The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-12

broken his leg and third had hit
his finger. The others went wild.
| Constable Simpson, who was one
Of the first to reach the place, put
Mrs. Beisel under arrest, and q little
after 4:30 o'clock in the morning she
was taken in an automobile, to the
Media jail. BY this time she had con-
troll Of herself, and on arriving there
asked to be given a cell at once, as
she was sleepy. She was put into
one, and undressed and went to bed
with calmness that showed her ma
ture.
There was little sleep for Mrs. Erb'
however. She was questioned. She
told the story of her fight early in the
evening with Captain Erb, and admit
ted throwing the jardiniere and the
cuspidor.
When Miss Erb, the captains sis
ter, arrived, about4 o'clock, she broke
down again and spent the rest OF the
day until o'clock in the afternoon
alternately weeping and talking with
the detectives and other officers.
The city hall photographer, Detec-
tive Bodkin, was on the spot taking
pictures to be used as evidence.
Cartridges In Mrs. Erb's Room.
Beside the revolver he had bought
for Mrs. Erb, Captain Erb had one
also to protect himself This was
found in his room, locked in It's case.
Its chambers were empty and from
its appearance it had never been used.
On the washstand in Mrs. Erb's room
a box of shells for her revolver was
found.
Mrs. Catherine Beisel, who has
flashed into notoriety as the slayer
of Captain Erb, lived for the past two
years at 1929 South Fifteenth street,
but as she made few friends her neigh
bors knew little of her, except that
'she was not often at home; infor-
nation vouchsafed by one of the wo-
men in the block yesterday.
Harry G. Beisel, the husband of the
woman under arrest, Is a conductor
on the Reading railway, and the first
news of the tragedy and the part his
wife had taken.in It was conveyed to
him by the morning newspapers when
he was about to leave the house to go
to work.
He is said to have paced the side
walk for a few minutes like mad
man, so overcome was he with the
terrible intelligence. Then he hurried
to Thirteenth street and was soon on
his way to Media to visit Mrs. Beisel
in the Jail.
For nearly two years Mrs. Beisel
has been forewoman of Innes & Sons
bindery, 1911 SAMSON street, and her
employers say that she was steady
at her employment and efficient in her
duties.
She was often visited by Mrs. Erb,
her sister, and the domestic difficult
ties at "Red Gables" usually formed
the subject of their conversation,
employees of the bindery declare.
| On one occasion Mrs. Beisel took a
revolver from her pocket and said
that she had learned to use the wea-
pom, and that as Erb had been abus-
ing her sister she would use 1t on
him some day IL the necessity arose.
-.4s{ Said She Would Shoot Him.
Clayton has threatened the life of
1 my sister, several times" she remark
ed to one of the employees of the bind
cry one day, "and will shoot him
with this pistol If hi Injuries her while
am around"
Around Village Green, where Mrs.
! Beisel was frequent visitor-so fre-
quent that Erb gave orders to his
4 wife that she should not be guest
at "Red Gables"-it is declared that
Mrs. Erb and Mrs. Beisel were only
half sisters, and that the slayer Of
Erb was formerly Miss Bridget Cor
man.
There is no confirmation of this
story, however, and against it there
stands the fact that Mrs. Erb always
greeted her and spoke of her as her
sister.
Court records of this city show that
Mrs. Beisel is under indictment on the
charge of stealing a diamond ring,
valued at $100, from Frank ]. McCar-
rem, of 5316 Walton avenue. At that
time she lived at 1913 South Sixteenth
street.
Little is known of the life of Mrs.
Erb before she became the wife of
Captain Erb. What information has
been cleaned has come chiefly from
detectives employed by Erb to look
up the antecedents OF his wife, her
! former associations and other facts.
Presumably this search was for the
purpose of supplying evidence in a
divorce suit
Captain Erb told friend in this
city that he had learned that his wife
and Mrs. Beisel had formerly lived
in Newark, Del, and that their maiden
name was Conway The Conway girls
afterward lived at Twentieth and Ellis
worth streets, then on Seventeenth
street above Arch, in Philadelphia.
One of Mrs. Erb's brothers, 1t has
been learned, is in sanitarium, and
that has led to the supposition that
possibly the plea Of mental irrespon-
sibility might be urged in the trial in
Media.
Fierce jealousy Of Captain J. Clay
ton Erb's sister, who was to have been
installed today as mistress of "Red
Cables. is said to have lashed the
two women now in Jail in connection
with the murder of the cantain IN IN.