FIENDISH CRIME
WHOLE FAMILY SLAIN WITH AN AXE. ) "~ (United Press Association—By Electric
Telegraph—Copyright)
VANCOUVER., July 4
The most fiendish crime committed for many years has been discovered at, Detroit, when the nude bodies of Rev. Paul, an Evangelist, his wife, also three daughters, and one son • were found murdered.
Tlie evangelist was a religious fanatic.
Evidently the murders were committed by a'pervert with an axe. The evangelist’s head Was severed from the body, and it rested gruesomely on a chair. His wife’s head was also cut off, while the bodies of the daughters, aged eight, nine, and ten ye.ars, were fearfully abused and mangled. 1
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1929, Page 5
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