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Show CHARGED WITH AWFUL GRIME Ex-Convict Accused of Beating Aged Mother to Death and Leaving Body on Vacant Lot. San Francisco. Beaten beyond Bemblance to a human form, the body of an aged woman, Mrs. Sophia Knapp, was on Monday found In a vacant lot next to the Savoy theater, in the center cen-ter of the business district of this city. Her son, John Knapp, an ex-convict, ex-convict, is in jail, charged with murder. mur-der. On his way to work Monday, Frank Smith, a teamster, found what appeared ap-peared to be a bundle of clothing behind be-hind a bill board, and on investigation, discovered the mutilated body. Detectives detailed on the case found Knapp standing in front of a stable where he is employed, not more than fifty feet from the place where the body lay. He was placed under arrest and in his room in the stable the officers of-ficers found a window weight smeared with blood and knotted gray hair. Some of Knapp's discarded garments were covered with blood, and the collar col-lar and vest he wore when arrested were spattered with bloody finger prints. |