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Show KILLED BY BROTHER MYSTERY OF MURDER OF PENNSYLVANIA PENN-SYLVANIA GIRL CLEARED UP. Quarreled With Sister Because She Chose Her Own Friends and Brutally Bru-tally Assaulted Her, Beating Her to Death, Thomas Bcchtcl. who was hold awaiting Investigation, on tho chargo of murdering his slstor, Mabel H. Bechtol, at her homo In Allcrtown, Pa., a fow days ago, committed sulcldo Thursday aftornoon In his cell at the central polico station. Bcchtcl had laid hlmsolf on tho floor of his cell and cut his throat with a knlfo. Ho was dead when found. Tho knlfo lny near him on tho floor. Bechtol Bech-tol was a single man, 30 years old. Ho was a laborer and had been a policeman. police-man. He had been a hard drinker and when Intoxicated was easily angered an-gered and prono to fight. Tho funeral of tho murdered girl took place In the afternoon, tho services ser-vices being held at her lato home. As tho girl lay In her coffin her nppear-anco nppear-anco told Its own story. Both eyes woro discolored as though they hnd boon struck with a clenched fist Thoro was a big brulso on tho noso and soveral sov-eral smaller onos on tho chcok and ear. Slnco tho suicide of Bechtol, the police po-lice officials have told tho story of tho murder of Miss Bechtol. It appears ap-pears sho was engaged to ono man nnd went out ono ovonlng with another, an-other, which so enraged hor brother that ho brutally beat her to death. Mombcrs of tho family attomptcd to shield the murderer and circulated a story of assault and outrage by unknown un-known parties, hor body being concealed con-cealed In tho homo all night and placed In tho alloyway at daybreak, whoro It was finally discovered. |