Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-03-29 | Page 3 | Mother Kills Three Babes and Self When Father Sends No Easter Card

Mother Kills Three Babes and Self When Father Sends No Easter Card t Texss suthorities were ssksd to help locate the father. AURORA, 111. March 22 (INS) ' A father who forgot to send his childrsn an Easier greeting today was sought by police bearing bear-ing a tragie massage. A note reading, "It's pretty good! Johnny hss kids and cant even send them a card at Easter," was ths only elus police had to the motive of Mrs. Jeanetet Martin, Mar-tin, 26, in strangling to death her three baby girla and taking her own life. Mrs. Martin garbed her children chil-dren in their gay Easter finery yesterday, and proudly took them to ths United Presbyterian church, whera the children were Jwtised. The Rev. William Neebe said the mother and children ' J seemed la excellent spirits. Then, as police reconstructed ' the tragedy, the mother and her three children returned home. he penned the note which aha concluded with a plea for forgiveness, for-giveness, strangled the children with a piece of clothesline, and looped the noose about her own neck. The children were Betty Jean, S; Olga Jeanette, 2, and Joan, ( months. Out of work for almost two years, the IHtle girl' fsther, John Martin, left recently for a Job in Texss. In ths home wss found a card from him, sent from Centrslis, 111., five days fo, reading: "I am going to Tsxaa to look for I Job."