The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-16
YOUNG WOMAN
PAID PENALTY
WITH HER LIFE
One Trip With Young Preach.
er Ended in Her Death by
Poisoning
DYING Statement SHOWS
THE HUMBLE WAGES Of SIN


The HUMBLE WAGES Of SIN
Betrothed to Another, She Yielded to
Persuasfons Of One Smarter Than
Her Lover-Took Mercurisl Pills
Procured BY Young Man.
Kansas City, Sept. 16.-Death ended
the suffering of Frances q. Peters.
the poisoned typist Of 20 years, at St.
Margaret's hospital at 1880 o'clock
last night. The police are searching
for Karl Bickel, 20 years old, whom
the girl accused in a dying state
ment of having given her poisonous
medicine which she misused and
which caused her death.
Bickel is Of the firm of Bickel g.
Ballinger. printers, 112O Troost ave-
nue.. He could not be> found last
night, but his father, G. R. Bickel Of
9!4 East Twenty-ninth street, said
his son would be turned over to the
police as soon as q warrant was is-
sued by the authorities Of johnson
county, Kansas. The alleged offense
was committed tn a hotel in Olathe.
IN Johnson county, September 1. A
warrant charging manslaughter will
be issued this evening, according to
9 telephone message from Sheriff
Sneed OF johnson county to Sergeant
s. X. Zickefoose at police headouar-
ters last night.
rh,. ., ~, ,t..e.". N..'
xaye vasterday err % to Thoma. ma,cn Tasrsn. inc s,sl
nrosacmtin. ayt..O.,, no ~ y,..s aaesaIe'
county. "'euuot'e
",s,.
NY name Is Frances Peters; my
sse n. ~ ~ years. "A man named Bdckle,
was % at Mrs asnea Ga.. sie 10 20 10 olatne.
at Fairmount mark, He cana IN Mo-
day, Tuesday and Wednesiay tn Tair.
mount mark. coaxinr ma n coma
He said he had tn 70 down Ia 0latha
to meet a friend ana preach aer-
mon. I went With him On wadne..
day. He satd he co,,ad not And hia
friend when he rDk there He to0r
mo to a hotel Ha aaid he raoja+ered
both of us "a brothar and ssster 7
went to n room
"rh,. no. A.
1u.t o. 4h;s ,,e.s ou1euy 20 sy..a aasn@, Au-
maintng ~, ~ .oo,,, e austs..I ~, 49, W 10
aaid he had at.,s;e.S % ~ az eas. ne
vear. n snu 1ea .ls. III .a.'o wv
snd u.aa ho4h - 49, 81 tmo w. .ao.ese
me- .ic- ~arw sn .aon ", s9.an, e lucy .ney ! maoe
.1 Ene., 2,oSo, % shou. 49, . useu % Inen;
mo. -, ,,ano.sea aIoI. ..ss:.a. nonln; !
r,o,,nt ~ nert Ma a.naa ,.s.'.as ~ near faar-
ar.I t,lna. rA e e1Ae " see nie sev-
~ have h.., s,,,.s =. .,.
+,.t I"s1 .s,, Deen eha.'. aovlseo oy PHYSICIANS
saa. saa. !. ;.. aln aDoat 10 aie, ana tnat !!
nI. 70 dsa ii1e' @ ana Deileve l am aDout
" " @ u,e' nave maoe tne foregoing
% nS "y'ns statement. ,
FRANCES refers.
betr0thed to Another.
The father of the girl was a ieweler
in Lincoln, Neb. He died eight wears
ago. Her mother, Mrs. Katherine Pc
ters, and her brother, Emmet Peters.
spent last night at the home of Mrs.
Peters's sister, Mrs. Homer McEl-
hany, 9O9 Linwood Boulevard. Miss
Peters was a stenographer for her
uncle. Homer McElhany. agent for the
Connecticut Idfe Insurance company.
22S Scarritt building.
Miss Peters and her mother came
to Kansas City from Lincoln. Neb..
four years ago. The daughter took a
room at 2s4S Harrison street. near
the home Of her aunt and uncle. Mrs.
Peters was an actress and was out of
the city most of the time. Frances
attended business college and then
went to work in her uncle's Offices.
A year and a half ago she met John
J. Lewis, "a years old, a correspond
ent for the Yeomen lodge. with Offices
at 412 Reliance building. They be-
came engaged six months ago.
The pair planned to be married this
fall. Lewis had bought a lot near
swope park and they spent many
evenings taxing over the plans Tor
nome tney. were ~ % puiid;
mo ING iAnSe WI On Vscauon.
inIee WeeAs ago Lewis Went away
ON MS vacatlon. MISS Peters told
MN tnat ene Woulo Jake ner vacation