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Show BATTLE 10 DEATH m i mm Entire Family Found Deai in Their Blood-Bespatter . Home. ROCHESTER. Mich. Jan. 2 -Alarmed by the dejerted appearance of the farmhouse of Clarence A Barntim. who recently locate near here, nclghhnrs broke into the house tv -lav an 1 fvimd narnum. his wife, his 3an?ht-. Ioulse, aged 23. and his son Chester, sued U all lylnj; dead. The wlf and th son M daughter had apparently heen murdered -ih ' an ax A elngl'j-t.arreled shotgun l ln- ner hi corpse, and tho fact that his head was almost al-most entirely blown off, showed how Farmer LJamum himself had met hi cr. i Wife Ran to Woodshed. , Mrs Rarnum's hrdy lay In the woodil It appeared that she had been able to resist the murderer for a brief time. or. at any rat... had succeeded In eluding him long enough to reach the sh.-d But here she was struck down and met the same fate that had befallen her son and daughter Was Terrific Struggle. The app arance of the houee Indicated tbJi the family had )ust finished breakfast ladSy when the Insane and murderous frenzy of lbs father hroke out. .". . Idently ihrre had br'a a terrific struggle as the molh'-r snd Ailldrm battled for their lives. Tho dining-room ma all bespattered with blood, even the celling Gun's Muzzle in Mouth. Cnder the dining-room table lay the father's body, a gun across his knee. Apparently h hod takm the muzzle Into his mouth before pulling th trigger B'trnum. who came here reccntl from Homer. Mich . was despondent over tlaanclal troubles |