The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
|ENSLEY WOMAN HAS ! MYSTERIOUS DEATH Suicide Theory Not Believed
 by Authorities HUSBAND ARRESTED Neck and Shoulder Broken, According to Story of Police-COroner Is
 nvestigating-0ther News
 of Ensley
 

w. L. or ,"Bnl Bean is being held in the Ensev jail pending an investi- gation of the death of his wife The
 woman was found in bed yesterday morn- ing at an early hour by Captain Donlin and officers Crenshaw and Eubank Ex- animation later showed that the deceased woman's neck was broken and the left shoulder bone broken, and number of bruises indicated she had been struck several times with some blunt. heavy in strument.
 Bean and a daughter of the dead wom- an, Miss Matte Brantley were seen be
 tween and o'clock Saturday morning by officer Pope whose suspicious were aroused by the actions of the couple. Upon being questioned. the young wom- an stated that her mother had committed suicide by taking strychnine. Pope report
 ed the matter to the officer at the Ems ley station and the woman was found at the residence at 3ooo Avenue B. Bean was intoxicated at the time Of his arrest, it is said, and could or would
 not give any information to the officers further than the fact that he and his wife had been drinking the night before
 A small amount of strychnine was scat tered around the room on different arti- cles of furniture and on the woman s clothing. Coroner Brasher made an ex- animation of the body yesterday and the | remains will be sent to Jemison Monday by Echols & Angwin.
 The dead woman was formerly Mrs. 1 Brantley, and has four children. 1t is said, all of whom are living in Ensley. two of them being married. Bean is re- ported to have claimed that he was mar ried to Mrs. Brantley in Mississippi about seven years ago According to state
 ments by the police the couple did not get along well together. It is also stated
 that the woman attempted to commit suicide about five years ago when the couple were living In Pratt City. She drank a quantity of laudanum, but the
 poison was pumped from her stomach by Dr. Carraway. assisted by Officers Gran ger and Brown.
 When seen at the police station Sat urday afternoon, Bean refused to talk of
 the affair. The death of the woman will be investigated by Coroner Brasher Mon day.
 Telephone service between Ensley and Birmingham was completely out of com
 mission practically all day Saturday. It is said that the cable lines were put out
 of service by the flooding of manhole at
 Ninth street and Second avenue, Bir- mingham~ 2 ~4 z Italians of the Ensley district will cele- brate Columbus day at Cermania park after attending mass at the various Cath ollie churches during the morning. s. R. Guarino, formerly of Ensley. will
 be married to Miss Inez Bellefonte with in the next few weeks. is the announce ment of Father Canepe, of the Catho- lie church at Thomas. MT. Guarino is the publisher of Il Libero Pensiero, ah Ital- ian paper published in Birmingham. but he was for several years citizen of Ensley, the paper of which he is owner being founded here.
 The members of the Ensley Epworth league will conduct religious services at Banner mines Sunday morning. A talyho has been arranged to convey them to the prison, which will leave Ensley at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. The services
  
 Dr. J. D. Simpson, president of Bir- mingham college, will preach at the Ems ley Methodist church Sunday morning and evening and each evening during the re- mainder of the week. Special music of a most excellent character will be provided during the continuance of the series of services. and the pastor. the Rev. George t,. Boyd, extends cordial invitation to everyone to attend. Dr. Simpson is one of the best known ,divines in the Birming ham district.
 Communion services will be held at tho Wylam Presbyterian church Sunday morning by the Rev Robert Milner The Rev. D. F. Holxe will conduct ser vices this morning at St. Johns church at Il o'clock. All members and adher- ents are invited to attend
 Mrs. C. S. Agee of Knoxville and Mrs, Fred Cox of Raleigh, N. C., are the guests of their brother, c. D. Masters, on Ensley Highlands.
 Carl Bougere and Jim Wilcox left yes terday for a visit to New Orleans.
 Mrs ". F. Wilcox will leave today for Meridian.
 Miss Mary Anderson left yesterday for her home in Pulaski. Tenn, after a. visit of several days to Mir and Mrs. C. Buch- anan on Bessemer boulevard