| Show I MOTHER COMMITS REVOLTING CRIME I CRUMPLED CORPSE OF MURDERED MURDER MURDER- ED CHILD FOUND IN N TRUNK BY BY Woman Admits That She Placed Body of r Little Girl In Trunk Rut But But ButT T Tells ls' ls Conflicting Stories RegardIng Regarding Regard Regard- ing Death of Child Ogden Utah A A revolting murder was brought to light here Saturday aft afternoon when the body of or Fra Frances Ekman aged lu Iv was found d i in a trunk in the baggage agg ge room room roam at the de po pots pot l Mrs rs Minnie Ekman of or Salt Lal Lake e City mother of ot the murd murdered red child was arrested a few hours later and has has admitted killing the child and placing the body In the trunk which cr she shipped to Ogden C. C L. L Anderson who is said to have I been Mrs Ekman's husband before her second marriage is is' also under arrest having been taken into custody custody custody cus cus- cus- cus tody when he he- he called at the baggage room In Ogden for the purpose of or rechecking rech rechecking re- re ch checking the trunk Mrs l Ekman who had bad recently been neen separated from her second husband has admitted the killing of the child and and the p placing ac ng of the body i in the he trunk She declares that she chloroformed chloroformed chloroformed chloro chloro- formed the child The woman has bas told connecting stories stones o of the crime one being that she killed the child by ay giving her h-er sleeping powders powders' and d afterwards spreading a handkerchief saturated with chloroform over her herace face ace because she feared the child would never recover her health and for for- forthe the further reason that she did not care to see the child starve and that s she e was unable to provide for forthe forthe forthe the little one She has told another story in which she declares that the child was assaulted assaulted as as- sau ed by a Greek while hile the mother was was wa's away from the home home for for fora a few moments On her return she found the child In a dying condition That she placed the body bod i in the trunk and hod attempted to get rid of It because she sh feared eared no one would believe her story The girl had been dead r four Ur days when the body was found in Ogden the he discovery being made because atthe ot at othe the he terrible stench that came caine from the he trunk while a wisp of hair that appeared from a cra crack ciack k in the trunk caused the baggage men to begin an Investigation The woman Insists that hat Anderson knew of the death deat of the girl but had 10 no part pat in the crime except Jo to attempt attempt at- at tempt empt to aid aid her in its disposal August Ekman husband of at atthe the self- self confessed murderess who is w working irking at t Kemm Kemal Kemmerer Wyoming c declares that hat he lie believes the woman to b be in In- sane ane It Jt is thought that Anderson and Mrs Irs Ekman had decided to to forget their form former r differences and again live ive together r but that t the e child was wasn In n their way and this fact sealed her doom oom |
