Show Youth Tells of Slaying Woman To Obtain Auto Model Student Readily Confesses to Chicago Hammer Murder B Br Press Frets CHICAGO Nov 21 A 21 A solution o othe of i the cistern slaying of Mrs Ellen Sax Saxe year old retired educator o of f Riverside Ill Chicago suburb was claimed b by investigators today following fol fol- following ol- ol lowing a confession conCessIon they said they obtained from Irom her step grandson Bertram Ber tram Arnold 16 IS Yes I guess I did the thc job joo all right his captors in Stockton Ill miles mUes west of Chicago go said he told them themen en route to Mount Morris Ill shortly after his arrest In ih a restaurant I wanted to borrow grandmas grandma's automobile automobile au au- he was quoted as saying She refused to give it to me and when I Insisted she said I was impudent dent Then she slapped me My mind went blank but bull 1 remember bitting hitting hitting hit bit ting her with a hammer The body of Mrs Saxe Sax who had had hac come to the boys boy's home to live but three weeks before her death was found in the cistern in the rear of the home last Friday night BEATEN TO DEATH DEAT I She had been beaten to death Discovery Discovery Dis Dis- DIs 1 covery was made by her son law C. C B. B Arnold Bertrams Bertram's father wealthy wealthy weal weal- thy Chicago manufacturer Arnold and his wife wile Mrs Saxes Saxe's daughter had spent the evening in Chicago and Bertram had attended a achurch achurch achurch church dancing dancin class The mystery was at once heightened by his disappearance disappearance dis dis- appearance though it was ascertained he had been present at the class His father lather refused to believe the thead ad lad lad known as a model though mIschievous mIschievous' mischievous mischievous' mischievous mischievous' mis mIs- chievous' chievous high school student was in any way responsible for Mrs Saxes Saxe's death Relations between the woman and the boy had been nothing but friendly ne lie said and he advanced the theory his son had been abducted Authorities first picked up the trail o of the missing youth a few hours before be- be fore forc ore his arrest when a aMount Mount Carroll hotel owner reported that a boy answering answering answering an an- his description had spent Saturday Sat Sat- night in the thc hotel AUTO GIVES CLUE Soon after Mrs Saxes Saxe's car missing since ince the crime was found abandoned near Mount Carroll In it the authorities authorities au- au said were evidences of suicide suicide suicide sui sui- cide intentions intentions-a a note scribbled by Bertram and a piece of rope fashioned into nto a noose Th The note was intended to o divert suspicion for the killing from rom himself police said When arrested Bertram had donned an apron and was peeling potatoes in n the restaurant kitchen in payment for or a meal The lack of money in his pockets led officials to abolish the robbery robbery robery rob- rob bery ery theory in connection with the crime they said Police searching the boys boy's room in hIs ils home also reported finding a num- num numer Der ber er of at lurid detective stories and part of a bottle of at liquor He was returned returned re- re turned to Riverside early today |