The Washington times., 1918-12-27
POISON. STORY OF
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with wonan's home, at Colesville, Nd.
last Friday afternoon.
..ff Body Ii Found.
The. body, was discovered in the
locked house yesterday by Ed Gates,
coiored, of. Washington, a foster-son
| or the dead woman. The arrest OF
Bowling followed last night at the
Gates home. sos w street northwest,
where the boy had Ned after his crime.
| !. When Gates found the door of the
1 Seckwith home locked he called for
help and broke down the door. He
then discovered the body Of the dead
Woman. lying with slxnll- cruahed. in
a little; room adjoining her bedroom.
/ .GBeside the body was Found the note
signed Lizzie, as Mrs Beckwtth was
Called. ". &"
n. ): Note signed 'LIk1Ie.e'
) Bewlipg's' statement Y that Mrs
Bsckwith appeared stupid when he
returned from his alleged visit TO w.
r. IBfowR's home at Burnt Mills,
Md.,,sat farst lied to- the theory that
the woman might actually have at
tempted suicide with the same bot
tie OF iodine from which Bowling
claims she gave him a dose:
Ehss note, which was crudely writ
ten ohs beth sides Of q bit OF white
| PAPER, is a. follows:
my Ralph, Is gone. !, don't want
ai,pyt iodine in his coffee, but he
vitt mot tdie-not enough. Tell Ed
rTrs. ,Beckwith had lived at Coles
siIie, for 4fty years. and was known
bys, everyone over the countryside.
she had had three husbands. Her last
lhYsb and. ar the age OF eighty years,
died,s on friday before Christmas,
lhhfee years ago. Mrs. Beckwith Is
supposed 40 have met her death on
1.-the Friday before Christmas this year.
lsJust what became of her other two
HUSBANDS !. Is not clear. She was
Ekiown as,"Lizzie Wells" while living
with one .of tflegps and as isis Den
snisonT while living with the other.
II Deputy Sheriff Thomas L. Lech-
lleidef,. OF Montgomery county. called
Tor him today and took him
20 Rockville, where he will be
giyea hearing tomorrow before Jus
htice w. Frank Gather ON the charge
Lpk numbering Mrs. Beckwlth.
| .Reeord Is Coed.
Although Bowling was sent to the
ENatienal Training School for Boys for
Lpuneroas ,. .infractions OF probation
rules Of the District Juvenile Court
mia record at that institution was one
Eof,good conduct, according to officials.
/ A>sufferers from rheumatism. Bowl
ling was confined in the school hospital
1.-THE greater part OF the time, He was
committed toNthe school March 16.
E1al1, and ran away on September
kofs tte same year. From the hour Of
Ehis. disappearance unti1 news Of the
Pmurder Of thet aged woman became
Iknown today the school officials had
iheSrd no news OF him. A thorough
Eearch was made OF the places Bowling
was known to frequent before being
Icommitted to the school,. but no trace
was found of the missing boy.
Bowling never mixed with. the
boys at the school," said an official,
-paytly because he was q hospital pa
tient and partly because his rheuma-
ltism ailment would not permit him to
ttaice part in their sports. He made
n good conduct record, and was never
4 punished for any offenSe. He was
never put to work because he was not
lstrong enough to do the WORK that Is
assigned to the boys. He performed
i0on taSko erOund Ine nOsplLal, Dut
Ehe.' had no regular assignment of
work"
When BowIiSg. was committed to
the NatiohAl Training, School. his
i father. Charles S. Bowling gave his
Z address, as 1435 K street, northwest.
The father Is now in Denver, Colo,
filI with tuberculosis.
h. Gees To w0nan's Home.
After having escaped from the In
.stitption where his father had sent
i him because he would not go, to school
i and because he was incorrigible. Bowl
/ ing went to the home of Mrs. Beck
with. He first saw Mrs Beckwith
i when he asked her to mend his clothes
/ which. had been worn to rags in his
aimless wanderings, Mrs. Beckwith
seEed up the rents in his clothes and
| ook fancy to him. he said, and asked
/ him to stay at her house and work
there; This he did, and soon discov-
| cred that the aged woman was In
faiuated with him. This condition
continped until ten days ago, when he
decided, he could no longer bear IL.
II told Mrs. Beckwith several weeks
ago that I intended to leave her and
come to Washington to live" said
/ Bowling. 'She said she could not
live with me. away. I will
| poison myself IL you 60 away she
said will swallow either iodine or
| .T fold her that a ,self.murderer can-