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SOUGHT BY NEW YORK OFFICERST. William (“Red”)* ILewis, North AdamsWPA Coordinator,Questioned About Telegram to Lucy BeaccoMESSAGE FOUND AT SCENE OF TRAGEDYMiss Veronica Gedeon, Mother and Waiter,in Adjoining Apartment,Slain — Work of Sex Maniac, Police Saynm—Ilt;II1 II I —Swiftly two crack detec- tives from New York sped to!the Berkshires early this morning, questioned T. William “Red” Lewis, 32, WPAcoordinator, a former North Adams Councilman, huntedin vein for Miss Lucy M. jBeacco, 19, attractive Stock-bridge girl, then as quickly sped back to New York to take in custody a man Known as “Louis,” or “Frenchy,” forquestioning in *he tr pie slay-1 ing of Miss Veronica Gedeon 20; her mother, and a waiter living in an adjoining apart- j ment in that city. jTelegram FromMiss Beacco, friend of the slain j girl, went to New York fourMi*«» Lucy M. B^aceomonths ago to be a mannikin in a department store. In the Gedeon apartment was found a telegramfrom “Red” Lewis asking:“Are you coming up for Easter?” Lewis received no reply. The Beacco family said their daughter had been living at 102 22nd Street, but the lease on her apartment expired April 1 and she had already moved. They did not have her newaddress.Attended K. of C. BallAt the annual ball given by the j North Adams Council, Knights of Columbus, several months ago, Miss Beacco, a former student at North Adams State Teachers’ College, had been Lewis’s guest. He is grand knight.How the telegram came to the Gedeon apartment, no one knows. That is the angle to the mystery,( ontinued nn S«*comJ Pag*
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Mar 29, 1937
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