DOCTOR MURDERED.
Body Of Kidnapped Physician
Found.
Press Association—Copyright. Received 1.30 p.m.
Montreal, Feb, 3.
A message from Willow Springs, Missouri, says that Robert Kenyon, described by the police as l a hoodlum, led the authorities to the body of Dr. J. B. Davis, who disappeared a week ago and w-as held for 5000 dollars ransom. The family received a note in the doctor’s handwriting and reported it to tbe police. Kenyon confessed that he lured the physician into captivity pretending that he was l a sick man on a lonely farm and needed medical attention. Then he killed him.
Kenyon was removed to prevent being lynched by the aroused populace as Dr. Davis was noted for his l benevolence.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 351, 4 February 1937, Page 5
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120DOCTOR MURDERED. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 351, 4 February 1937, Page 5
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