Eureka Reporter | 1903-10-30 | Page 2 | Pennsylvania Girl Foully Murdered

a girl foully murdered mabel H bechtel aged 21 years was mu murdered tuesday at allentown pa and her body placed in an under ground alley adjoining her home where it was found by her mother her skull was crushed but there were no other marks of violence on tha the body miss bechtel went driving with david weisenberg and this was the last time she was seen alive mrs bechtel mother of the mur dered girl was aroused shortly after 1 0 clock by the barking of dogs upon looking out of ber her bed room window she saw two men carry an object from a carriage and place it in the under ground alley near the house she made no investigation but upon ans aris ing in the morning she found her daughters shoes hat and coat in the dining room later the body of miss bechtel was found in the alley