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Show WIFE AND FRIEND CONFESS TO MURDER LOS ANGELES. June 13. According to the. police, who claim to have a full confession con-fession in their possession, E. J. Stack-pole Stack-pole and Mrs. An la Scheck are guilty of the murder of the woman's husband. Joseph 'Scheck, who was shot and instantly in-stantly killed In bed at his home on San Julian street here at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Schock claimed that her husband was killed by two burglars whom she found In the room when -she awoke and who fired when her husband awakened. . Mrs. Scheck and Stackpole were locked up in Jail last night, following the Coroner's Coro-ner's Inquest, and were confined In separate sepa-rate cells. They were put through a severe se-vere questioning by Chief of Detectives Flammer for four hours today, at the conclusion of which the authorities announced an-nounced to the newspapers that they had secured a full confession of the crime, which they would not yet give to , the public. The police were emphatic In their statements state-ments that the mystery had -been solved and that all of the details "of the murder had been learned. It is expected - that the District Attorney will Issue warrants against the -man and woman,, charging tnem with murder. Stackpole, who la a carpenter, 30 years of age, had known the family for several months and was on Intimate termawUh both Mr. and Mrs. "Was Mrs. Scheck implicated in the slaying of Scheck?" was asked of Capt. Flammer. "1 cannot answer that question at this time, but you will 4e safe in whatever you may publish. The evidence we have is conclusive, yet we are not in a position posi-tion to make the facts known Just now!" Pale and nervous. Mrs. Scheck faced the Captain of Detectives and Deputy District Attorney today and at times, it is said, almost collapsed.' so trying was the ordeal which she was forced to undergo. un-dergo. 8tackpole, on the other hand, bore up well, it is said, under the strata at first, but weakened as the story of the tragedy was recalled to him In all its dreadful details. |