Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-17 | Page 1 | Ohio Man Kills Sick Daughter to Ease Pain

Ohio Man Kills KUIs j Sick Daughter To Ease Pain I 1 Thought She Would Be Better Off Dead Aged Father Is Declared to Have Explained to Sheriff DEFIANCE 0 O. March Marh Mar h 17 I 1 1 thought shed she'd be better off oft dead That was why George Brown 77 shot and killed his year old daughter Cecelia Cecella he told Sheriff Adrian Miller today according according- to the tho sheriff I 1 thought sho would be better off ii- ii n aUve l suffering this Brown Brown i is quoted shaving having said Miller found Miss Browns Brown's body a gaping bullet wound in itt the side of ot her head when he called at the Brown home She She had been ill III for several years The Tho shooting occurred Wednesday Sheriff Miller started an Investigation investigation invest invest- gation galiOn following reports from neighbors neigh neigh- b bors rs who Inquired concerning his daughters daughter's health He put them off oft repeatedly with the cool reply Cecelia Cecella is suffering considerable I think shed she'd be better off oft dead Brown has not been formally charged with the murder lIe He Iss held for further questioning