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Show II L J - . J 1. 1 V . Ycim Tcxr.n P:::c:s Unci: and Tvo Aunts and . Kills ninsclf. to Avcil Arrcsl :FORT WOK.TII, Tex.. Jan. 23. Eobert Kay, 24, after. killing: T. J. Kay his uncle, and Lou and Amy Bay,, his aunts, on their ranch In Pecos county, fifty miles from Pecos City, by poisoning: them, used the same means In committing-Suicide, committing-Suicide, ,The incidents connected with, the atrocious crime were diabolical In the extreme. . ' - ' " ,. ' ; .- All the parties, lived on the ranch and were fairly well-to-do ranch people. By frugality they had amassed, a falr-slxed fortune, und by the stipulation of the will of the uncle young- Ray, was to fall . heir to the estate. t'He decided to rid himself of the entire family and carried out his heinous designs by administering ' tor the uncle and two aunts poison on Thursday, the three deaths occurring soon after. '- ; , ' ; ; , : ' .' ; i. hen the three people were dead young Ray loaded his wife and child into a. 'buckboard and started across the country for Pecos City, where he boarded a westbound . tF"alh on the Texas Pacific' for Colorado City. Arriving there, the hews of his atrocious crime had preceded him, and an officer arrested him as he stepped off the train.'- When Ray caught sight of the Sheriff he realized that he was wanted and quickly swallowed a dose of strychnine and died on the depot platform a few minutes later. ' " "'' . The three vlctfma of young Ray died in great agony soon alter .they had partaken par-taken of thelf. dinner on. Thursday, the poison having been placed, in their food by Ray, who quietly sat by and watched the deadly poison's work. When neighbors neigh-bors happened to call at the Ray house they discovered the bodies lying on the floor In different rooms. - |