The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-01-29
AN ARREST WAS MADE.
Suspect in the Miss Schafer MUIR
der Case at Bedford, Ind.
After His Apprehension at Louisville
He Told An Uncertain and Discon-
nected Story of His Where
abouts-BIoody Clothes.


Louisville, KY, jan 2S.-With his
clothing in several places clotted with
blood, one clot on the right coat sleeve
being five inches long and three inches
wide, his face badly scratched, Harry
Behr was Wednesday taken into Gus
tody as a suspect in connection with
the murder OF Miss Sarah Schafer at
Bedford, Ind, on the night of Janu-
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The grounds given for Behr's arrest
are stated by the officers as follows:
Behr was met by the Negro. White, on
Friday morning, January %, the day
following the murder Behr was COM
ing from the Louisville dock Of the
ferry line running to Jacksonville,
Ind. Bedford is IS miles from Louis
vile on the Monon road, the journey
being made in three hours by a pas
senger train and five to eight hours
by freight trains.
Behr bore two deep scratches, one
on each side of his forehead and two
or three minor abrasions about the
face. His clothing contains several
blood clOts of large size, which he at
tempted to remove after going to
Whites home. Behr, after his arrest,
told an uncertain and disconnected
story to account for his whereabouts
at the time of the murder, and in eX-
PLANTATION Of the wounds on his face.
Some portions of his story are contra
dicted by his mother, who lives in
Memphis. and other statements by
Mrs. Behr fail to fully substantiate de-
tails as to time.
According to the story of the Negro,
White, -Behr asked for permission to
board with him and smoke a little
hop" White assented and Behr went
to the Negroes home, where he remain
ed until his arrest, going out but twice
for brief intervals Two days ago Behr
produced newspapers containing ac-
counts of the Schafer murder and ask
ed Lizzie White to read to him the
story Of the murder He was smoking
opium frequently and was twice heard
to say that he had a wOman's blood on
his clothing. Wednesday morning Behr
awoke from a stupOr induced by "the
pipe" and screamed for Lizzie White,
calling out that he had killed a wom-
an.
The Negro notified the detectives
and the arrest followed. To the off,
GERS Behr stated that he was a native
of Memphis and gave the address of
his mother there. He declared that
he left Memphis last Thursday night,
coming to Louisville and remaining
here. The cuts on his face he claim
ed to have received during the turbu-
lent municipal election at Memphis
January during row in the Ninth
ward. Mrs. Behr was unable to give
the date of her sons departure be-
yond saying that it occurred about a
week ago. She stated fatty that her
son did not participate in any fight in
the Ninth ward.
Ell1hart, Ind, Jan. 28.-The parents
Of Miss Schafer, the murdered girl, do
not believe that her murderer's face
was scratched. They assert that Miss
Schafer had a habit of biting her fin.
ger nails and that when the body was
returned to this city the nails were
so short that they would have made
no abrasion on the skin of a man.
Bedford, Ind, Jan. 28.-The officials
and detectives in charge Of the inves-
tigation here have received no official
notification of the arrest Of Harry
Behr at Louisville and do not believe
that he is in any way connected with
the murder of Miss Schafer.
Bedford, Ind, Jan. 28.-Mayor Smith
early Thursday morning received a
telegram as follows:
Come to Browns, SO miles west of
Lewis, for valuable information of the
murder
Browns is a little settlement and it
is supposed that some one of a slls-
picious character is being held there.
IN CASE OF WAR.