at a resort on the outskirts OF the city.
She was followed thithcr by her jealous
admirer, he says, there the marital
wounds were inflicted and later the dy-
ing girl was taken home IN hack,
I'VE have scattering pieces OF cyi-
dcnce on these points" added Sergeant
kuauSS. but i'll few days we expect
to have the whole story and witncSSc;
to prove it.
District Attorney LichtcnwaIncr
characterizcs the new theories OF the
friends OF the Bechtcls as a scheme to
create public sentiment IN favor ot
them and he sarcastically remarked:
IF those people who say tney know
Mabel'S murderer don't soon reveal it.
will have them indicted as accessories
after the fact to the murder for conceal
ing the perpetrators OF the crime. In
connection with the agitation Of the
Bcchtels there is promise of another
scandal
The story is going the rounds that half
A dozen or more prominent business
men paid literally to be excused as wit
ncsscs in the case in order to escape cX-
posture.