The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-23
Young Farmer Confesses Wyo-
ming County N. Y. Crime
JEALOUSY THE MOTIVE
Rumors Connected Wife's Maize with
Bentley's-Prince, at Warsaw,
Confesses to Murder After
Victim Is Found.

Warsaw, n. Y, Nov. 23.--Althous,
Prince, who was arrested Wednesday il
connection with the murder OF Franl
Bentley, confessed to Sheriff Bauer to
day that he had committed the crime
He told the officer that he had known
Tor some time of the attention Bentley
had shown Mrs. Prince, and that he had
killed him in jealous frenzy.
Bentley's badly mutiliated body was
found yesterday buried in shallow
grave on the Woodhouse farm. Both
legs had been chopped oil near the hips
and an effort had been made to destroy
the body by fire.
Prince in his confession stated hat he
first shot Bentley with the latter's gun
and threw the weapon into Java lake,
several miles from the scene of the
crime. He refused to tell OF the efforts
he made to conceal the evidences of his
crime.
Louis and Harry Weber, who were
taken into custody in connection with
the case, were released this morning.
The confession was secured after an
all-night gruelling by the sheriff and
District Attorney John Knight. Why
Prince hacked of the legs. and carried
the body a mile and half in a wheel
barrow and buried it after attempting
to burn il over bonfire. Mr.. knight
said Prince refused to explain. but the
prosecuting attorney was confident that
he would have a full confession of all
the details before many hours.
Ii developed to-day that collie dog
led the searching party to the thicket on
the Mckenzie farm, where the body was
found.
jealousy may have prompted Prince
to shoot Bentley. said the district at
torney to-day. There is nothing to in
dicate any but proper relations between
Mrs. Prince and Bentley, but Mrs. Prince
has said her husband has always been
of a jealous disposition"
The coroner's inquest was begun to-
day.
On Saturday afternoon Bentley told
Mrs. Alonzo Hicks, with whonfshe board
ed, that he was going hunting End that
he would return before dark. AIt was
shortly after this Prince admitttd that
he met Bentley on the road and was
asked by him to join in a hunting trip.
Prince said he had no hunting license.
but finally agreed to accompany him. |
He claims. however, that he kft him |
shortly afterward on the jay Wood |
house farm, where the sheriff believes |
Bentley was killed.
When Bentley failed to appear at his
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his home and boarding house failed to |
disclose his whereabouts, parties were
and systematic search of the
woods was begun. Wednesday after
noon on the Woodhouse farm the search
.rs found blood spsttered leaves and a
'ool Of blood. The ground near by HAD
been torn up, branches of trees had been
broken off and there We're other evil
lences of terrible struggle
William Mckenzie and John Shea.
members of hhe posse, found buggy
racks in lot on the formers farm,
bout two miles northeast of the Wood
louse farm. They followed the tracks
o clump of woods. half mile from
he road. Under pile Of brush they
ound newlymade grave. They dug
'p the loosely packed earth with their
lands.
Eighteen inches below the surface
hey found the body Of man. Botn-i
egs had been chopped off just below the
Ups. Every particle of clothing had
cen burned off, and portions of the
ody were charred and blistered.
The Weber brothers were arrested
then the sheriff learned that Louis
Vebber had been at Princes farm, and
ad used buggy owned by Prince, in
he bottom of which were more red |
tains. Weber insists he did not see
hem.