Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-02-05
new BECHTEL s'i''CLUES
Police Sergeant Expects selution of
Murder 1Mystery.aa7 Hafi j
TRACES The CRIME Id A RESORT.
M. krauss issNext TO Certain That the Cir
Was Killed at Resort on III: Outskirts OF
The city-She Was Followed Thlther BY
Her Jealous Admirsr, He Says. Jheres-tbs:
Mortal Wounds We're Inflicted. IL - f1A'S


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of the naps U.S. 81 Ii aRs kI Rfehtef, t muir
derer ard sHttlf Aet%ls taiI tlpfg m aNsftis
Gus trasedyssne prprn tiaisatVeck,i
according is6e,he Istateiiil eHti 6f'ibi4e 'sof
the oficerSsB ES 95ks4 Y qotRs Sab, ph ldsS
the directiRah fe6iG Cant. JAS Iss,ASchsadtI
counsel fobssins nBsCht olofasrhy. i9siIsq lo
This ll lRniE .,ysf,. 1'Nel
Knauss, q ths ial4if u paiSSss YhP,n # r9 En-
the hour .stahells hadyoasasA 5opndi.in
the areaws1 ol5 f Is4a l 59G 1I, ri y The
theory thatralledgiA swassinet= killed at
her home Hi, y i vs., sTs s aQV Ss{fibBB 2fftI
ed by mQLso tllSn AZ iPeFh oisff1Tt 5 of5fhs
people here. WlNH,1,e mudfhoEasi
discoveredssesseaatiE Nu aa,ssgwssoue. u
the first 9BEsyl4 ..tY ! fPp|saaa b ! =
was not long before he left the home
OF the Bechtels and Began to look In
other drs5ts rs Il qftFsl s ss 81 ss4ssScr
eeant saids =
ton now FIN nItst bers6rfs think and,
although Tfffss f1aT It whom We poiHt
suspicion is iseeifsanh the yaw, ~ a pron
pose to showctltes truths A&e,ihaseIas~
tablshed the motivs dor tbs ! pp, lt,
w iot. can :%e 'HIea kabe 20 rs ~ ras
ened that vf$slis diff ret Aagry 9 eeI-
tain young 4ffa,f she 'would~hot marry
anybody else We. can prove by reputa,-
bic witnesses itfiat5 tiieS y0fitgd iiian 6eo
manded a final lans~ars aitthaiA Monday
night Of the tragedy, but that he did
not see Mabel thea hdTtrat tight ira
stead of being ia lt,edGat 9 30 'eiockiivas
members efjhis family said, 'heswas seer
on the street. shortly before 14Io'efoeky|
when he gave trolley. car transfer tqa
friend.
Thus far@tiferesis not a flaw IN oer
theories, but the rest is based upon in
ferences supported by some strong
proof that is becoming stronger every
day. The man whom we suspect has.
given lis accounts of his movements;
after II o'clock OF the night that. pries!;
ceded the finding OF 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 lle4 is
next to certain that the giflswas killed
at resort on the. outskirts ,of, the city.
She was followed thitkersby her eafous
admirer, he says. there the. mortal
wounds were inflicted and later the dy-'
ing girl was taken home in a hack
We have scattering pieces OF evil
dence on these points" added Sergeant
Knauss, but in lew days we expect
to have the whole story and ,witnAssesr
to prove it."
District Attorney Lichteuwalihr
characteristics the f4e~ theories Nofs-the
friends of the Bechtels as a scheme to
create public sentiment infy favor OF
them and he sarcastically remarked:
If those ,peQplS,ewllb 2y tneyFkpQw
Mabel's murderer dpilf soon reveal It.,
| will have them indicted as accessories
after the fact to the murder. for, conce1l
ing the perpetrators Of the crime In
connection with the agitapdn OF the
Bechtels there is promise Off another'
scandal. .,,,...,f~.
Inc story i. gong the. rounds that i,qlIf
Z dozen br more prominent Business
men paid literally - he excused as wit
nesses in the case iii order to escape en-
posure. ,Es"3 "HH.'a','.' ..;