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Show GIRL, 3, SHOT I DEAD AS SHE HUGS DOLLIES Crazed Man Kills Two I Others and Himself on Christmas REJECTION IS BLAMED I Young Woman Says Slayer Had Threatened to Kill Her SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 26. The coroner's office here was seeking todav to-dav tO learn something of the history of Ennl Neurit' r. a ferryboat operator, opera-tor, who yesterday Invaded tho home of ). C. Engel a woodworker, with I I three pistols just as the celebration 'of Christmas Day was starting, slew i three of Kngel's children and killed I himself. I Tiie only light shed upon the holl-I holl-I day tragedy was given by Helen En-igel. En-igel. 16 years old. sister of the victims I of the suicide, who said that the 40-I 40-I year-old slayer had made loe to her ;ast spring, had shot at her w hen she repelled bis advances and afterward : had written letters threatening to kill ! her o nd her family. Kuneral arrangements were being made for the three Engel children, Anna, 17. who was shot In tho heart I when she sprang to the defense of I the family after MAurlter had forced i her father with two levelled revolvers revol-vers to admit htm to the house, 1,1 1 -'lian. 3 who received a bullet In her I forcheud as she stood on a chair with , two dolls In her arms While her pnr-I pnr-I ents ran out of the front door, and , Hans. 14, who was slain in his I l -I room where Neurlter shot hlmslf In th( i heel i s vPE THROUGH WIND! The surviving members of the family fam-ily are the parents, Helen and a brother. broth-er. Ernest, 15, who escaped with Helen Hel-en through a window after Neurlter ! hail announced his Indention to kill Helen a,nd "you all." Neurlter. according to the coroner. - hid h mself In the sgroodshed at the Engel home, waiting until D. C En gel, father Of Helen, came out of the house, leaving his family around the Christmas tree distributing gifts. Engel said that Neurlter pointed two pistols at him and ordered him Into the house In the house Neurlter told Engel to lock nil doors. DEMANDS GIRIi. "Get Helen for me." Neurlter la alleged al-leged to have shouted with the pistols pis-tols In his hands. "I'm here for business bus-iness and I'm going to kill Helen I'll kill you all " Anna Engel 17, sister of Helen, sought to wrest the pistols from .Neurlter. .Neu-rlter. A bullet tore through her uplifted up-lifted arm ami into her h art. Leaping over Anna's bony, according accord-ing to the story pieced together by Coroner Carson, who talked to the sur-flvlng sur-flvlng members of the family. Neurlter Neurlt-er commenced shooting at Helen, at , Ernest, her brother 16. und at Mr. und I.Mrs Engel. Helen and Ernest Jump-,.t Jump-,.t .. uin.lnu. I ih. niipantl fled through the front door TINY GIRL SHOE As the parents run they saw thir daughter lJlly agrd three. Standing j In a chair with two dolls. Just taken i from the Christina tree, bugged to hei bosom. She latf r was found dead w it h a bullet m h. r forehead Hans, a brother, aged 14. vv.is crouching In a dark ifomor pf his bedroom wh n Neuritor entered. His body and that of Neurit, i wen found In this room, the lad'i with a bullet wound in the left temple and the man's with one in the chest. I 00 |