The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-13
ALSO MURDERED
AGED WOMAN
Little Blakely Coughlin S
Body, Decomposed, May
Never Be Found

Philadelphia. oct. L.. liy tho ""uf"E-
sion OF August Pusqual". Tho crank" "
IN" mystery surrounding tho kidnhp
ping Of thirteen months old lilnk"lS
t'uuKhlln who was stolen IRON. '.Ia par
rntS' home At Norriat"wu lhst June has
been solved. according 1" auth"riiI""
working on tho case. At th" sam" tiTn".
raSIual" II alleged " hnr" confessed
To- tho murder az "a woman IN l'hllhd"l
phin. which local police h"'lcN" 'i~nr1
up tho myatrTv surrounding thr killing
IaAt June "r Mrs I"Sr NHhftmhn. wh"
conducted rnyming h"unc her"
I'nppuhio's lalost c"nf"nai"n that az
ter stealing tho child from tho 'rih hH
accidentally nm"thorrd II undor hln cont
aud threw IN" body Int" IA" h'huy lhIll
river nearby war HuhnIhnttHt"d today.
tho authorities said. by IN" nhihnE OF u
piece "r Atc"l rail md n nNlnE NJ ia"
spot Ia tho diver p"lns"d out ~ hlm u.
In their opinion tho body hnn d"'"Wp"h' ]
aud ncvor Will ho found
COnfssaion Vorinsd.
In hfa r"nronHlon. an given out Ia
IInrrIaburR by Major Lynn g Adams.
nup"r lntcudont "r tho -tNt" p"li"". Inr.
,IunIn said nc tird "a piece " rail- !" III"
hndy before "nntinR II into tho water.
To-day. tho prlH"nor, VIII" han bee" I"'n
rd up In th" M"ntHom"ry county JhIl
rIncs hiH capture on AuKuHt 7. l"d thp'
Snmuel V. G~rhsrdt OF tho rtht" p"ll"'.
and n dIvrr tn th" place wh"ro Il" 'Ialm
rd 10 hayn thrown tho body. Tn" diver
brought lo thc surface tho Vnll with ~"
atring SIM attached. M dosCrih"d by
I'1Hqunlc.
Thorough rcnrrh "r ia" diver h"tt"m
Ia the vicinity. however. Jailed |" re-
veal any trace "f tho chlIdN h"hY.
Later Capt. GrThardt and Ma l"r Z. I.
IATEClrr" counsel for George u Cough
IIu. the habys father. inquired ~ ply
sICianS ~ the inlv"Tritys hohpIthl lh"
IcnEth 81 time Il would taka tn" body
Of a Thirteen. months old child !" IL =
com pos. and dlsapprhr in the waters ~
tho SrhuylhIll What they were t"'l
Wah not madn puhiiC. but hhnr~nfd'
cant GorhHrdt rSrT~rsed himaoIi SH nat
Isnrd that the myrirry had hGcn 'I'ai'"
up hat that tho body ~"uld u"N"r H.,
found
Murdered Assd w"maA.
MalnI Adams aIso dlHcinRad iudo
that I'ssauale had .''nfoSsoh 1" tho '""'
dor 0f a y-",nan In THO ,itT hallaVod q"
have ba,u M,p n"sa Aa,ai'"a", ih"
n,ysisty pI ~h1ao dpai III ~" 'hshtP be
fr,. the T"uahilu hidnarpl"r. h"s d"""I
haS" .'ls raa'iuai" 10 Hn"N"d %" lt~s
r,s s.ld p. htiiah q ~"",Aa shut "'.,
kB,,b fiisR,N aI...t ~i,N I eis"" sT
risls, TBS E,tsf ps', sr N.y ~ h"
We, ,~r ~..As. n" ".id 10 h-h .
,.naf ., Ihs h"ns" srh ,"os ~" s"y
N'N INV V''I". NE wv VN''l 49,
10 The house fpr me rssPo-- ~ rdbs"Hy,
An1, nsdlAa thh ~Sibr ~ tbA so',.r
I'D ~ t.sI,.y ~ ~ kia Cd bIsc".if IN q
H0aet anh ~dDlsd tdr harfto p" =" bod
In openinE tha closet 1nTr ihc Woman
was awakened ana ho klllsd h"r W"
said he had tnkau around SaO0
Mira Arhnrmau. who conducted n
ronmIng house NJ tho phnrcnH given hy
raapuaIs was found doad In bed with
h~r skull fractured on Juno " Her
twelve -yrnr-old Eronddaught"r WAS
sleeping In tho room when she was
killed and she was detained by the 20
lice sS "A material Witness. Tn" woman
was Hald 10 have carried all her money
In her clothes and the polio" ncv"r
were ahlc definitely to learn whether
robbery was the motive for killing her.
Capt Soudcr OF the lpcal detective
bureau. after reading Pasqualc's con-
f~ssion, said hn was convinced the
Nurristowr prisoner was the slayer.
Captain Gerhardt also -aid that Pas
aualc had taken him 10 the spot where
tho prisoner told him he had endeavored
to burn the baby's clothing. II was
about nifty yards up the river bank from
where the diver found the rail- and
string. Evidence OF tho nre still was
plainly visible. Gerhardt said.