Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-12 | Page 2 | Clearing up a Murder Mystery

CLEARING UP A MURDER MYSTERY colorado springs colo mrs meda kempter wife of richard kempter of syracuse N Y has identified the re mains of the cutler mountain victim as that of her daughter mrs bessie bouton and left late sunday night with the remains for new york the identification was made complete by the dental work upon tho teeth and by a scar upon the right side of the left fore finger as well as by the hair the mother charged that milton franklin andrews attempted to murder the girl by poison while on the pacific coast and this convinces the police that it they can capture andrews they will be able to establish a murder charge against him the body of bessie bouton was found on cutler mountain south ot this city on the afternoon of decem ber 17 1904 by dr chamberlain and a party of death was caused by a 28 caliber bullet being fired into the head every article of clothing was removed by the murderer and the body placed across the stump of a tree face downward in the effort to prevent recognition of the body the murderer poured gasoline upon the body and built a fire under the face but the extensive dental work upon the teeth was not destroyed and it was this work which has led to the identification of the victim