Show DENTIST SOUGHT IN SLAYING OF WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD Officers Believe Well Well-to-Do Man Ended Own Life Body Discovered Slumped in Auto Locked in His Garage SUICIDE NOTE LOCATED Declares Killing Followed Quarrel Over Debt n Br United ST. ST LOUIS Dee Dec 26 26 Dr Squire P P. P Bevier year oid year old dentist sought since Friday for the slaying of Mrs Josephine M M. Elder 71 a patient was found round shot to death in his garage back backof of his home here here today A neighbor looking through the windows of the garage saw Dr Bevier's hands showing through a window of ot the automobile He called a policeman stationed in Dr Bevier's h home ome The Thedoor door of the garage locked from m the inside was broken in The dentist was slumped down in the seat scat of his automobile He had shot himself through the heart A 32 caliber pistol lay on the floor of the thc automobile The well well-to-do dentist had been missing since Thursday afternoon when Mrs mother Elder of Conway Elder former Missouri supreme court justice was found beaten to death in m his oU office Ce Search for his body had been concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- on the Mississippi river truck driver reported he saw V sawa a man answering the dentists dentist's description description de do- leap into the river from the Municipal bridge Friday FIND SUICIDE NOTE A suicide note found in the pocket of Dr Bevier's evier's coat confessed the slaying of the woman Chief Chic of Police Joseph Gerk announced As As- cording to Gerk Dr Bevier BeWer said he killed Mrs Elder because of an argue gu ment over the cost of dental work In the note Dr Bevier threatened to return and haunt anybody who made trouble for his wife He said he remained in a clubhouse 10 miles south of here from the time of the slaying until about 5 p p. m. m yesterday Ill return to St St. Louis and get myself myself my my- self sel before anyone else elie gets me the note said according to police He concluded concluded con con- the note with its an end of ofa ofa a perfect day Physicians who examined the body said the dentist had been dead about abou 12 hours when found That would place his death at about 10 p. p m. m last night A policeman stationed in his home 50 feet away said he heard no shot during the night body was found by herson herson her herson son and two detectives Friday afternoon afternoon after after- noon when they investigated her failure failure fail ail ure to return from tram an nn appointment with the dentist The dentist had been making a set of teeth for tor Mrs Elder Judge Elder EIder said his mother was dissatisfied with the work and had declared de do- dared she was going to make Dr Continued on Pan Face Two U DENTIST F FOUND UND SHOT TO DEATH c Continued lr Prom From Pare Page One Bevier make good his work or she would not pay him 1 The dentists dentist's room bore indications of a desperate struggle Mrs Elders Elder's skull was fractured in half a dozen places her ber face ace bore deep cuts and lour of her fingers were broken JA A stained blood-stained two and one half pound mallet was found near the body Dr JJr Bevier returned to his home Thursday afternoon and appeared ap ap- ap greatly agitated his wife said His His' clothing was torn and his face deeply scratched He left immediately Dried skin sIdn from the face tace of ol her antagonist was found und under r Mrs Elders Elder's linger finger nails naUs She was said to have been an exceptionally vigorous woman for for Her jer age A note found in a desk in the dent dent- fits fit's office said This damn black black- hers hers me me for the river |