Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-03 | Page 5 | Widow Admits Slaying of Two Children

Knifed to Death Widow Admits t Slaying of Two Children PORTLAND Ore Sept 3 INS INSA A A psychiatric examination is being arranged Friday for tor a 38 year old widow who admits knifing knifing knifing ing her two children to 10 death because because because be be- cause she could not live on a 75 a month relief check She is Mrs Frances Irene McCurdy McCurdy Mc- Mc Curdy who was arrested in Portland Portland Portland Port Port- land when she made long distance telephone calls telling authorities about the slayings The childrens children's bodies were found in an auto court courtat at Grants Pass in southern Ore Ore- gon The victims were Pamela Rose Rase McCurd McCurdy 11 and Paul Bennard McCurdy 10 Mrs McCurdy is held in the Portland jail on a murder booking while Grants Pass authorities prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare to file formal charges The two children were found lying side by side in bed lightly clad The girl had been stabbed in the heart and the knife was sticking out of the boys boy's body She said she had given each child six sleeping pills Wednesday They had suffered from upset stomachs and she said the pills would help them She said she meant to take her own life with an overdose but lost her nerve