The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-08

in Colorado Springs, December 2, said
that she would leave for Wilkesbarre in
a weeks time and come from there
home. When no wcTd was received
from her for more thaG two weeks Mr.
Kempter became worried, and as soon
as he heard of the Cutler Mountain muir
der he communicated with the Colorado
Springs police.
Mrs. Bouton is known to have had
some expensive diamonds. and her rela-
tives say that she carried watch
worth $500 when they saw her in Syra-
cuse a year ago yesterday The last
trace of her received by her relatives
was on October 5, when she sent them
a receipt for check for S20e, which had
been forwarded from Syracuse. Some
of this money must have been in her
possession when the murder occurred
Where it went and what was done with
the jewefry she wore are still open
questions. though both might have been
easily disposed Of Even the jeweiry
could have been worked up into other
forms before leaving the murderer's
hands.
Unhappily Married.
Bessie Kempter was considered very
pretty child. and she retained her beau
ty after reaching womaBhood- She had
many admirers. and never lacked for
gentlemen escorts. She had the faculty
of making men like her and enjoyed
their society When she was nineteen
years old she married a young man
| named Bouton- 1t proved an unhappy
marriage, and soon the young people
separated. Mrs. Bouton secured employ
menf with a manicure and toilet supply
| house. and made an almost tnstanta
neous success in that calling She is
said to have been one of the best women
| sales rgentS in the country, and earned
a la.ge income. Mrs Bouton was well
educated, refined in manner and appear
ance. and her extensive travels had
rounded out her education in a prac-
teal way She was bright and viva
| cIous, an exceptional conyersaoonaiist,
and, for a woman, a capital story teller
| She had passed through many odd and
funny experiences during her long trips
through the United States and Canada,
during the past few years. and these
she would relate to her family and
friends on her annual Christmas visit
to Syracuse in an entertaining and inim-
liable manner
Suspect Milton Franklin.
When her parents first heard the news
they were inclined to lay the crime TO
the hands of Milton Franklin. After
Mrs. Kempter read the description OF
the body she said:
1T is Doske. No one else could be sc
Ike her.
Yes" volunteered a sister-in-law OF
the dead girl, and We know the man
who killed her. He was in Syracuse last
Christmas, ard he admitted TO US thai
the name he went under at that time
Milton Franklin. was assumed In every
CITY he visited he had different names
and we do not know his right name His
} business was as mysterious as his ident
fty. No one we know ever knew wha
he Gid for a living. but he always had
large sums of money on his persc n
) wore beautiful diamonds, and seemed
: fond Of snowy jeweiry-
"Ouiet and rather taciturn he told al
} most nothing about himself, but l re
member hearing him say one night tina
, ! II he ever killed anyone he would do :
2 clean job and would never be taken
t While he talked he swung q 2S-calibe
revolver around one Of his fingers by tn
trigger guard.
--Doske was present during the CONVEX
Y sation and she watched Franklin like on
fascinated. He glanced At ner cOVer1lN
: and | remember thinking at the tim
n that the man seemed to have some pur
e pose in mind when he turned the con
: versation into discussion of murder"
4 While in Syracuse Franklin set up
d target and practiced daily with his re
voIver When the relatives were toll
e today that Dosl1e met her death by
S shot from 33-caliber revolver the stor
d of his covert threat came out
K Franklin was not liked by the dea
|, girls relatives. and while they dis
y trusted him they never had any reaso
n to believe him other than he Representa-
:, himsclf-a travelling salesman.
With Another Man.
But it now appears that Dosae Bouto
= was in Colorado Springs in October an
: November with another man tina
= Franklin. whose identity is still III
known From the description given .
him by persons who saw them togetht
it is clear that this man was M
Franklin
# This new man IS described as bein
d five feet eight inches in height. dar
e complexion, brown moustache, heav
v set. lie was with Dcske at Colora6
4 Springs during the latter part OF O
It tcber and she introduced him az h,
n husband BY no chance could this ma