The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-10
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him would not necessarily have
caused him to look up. Hence, his
lreading attitude.
\ Who else could have come 50 close
to him for the purpose of shooting
him, without attracting his atten-
ton?
He would not have cared how
he appeared before his housekeper.
He had become accustomed to being
seen by her without his teeth and
toupee and in negligee condition.
! Living in the house, she was able
to choose . propitious moment for
the crime. M
TIME
She waited up for him. Despite
her denial, he might have told her
when he would return.
| When he came in alone and
changed to his smoking jacket, she
knew he was not expecting any late
visitors.
She chose a time shortly after
his return because it would appear
that he had brought someone home
with him, and that this other person
had killed him.
MEANS
She used Benson's own gun. Ben.
SON undoubtedly had more than one;
for he would have been more likely
to keep a gun in his bedroom than
| in his iivingroom; and since Smith
and Weston was found in the liv.
ingroom, there probably was another
| in the bedroom.
Being his housekeeper, she knew
Of the gun upstairs. After he had
gone down to the livingroom to
read, she secured it, and took it
with her, concealed under her apron.
She threw the gun away or hid
!, it after the shooting. She had all
night in which to dispose Of It. y
She was frightened when asked
! what firearms Benson kept about
the house, for she was not sure
whether or not we knew Of the gum
in the bedroom.
MOTIVE
She took the position Of house,
keeper because she feared Benson's
conduct toward her daughter. She
always listened when her daughter
came to his house at night to work.
Recently she discovered that Benz
son had dishonorable intentions, and
believed her daughter to be In
imminent danger.
A mother who would sacrifice her.
self for her daughters future, ~
she has done, would not hesitate at
killing to save her.
And: there are the Jewels. She
has them hidden and il keeping
them for her daughter. Would Benz
son have gone out and left them
on the table? And if he had put
them away, who but she, familiar
with the house and having plenty
of time, could have found them?
CONDUCT
She lied ;bout St. Glars coming
t. tea, explairi.- later that she
knew St. Clair could not have had
anything to do with the crime. Was
this feminine institution? No. She
could know st. Clair was innocent
only because she herself was guilty.
She was too motherly to want an
innocent person suspected.
She was markedly frightened
yesterday when her daughters name
was mentioned, because she feared
| the discovery ofsdthe relationship
might reveal her motive for shoot
ing Benson.
She admitted hearing the shot,
because, if she had denied it, a
test might have proved that a shot
in the living-room would have
sounded loudly in her room; and this
would i've aroused suspicion against
her. Does person, when awakened,
turn on the lights and determine the
exact hour? And if she had heard
a report which sounded like shot
being fired in the house, would she
not have investigated, or given an
alarm?
When first interviewed. she
showed plainly she disliked Benson
Her apprehension has been pro-
nounced each time she has been
questioned.
Sho is the hard-headed, shrewd.
determined type, who could both
plan and perform such . crime.
HEIGHT
She is about feet, 10 inches tall
the demonstrated height Of the
murderer.
(To Be Continued)