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BECKER, Albert August
Becker, a native of Germany, was a Chicago, I11., butcher. When
he fell in love with a younger woman, the daughter of George Sutter~
lin, he decided to kill his wife of many years, Rachel, On Jan. 27;
1898, he killed her and then cut her body into pieces which he
BUERSAXGX boiled on the kitchen stove in an effort to destroy the
corpse. What remained he buried in various places, At first Beck-
er told everyone that his wife had eloped with another man, but af~
ter he married Miss Sutterlin, an investigation was started that
resulted in the uncovering of enough evidence to warrant his arrest.
He confessed several times, claiming at first that he had drowned
his wife in Lake Michigan and then that Mr. Sutterlin aided him in
killing her and disposing of the body. No evidence was found to
link Sutterlin to the crime and Becker alone was tried and convicted
of the murder. On the scaffold, he claimed that he was innocent
and that Sutterlin alone was the murderer of his first wife, He
was hanged in the Cook County Jail at Chicago on 11-10-1899, The
drop failed to break his neck and it took sixteen minutes for him
to Strangle to death, .
BECKER, Albert August
Becker, a native of Germany, was a Chicago, I11., butcher, When
he fell in love with a younger woman, the daughter of George Sutter-|
lin, he decided to kill his wife of many years, Rachel. On Jane 27,
1898, he killed her and then cut her body into pieces which he
BUENSAXEX boiled on the kitchen stove in an effort to destroy the
corpse. What remained he buried in various places, At first Beck-
er told everyone that his wife had eloped with another man, but af-
ter he married Miss Sutterlin, an investigation was started that
resulted in the uncovering of enough evidence to warrant his arrest.
He confessed several times, claiming at first that he had drowned
his wife in Lake Michigan and then that Mr. Sutterlin aided him in
killing her and disposing of the body. No evidence was found to
link Sutterlin to the crime and Becker alone was tried and convicted|
of the murder, On the scaffold, he claimed that he was innocent
and that Sutterlin alone was the murderer of his first wife, He
was hanged in the Cook County Jail at Chicago on 11-10-1899, The
drop failed to break his neck and it took sixteen minutes for hin
to strangle to death.
BACKER, Albert August
Becker, a native of Germany, was a Chicago, I1l., butcher, When
he fell in love with a younger woman, the daughter of George Sutter
lin, he decided to kill his wife of many years, Rachel. On Jan, 27,|
1698, he killed her and then cut her body into pieces which he
YAHKSAXEX boiled on the kitchen stove in an effort to destroy the
What remained he buried in various places, At first Beck-
hat his wife had eloped with another man, but af~
es Sutterlin, an investigation was started that
esulted in the uncovering of enough evidence to warrant his arrest.|
confessed several times, claiming at first that he had drowned
osing of the body. ‘ound to
he crime and Becker alone was tried and convicted}
of the murder, On the scaffold, he claimed th:
that Sutterlin alone was the mrderer of his
was ee in the Cook County Jail at Chicago on 11-10-1899.
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