New Britain herald., 1927-11-10
no other means of ingrcss.

was natural: she might have enter cd ostensibly to ask Benson q do mcstic question.
 Her standing directly IT front Of 1 him would not necessarily have caused him to look up. Hence, his reading attitude.
 Who else could have come 50 { close to him for the purpose Of shooting him, without attracting his attention?
 | He would not have cared how he appeared before his housckecp- CT He had become accustomed 10 Icing seen by her without his teeth and toupee and in negligee Condi- ton.
 Living in the house. she was able to choose propitious moment for the crime.
 TIME She waited up for him. Despite her denial, he might have told her when he would return. When he came in alone ana 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 1 him. and that this other person had killed him.
 She used BensonS 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 living room; and since Smith and Wesson was found in the living room. there probably was an other in the bedroom. Being his housekeeper. she knew Of the gun upstairs. After he had gone down to the living-room to read. she secured 1t, and took it with her. concealed under her | apron.
 She threw the gun away or hid 1t after the shooting. She had all night in which to dispose of it. She was frightened when asked what firearms Benson kept around 1 the house, for she was not sure
 whether or not we knew Of the , gun in the bedroom.
 MOTIVE
 She took the position of house.
 keeper because she feared Benson 5
 conduct toward her daughter. She
 always listened when her daughter came to his house at night 10 work. Recently she discovered that Ben
 son had dishonorablc intertions. and believed her daughter to be i'll i'm 1 mincnt danger.
 A mother who would sacrifice herself for her daughters future,
 as she has done, would not hesi-
 tate at killing to save her. And: there are the jewels. She | has them hidden and is keeping
 them for her daughter. Would Ben son have gone out and left them on the table? And if h" had put them away, who but she. familiar with the house and having plenty of time, i could have found them?
 CONDUCT She lied about St. Clair's coming to tea. explaining later that she | knew St. Clair could not have had anything 10 do with the crime. Was : this feminine intuition? No. Sh" 1 could know St. Clair was innocent only because she herself was guilty. She was too motherly 10 want an innocent person suspected. She was markedly frightened yes
 toriay when her daughters name
 was mentioned. because she feared
 the discovery Of the relationship
 might reveal her motive~fur sboot =
 ing Benson.
 She admitted hearing the shot.
 because, If she had denied il, test might have proved that a shot in the living-room would have sound
 cd loudly in her room; and this against her. Does q person, when
 awakened. turn on the lights and
 determine the exact hour? And if
 she had heard report which sound
 ed like n shot being fired in the house, would she not have investi- gated. or given an alarm?
 When first interviewed, she show ed plainly she dislikod Benson. Her apprehension has been pro bounced each time she has been questioned.
 ! She is the hard headed. shrewd, determined type. who could both l plan and perform such a crime. HEIGHT | She is about feet, 10 inches ! tall-the demonstrated height Of the murderer.