Show SLAYS HIS BIS HS THREE TE CHILDREN WITH WITE AN AX CIN A Clinton Me e March Jacob Dear Dearborn Dearborn born bor Marr a farmer farer living eight miles mies from this village vIage killed his three tre chil chi dren Alice Alce M 31 11 aged 13 3 Elwin aged 9 and Helen telen aged 7 with an ax a shortly shorty after the family had risen from the dinner table ta le today Mr Marr had h been despondent for some time but his liis ac actions actors actions tors were not such as to make moke mae his wife believe that he had any serious trouble to The eldest oldest daughter was washing dishes at the sink when her father went by her to t the shed and ad got gat an ax He HeCo came Co me back into the kitchen and struck the girl a single blow on the head hed killing her Mrs Mr Marr Marl saw this and ran screaming to the house of her hus husbands husbands bands father Samuel Mart Marr Mar The husband apparently walked up upstairs U upstairs p stairs stars to where the younger children were playing and dealt deal each a single with wih the ax a handle landle killing them both When Mr Marr sr came In Inthe inthe inthe the youner youn er Mart Marr was washing his hands hand at the sink He was asked why he had done the deed and he said I dont know J Later in the day da he was wa placed un under under der den arrest and taken to Waterville |