Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-11-28 | Page 1 | Four in Family Killed by Knife

fOUR IN FAMILY Y BY KNIFE Ass Assailant FI Flees e Without Leaving Cl Clue elas as to Motive Motive POUGHKEEPSIE POUGHKEEPSIE N. N. N v. v Nov 28 Associated Press A A family of four living on a farm firm near Stan- Stan was Wal found stabbed to death today tody Pollee Police were without a clue to the th assailant and unable to establish a motive for the tho mur mur- ders den The bodies of oC the farmer his wife laughter daughter 3 and son eon were found by an of or a creamery who went to tov the tho farm arm to Lo find Wid wh why cream had bad hadnot not been delivered at the plant Th The Tle dead ead d Hunted Husted d Germond ond 47 1 Mrs Mabel lIbel Gl Gregory sory Germond 47 B IS 18 naym Raymond rid 10 Tho Th timo of tho the slayings was fixed by authorities as ris late afternoon afternoon after after- noon or evening of ot Wednesday E Each ch of tho the had four been stabbed o cr tho heart with a n. blade apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap pir nUy an nn inch broad brond The knife was not f found und A Authorities reconstructing recon recon socon- tho the scene believed belle tho the assailant had rapped at tho the kitchen door door Of of the farmhouse and stabbed Mrs Germond as she opened thedoor the door Mrs rs Germond fell and the slayer apparently had stepped Into and pursuing the tho daughter daugh daugh- t ter tr r Into a corner stabbed her Leaving LeavinS' the house police pollee thought the slayer met Germond and hi his son Ion In In front of the tho wagon house killing kUling them and dragging their bodt bodies s into that building The doors of ot the building had bad been closed to conceal tho the bodies bodies' of the father and lII son n. n Germond left tho the farm of I his brother n nearby rb w with th a a. z truck load toad of feed about 4 p. p m m. Wednesday The truck was found today near I the wagon house with tho the ignition turned Burned off oft offIt It was vas believed beHaved Germond Ger Ger- mond and his son had bad jut Just driven hit Into the yard when hen the player appeared ap op ap- ap from the tho C se