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POLICE SPEED TOBERKSHIRE FOR CLUES TO MURDERContinued From First Pag*Detectives Thomas Tunney and Rudolph McLaughlin wanted tocheck in Berkshire.Tunney is a brother of GeneTunney, former world's heavyweight champion. McLaughlin is the manwho broke the Titerton murder case early in the winter. Thathomicide occurred in the same neighborhood as the triple slaying over the week-end.Arrived Before DawnThe detectives arrived in Berkshire before dawn, questioned Lewis for about 15 minutes, then went on their way. planning to visit New Jersey where it was reported Miss Beacco might be visiting at 133 Mapes Street. Newark, or at a home on 1235th Avenue in Conshohocken, Pa.Miss Beacco \ isited in Stock-bridge a few weeks ago.Pick up “FrenehyThe officers apparently shifted their plans however since they went immediately to New York to pick up Frenchy.” Tunney said the man was taken in a tenement house at 223 East 53d Street, quarter* directly across the streetfrom where Miss Gedeon s mother operated a furnished rooming house until last December.It looks like the work of a sexmaniac.” said the officers.Frenchy” was taken to theEast 51st Street Station, was described as five feet, five inches tall, short and stocky.” Shortly after his arrival, a squad of afficers took him away in a car to an unannounced destination.Lit eg on C hurch StreetLucy is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Natale Beacco. Their home is on Church Street. Mr. Beacco is a contractor. Two son*.William and Ernest, are at home. The other son. Albert, is employed in a Schrafft s store in New York City. William and Albert are well known for their basketball ability. Thev played for four years with the Williams High School team.Lucy, when in Stockbridge. was one of the most popular girls in town. She is a good athlete, likes skiing, horseback riding and danc* ng.Found Sprawled on BedThe naked body of 20-year-old Veronica Gedeon was found sprawled across her bed in New York. Her throat bore the marks of the killer's fingers. Beneath the bed lay her attractive midde-agedledinSlayingmother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, 54 She ,too. had been choked.In his adjoining bedroom lay Frank Byrnes, 35, a waiter and bartender, who had been employed at the exclusive Racquet and Tennis Club. Attired only in underwear, his body was stretched on the floor. He had been tabbed half a dozen times on the left side of his face and head.The police, abandoning a theory of double murder and suicide after a search of the five-room apart*merit failed to reveal any weapon which could have inflicted B 1 nr» wounds, believed the killer had waited for his victims, killing them as they went to their rooms.Mother AssaultedA preliminary medical examination showed that Mrs. Gedeon. who was said by neighbors to have appeared youthful and attractive, apparently had been criminally assaulted,’ but the daughter apparently had not been.The slayings were discovered at3:10 P. M. yesterday when Joseph Gedeon, estranged husband of Mrs. Gedeon. and another daughter, Mrs. Ethel Kudner, and her husband, Joseph Kudner, arrived for Easter dinner. Although they had not been living together in recent years, Gedeon s relations with his wife were amicable, he told police.Finding the door of the apartment open, the dinner guests walked in through the foyer, dining room and living room Then they discovered the three bodies. A Pekinese dog. which was in the habit of barking furiously at strangers, was cowering in a corner of the living room.Dog Begins BarkingWhen detectives arrived, the dog began barking and kept on for several hours uutil it was sent to theSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals. Neighbors raid they could not recall having heard it during the early morning hours when the police believed the slaying occurred.A fur coat and pocket book be-1 tss Gedeon, who was known among the artists and musicians on Beekman Hill as Ronnie, were found in a hamper in the bathroom. Her dress was found, torn, on the floor of the living room. Her single undergarment, ripped and torn, was on the floor of the bedroom.The clothing of the three victims, the bed clothing and other articles were sent to the police laboratory for scientific examination, fingerprint experts took scores of photographs of furniture, doors and wall* in the hope they might yield clues to the slaver's identity.Mother Killed FirstThe police believed Mrs. Gedeon was killed first, while she was aione in the apartment. Byrnes then came home, they reasoned, and went to his room and undressed. He was surprised and slain.Miss Gedeon returned from adate about 3 A, M. with an escort, Stephen Butter. They parted at the door. The beautiful model, w'hose photographs have appeared in many national magazines, st ed inside and was seized by the throat, the police believed. She was drag-bedroom, her clothes were ripped off and h-r lifeless body thrown upon the bid.The girl was married several years ago to Robert Fowler, a bowling alley manager, but the marriage later was annulled. Fowler was questioned by detectives and released.Trail Points to BerkshireA search of the Gedeon apartment revealed information held secret by investigators, but which led to the dispatch of Detectives Rudolph Mcl^aughlin and Thomas Tunney, the latter a brother f former Heavyweight ChampionGene Tunney, to North AdamsBefore she became a model, Miss Gedeon was a night club hostess. She turned to modeling after posing for Natica Nast, daughter of Conde Nast. Her father became estranged from his family because he thought her conduct should be regulated more strictly than his wife regulated It. the police weretold.Byrnes came here from Engianlseveral years ago. His parents still live in Liverpool, where he wasborn.tlt;:i%j(iiilt;itii3IYlt;! k police v. it h iii'lt; lt;\* r\it iful blonde Vet el, and the clothed bodies of jericon, and Frank Kyrns, a apartment. Mias Gedeon and i been strangled. Kyrns’ brain a sharp instrument insertedSPRINKLER SETS OFF ALARM; NO FIRE DISCOVEREDFire apparatus was called to the Burns Block, North Street, at 7.HO last night but there was no fire. Low' pressure in the air ducts of the sprinkler system had set off the alarm.At 1:53 Saturday afternoon firemen were summoned to the General * Electric Company's plastic building. Ceramic Avenue. Dust, burning in a metal bonnet prompt-
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Mar 29, 1937
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