New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

mother and father. and neither could
remember any threats made by the lat
ter. Much Of the rest they said was
really pitiful. When I asked little
Harry whether he liked the orphanagc
or his homo the best tears ~e'led up
into his eyes, and be al4wcfcd:
"'Our home. Alex and ! can't have
any pillow fights here"
A part OF the case remaining among
tho purzling features concerns she
weapon used 20 strike down Mrs
Becker 20 her death, and the subse-
quent disposal ot the implement. II
hrst was believed possible that tho
now almost conventional hammer was
used 20 commit the murder, but fur
thor examination Of the skull fraetur,
yesterday convinced Mr. Cohn that .hr
wound could have been made by an
iron bar or n short hunt instrument OF
similar shape. A search Of the vacant
lot for the murder weapon was made
but proved fruitlcss.
Many OF the numerous witnesse
summoned 10 testify before the grand
jury to-day have been called 60 de.
scribe Beeker's apparent indifference
and. in some cases, his alleged elatior
over his wife's disappearance. including
such remarks ~ Congratulate mel
"t've gotten rid Of her" and so on.
Among these, Mr.. Cohn revealed, b.
"the other woman" Miss Elias. Ae
cordng 20 Mr.. Cohn, she Is expected
10 testify that, after Mrs Becker dis
appeared. Becker said 90 her:
"Wcll. my wifc's gone and don''
4hG.L -h.Vn ..c~ arrs. HuFk -
A new angle OF tho mystery dc
veloped during the day was u rumoi
that other bodies Of murder yictim'
had been buried in tho vacant lot no'
FAR from tho spot where Mrs. Becker
was oyhumed. while there was skepti
cism in some quarters concerning th'
report, the officials handling the eas'
nevertheless regarded IL as Of some i'm
portance, as Il was said 20 have orig
mated in n remark made by man i'm
plicated IN tho case. TO the effect tha
"thc place ought TO be n good ono 10
your wife, as other bodies arc buric'
there"
The district attorney Office wa
not so much inclined as previously q
accept rs true some evidence that th'
brick and concrete tomb Of Mrs. Bee
ker had been n boiler foundation IN
building which formerly stood on th'
site. 1, might have been. the invcsti
gators said. but they also cntertalnc'
q belief that IL might equally wei
have been constructed as an under
ground storage place for stolen auto
moi lies.
All these facts. together with tn
mystery ~ 90 the disposal Of IN
murder weapon. have led the invest
gators 10 conclude that a mos
through examination OF the lot shonll
be made. and this will be begun thi
morning. with, very likely, consld
crnhlc digging,
The Identification Of Mrs. Becker.
Baldwin g. regarded Dy Mr.. Cohn a
almost completely smashing Becker
contention, made unem motionally IN th'
presence of the slain woman's body q
} the mcrguc on Wednesday that 10 wa
not that OF his wife.
Both women wero positive that th
articles shown them had been Oh
property Of Mrs. Becker and said-f..z
"she wore them often" The article
thus identified comprised a woole
sweater jacket, n black purse and
threc-quarter length tweed overeoat.
"I'd know that coat among thou
sand, because OF the style and sleeves,
Mrs. Baldwin declared.
Says Becker Deserted Family
Mrs. Baldwin declared that her sus
picions concerning Becker becam'
aroused tho moment she hoard = 'H - q
"had Left On two previous oeeasion
she said Becker mad Gcsef.cl .r. ...u
bcrs Of bis family, leaving tncr 4cst
tute, one OF these being when he wer