Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 31, 1903 DIED ON STREET WHILE DRIVING COWS Samuel RIGLEY, aged 55 years, of Conshohocken, died suddenly on Monday morning, while driving cows near the Seven Stars Hotel. He was seized with heart attack and died on the roadside before medical aid could be summoned. A GIRL MURDERED Another shocking tragedy has been added to the list of crimes which have occurred in Allentown within the past few months, when Mabel H. BECHTEL was found lying dead in the alleyway of her home No. 627, Cedar street, by her mother, at 6.45 o'clock on Tuesday morning. In the morning she dressed and went driving with David WEISENBERG, a friend of hers. During the night her body, wrapped in a blanket, was brought back by two men and placed in the alleyway. She was a worker in a silk mill and was admired by many. She however was engaged to be married to Alfred ECKSTEIN a furniture polisher of that city. Nevertheless the girl contrived often to be in the company of WEISENBERG. The girl was evidently struck on the head with some blunt instrument for the back part of her head was crushed in and the nose broken. There were also finger marks on her throat. WEISENBERG is a traveling cigar salesman and he left Tuesday evening for Newark, N.J., where he was arrested during the day. Alfred ECKSTEIN, the dead girl's promised husband, was arrested. The girl's brother John BECHTEL, and Alfred ECKSTEIN are held as important witnesses in the horrible tragedy. Miss BECHTEL has four brothers in Allentown, Thomas, John, Charles and Samuel and three sisters, Martha, who lives at home; Mrs. A.C. BROBST, of Allentown and Mrs. Jacob DAVIS, of Philadelphia. Her sister, Lizzie, committed suicide about 20 years ago in the canal at East Allentown. Later - Thomas BECHTEL, the dead girls brother, was arrested and placed in prison. On Thursday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, he was found dead in his cell with his throat cut from ear to ear. He committed suicide. This act on the part of Mabel's brother shows his guilt and the police now have almost positive evidence that Mabel was killed in her home by her brother Thomas, in a fit of rage on Sunday and that her body was concealed in the house until the night when it was carried into the alleyway by members of the family. The entire family was later arrested. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH BY EXPLODING LAMP Mrs. Elizabeth WERTZ, of Conshohocken, was on Sunday morning burned to death by an exploding coal oil lamp. Shortly after one o'clock that morning her fourteen year old daughter was awakened by her mothers screams. She ran to the first floor and was horrified to find her mother enveloped in flames. She tried to smother the flames but without avail. Mrs. WERTZ was burned to death before help could be summoned. FORMER GRATERSFORD MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Many of the residents of Ironbridge and vicinity will be surprised to learn of the death of John GAMBLE, of Philadelphia formerly a resident of that town. He went to his room, turned on the gas, laid down and awaited death. BOILER ROLLS ON MAN AND KILLS HIM Howard SCHAFFER, aged 21, a native of Kresgeville, Monroe county, was killed at the works of the American slate quarry at Walnutport on Saturday a boiler rolling over him. The boiler was being placed in position, when the chain broke that held it. GIRL TERRIBLY BURNED A shocking accident occurred at about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon near Standard, Lehigh county, in which Annie, the 4-year-old daughter of Charles HEIL, received terrible burns which resulted in her death a short time later. The little one's parents were working in a corn field a short distance from the house when they were startled to see the child running towards them completely enveloped in flames. The father with much difficulty extinguished the flames, not however, before the child's body was completely roasted from head to foot. In some places the body was burned black. The child died before medical aid could be summoned. During the absence of the parents the child had secured her father's pipe and in imitation of him struck a match to light the tobacco when the flame came in contact with her clothing, setting it on fire. Coroner SCHEIRER held an investigation on Tuesday morning, but did not think a coroner's jury necessary.