Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — CAPTURED FRANKFORT BUTCHER CONFESSES [ARTICLE]

CAPTURED FRANKFORT BUTCHER CONFESSES

Giles W. Trask, Prominent Farmer, Feared Woman Would Reveal Infatuation for Mable Little.

Frankfort, Ind., May 4. —Goaded to desperation and determined to put an end to the source of his mental trouble, Giles W. Trask, one of the best kflown and highly respected citizens of £linton county, Wednesday night murdered Alice Evans, a fortune teller, according to a confession made by the accused man to Sheriff John Miller and Chief of Police Walter Corns Thursday. Trast .told the police that for more than a year Mrs. Evans had been blackmailing him, and had obtained about S6OO. She demanded $20,000, Trask said, and he went to her house to effect a compromise. When the woman refused to listen to any proposal he took a machinist’s hammer from his pocket and struck her on the head. Trask, the police charge, had for several years mistreated a niece who lived at his home. Last year Trask, fearing that the girl would betray him to police officials he arranged with Mrs. Evans to help him in a reconciliation with the girl. Mrs. Evans helped him and tJ»jjn began the blackmail. Dreading tnat his secret would become known to his invalid wife led Trask in his decision to put an end to the woman.