Show 4 CHARGED WITH AWFUL GRIME CRIME ex convict accused of 0 beating aged mother to death and leaving body on an vacant lot san francisco beaten beyond semblance to a human form the body of an aged apman mrs sophia knapp waa was on monday found in a vacant loj lot next to the savoy theater in the cen ter of the business district of this city her iler eon son john knapp an ex convict ij ii in jail charged with mur der on hia his way to work monday frank smith a teamster found what appeared to ae a bundle ct of clot clothing hinr 14 I 1 hind a bill board and on investigation discovered the mutilated body detectives detailed oa an the case found knapp standing in front of a stable where he is to emp employed loyod not more than that fifty feet from the thel place where the tho body lay he lie ws was placed under arrest and in irk his room in the stable the of fibers found a window weight smeared with ith blood and knotted gray hair some of knapp knapps s discarded garments were covered with blood and the col cot lar and vest he be wore when arrested were ap tutored with bloody finger prints print |