Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — Another Murder at Frankfort. [ARTICLE]

Another Murder at Frankfort.

Mrs. Alice A. Evans, .>(> years old. a elarivoyant known for many years as Madame Rand on the county fair circuits throughout Indiana, was found in a dying condition in front of her home in Frankfort Wednesday with her skull crushed in with a hani mer. Giles W. Trask, it* years old, a merchant and wealthy elevator owner of Seircleville, was arrested Thursday morning in the Clover Leaf railroad yards, his clothing spattered with blood. After spending six hours in jail he confessed to killing the woman and said he Had put her out of the way because of her continued blackmailing him. It was also learned that Trask, whose wife is an invalid, had for a number of years mistreated liis neice. who made her home with his family, and last August, fearing the girl would betray him to the officials, came to Frankfort and told Mrs. Evans the whole story and secured her aid to help him with the girl, he paying her S2OO at that time. A few days later the girl came to the elarivoyant s home, where she also told her story, and the woman is alleged to have advised her to get all the property and money she could from Trask and then leave his home and put her case in the hands of officials. It is said that the woman also bled Trask for money and he alleges that it was for this reason and the fear of exposure that he beat her to death with a hammer Tuesday night.