The Detroit times., 1914-12-21

blows rained on her head. FINAL
the means ceased.
Mrs. Becker went TO the drawer o
the kitchen table. where Miss Bonn
holt always obtained the money I,
pay her. She said the drawer wa
partly open, and she saw the none,
the last time she had called. IL wa
greed for the SIS that caused III,
crime, she admitted.
gray skirt, heavy corduroy Goa
and fascinator that Mrs. Becker wor,
were found at her home. They wer,
blood-soaked. the police declare.
william Felsk, 30-year-old son O
Mrs Becker by former marriage, ant
| Wilhelm Langes, who roomed at tn,
mouse, were arrested and held for In
vestigation, but the police say the,
are reasonably sure that the men haC
no knowledge OF the crime.
| 4 When told, early Monday morning
or Mrs. Becker's confession, FIR. Com
holt remarked. ut Is lna vengeance
Oh God that spoke OF In my funeral
sermon. IL has come more quickly
than even expected, but I knew thai
II would come"
Police declare that Mrs. Decker has
been under surveillance for seyera
days. She attended the funeral OF Miss
Bomholt, In the church, though she
stayed away from the Charles Bon
holt home while the body was there.
detectives Smith, Martin, LannaI
and Shook were assigned to keep ar
eye on the woman, the police say, and
were watching her at the church ser
vices. They declared that she e6h!b
ited no emotion, but II was noticed
that she did not look at the corpse
as the audience filed past the casket
The officers named, with Detectives
Reid and Dibble, who have been IN
charge OF the case, made the arrest
Sunday evening. Mrs. Becker was
sent to the women's detention station
on Canfieldave.
Mrs. Becker was taken to police
headquarters TO be "mugged and mea-
sured, Monday morning.
She Is almost In state OF collapse
gazes stolidly at the floor. and signs
continually.
She is a stout woman, not the least
the picture OF the slayer, but a really
motherly-looking woman. She has
been married twice, both of her hus-
bands being dead. She has six chill
dren She wears spectacles, and her
hair Is streaked with gray. She wore
warm gray coat, black skirt, black
wool gloves, and worn black shoes.
Austin Twomey, % years old, of No
I'll Howspd-st., stenographer, EN-.
ployed by the Peninsular Stove Co.,
Will claim the $1,000 reward offered
by FIR. Augustine Bomholt for informa.
ton leading TO the arrest OF his sis
ter's slayer
Twomey is the young man who saw
the woman with bloodstained face,
walking from Howard and Nineteenth.
sts. to Twentieth-st., and turning to-
ward the river, early in the morning
that Miss Bomholt was slain. His
father communicated the information
To Fir Bomholt, and the tip was the
direct cause OF Mrs. Beckers arrest
He identified Mrs. Becker, Monday.
mon Sunday afternoon, before St
David Simmons had previously told
the police OF woman, with bloody
face, seen near the Bomholt home, but
Twomey's tip. coupled with the known
address OF Mrs. Becker, and the
known fact. diyulged by Rueping, the
slain woman's nephew, that Mrs. Beck
er had tried to borrow money from his
aunt, pieced out the chain or evidence,
and the arrest and confession fol-
lowed.
Twomey, well-dressed, alert young
man, noticed the woman, with fas-
cinator drawn tightly over the lower
part Of her face. at Howard and Nine,
teenth-sts. A big splash OF blood mark.
ed her face. Twomey, knowing moth
Ing OF the Staying OF MISS Bomholt,
thought that perhaps here was a wo-
man, beaten by brutal husband, and
he followed her AS she turned down
Tventieth-st., he thought perhaps she
was going to the river to end her life.
He wanted to follow her further and
see the matter through, but he had to
hurry TO work
The incident stuck in his mind, and
when he heard of the b|ital Staying OF
Miss Bomholt. he decided that the wo-
man he had seen, was the slayer. He
chung to the belief. He tried to find
quest Finally the "tip" was given to
FIR. Bomholt as the latter was prepar-
ing to deliver the funeral Grafton over
his sisters body.
Detectives Wilson and Lannan say
THAT MIS-. DtCktT ulu 20 10 Tic HOIut
of Charles Bomholt, while the body
Of her victim lay there. II was short
~ after o'clock, Saturday morning,
as preparations were being made for
the funeral, that Mrs. Becker walked
into the house.
Detective Wilson says that he OBJ
served her actions carefully, as he
declares that the woman was under
surveillance and suspicion. He says
she walked over to a table where lay
cruci1x and vessel OF holy
water She hesitated a moment. at
the sight of the sacred things, and
then dipped her fingers in the holy
water. crossed herself. and picked up
the crucifix, only for an instant.
Then she went close to the casket,
but did not peer into It, at the face
OF the woman whom she has confessed
she killed.
Mrs. Becker collapsed utterly when
she was led from the Bertillon gallery
to the little inner question" room OF
the detective bureau.
City Physician Hellody and Police
Surgeon Griffith Thomas worked over
her for some time before she revived.
'Tt was a complete breakdown" said
the doctors.
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