The Washington times., 1918-12-28
BOWLING ADMITS
HE WROTE NOTE
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4 q I.
shovs that his attempted cover of
his crime was plainly the work Of Al
amataur and vas accomplished with
out lengthy premeditation-
~wrote Note MyseIe.r
"Yes, ! wrote that note myself
Bowling said. -It was written on one
side of . piece Of paper. and I sign
ed IL elizabeth Beckwith.'"
As q matter OF fact, the note was
acribbIed on both sides OF the paper
and the signature was -Llzzie." but
the errors In BowlIng's. newest story
may be due to the probable confused
state OF his mind Immediately follow
ing his staying Of the woman. Bow
ling's mind apparently Is not alto
gether clear now. for he could not
recall all the contents Of the note.
When Bowling was told that the
Ak handle with which he said he had
slain Mrs. Beckvtth could not be
found, he said;
At used the small handle Of an AZ.
which was smooth ! burned Il
later"
This may or may not account for
the discrepancy in the Ak handle
story. A bloody stick OF stove-wood,
which showed evidence OF having
been used in the murder. was found
in the house. and Bowiing's account
OF the disposal Of the Ak handle may
be for the purpose Of appearing to
bear out his original statement; or,
II he aid use the handle Of an AZ
ana later destroyed IL. the stovs-wood
stick may also have been used.
Doctor Denies sto<y.
Apparently in effort to make hf1
poisoning story appear more real.
Bowling at arst said that after he
discovered that Mrs. BeekWith had
poured iodine in his tea he had rushed
to the office OF Dr. w. T. Brown, AZ
Burnt Mills, Nd. and had the physi-
clan treat him for iodine poisoning.
DR.. Brown denied that he had seen or
treated young Bowling on the day of
the murder, or that he had seen him
in a number OF weeks. When Bowling
was told this. he admitted readily and
with utmost simplicity that he had
not seen DR.. Brown on the day he
killed ArG Beekwith nor for many
weeks prior to that date
It appears. thsrefore.- that Bow
ling's entire story OF Mrs. Beckwtth's
attempt to poison him may collapse.
Absolutely nothing. II Il stated. has
BEEN discovered 80 far which would
tend 70 bear out this feature Of 1e
case.
Bowling even stated this morning
that the poisoning incident happened
Thursday instead OF on Friday. which
had hitherto been the day he named
Mystery In Motive.
The eonfl1et Of facts found BY in-
vestIgators with Bowling.s original
story this morning and the amend
ments which Bowling made to hls
story this morning east = cloud %
mystery over the motive Of the crime
Bowling has claimed all along that.
while he had wanted to be rid Of
Mrs Beckwith and her continual In
sfstence that he marry hers be did
not make up his mind TO kin her
until he was maddened BIZ hsr At
tempt to kin him
The sheriffs Once believes hae
young Bowling took - fron tie ed
vofnap'a bureeu drawer. buf opE~
lives are reluctanf to ascrlba roooeU
- q motive for the eRtma. TOR - reAr
SON that Bowling probably could hgpo
obtained the money without eommS
ting the crime
In fact. according 10 ths staAsns1e
OF Addie Gates. Of oo3 " olrn1e
In whose hoDo 8Vw11nB
took refuge when he lied fFun -
several dollars from the Gates 1nmr
ily, which he said he Was golng -
use In marrying MrH BockwteA.
though he later admitted that -
knew at that time the woman ~
lying dead In her hom&
HAD Only - nm
AEYT -ka-n T-na
admits having taken when he .lsft ~
house. was given Mrs. BeekW1fh ~
rolson Brothers. nsighboF1ng farm-
srs. several days prior to tho Maur-
Ter. This was all the money MrA
Beckwith had. 30 far a. u knoWn-
-hough she was expecting 80 pen
ZION money soon
Another puzzling feature e Bowl
ng's story is his statement on the
afternoon Of the crime TO Ben Scales.
/ eolored man living about Q quarter
II mile from the Beckwith hoDo,
hat he had taken some chickens
hat afternoon to Mr.. Tolson's fer
Mrs. Beckwith. while Tolson himself.
! little while later. denied this -
aIes, the negro stated
Il seems also that In tAlk1ng -
'cales Bowling may have been att
emptfng to convey an impression %
! lapse OF time to make 1t appear that
le had been to the Tolson farm.
'calas said that Bowling pulled out
lis watch a. he left him and te-
marked that 10 was 4:30 o'clock
.ater when Tolson met Scales. ToIson
aid II was then only o'clock
Investigations indicate that Bow
Ing left Mrs. Beckwith's house about
30 o'clock.