Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1914 — AGED WOMAN IS CRUELLY KILLED [ARTICLE]

AGED WOMAN IS CRUELLY KILLED

Bloody Axe Found Beside Victim in Woodshed—Her Nephew Held by PoMce. Detroit,, Dee. 16.—The body of Miss Frances Bomibolt, 62 years old, was found in a woodshed at the rear of her home here late this afternoon. Her head ’had been crushed and evidently death had occurred several hours before the body was found. Two men wera detained by the police. One, it was Stated, is F. W. Rueping, Miss Bombdlt’s nephew. The other man’s name was not made public, but it was said he and Rueprng boarded at. Miss Bowbolfs home. It was also stated at police headquarters that a bloody axe was wound near the body* A pocketbook, property Of the dead woman, was picked up by the police. The punse was empty. The ’body was ifound by John Bomlbolt, brother of the dead spinster. At the side of the corpse was » coal scuttle partly filled. The scuttle was blood stained,