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Show TRAGEDY IS ENACTED III PORTLAND William Hill, Wife and Two Children Found Murdered Mur-dered in Home. HEADS OF ALL CRUSHED, WITH AX No.. Trace of Murderer; , Hundreds Join in the Search. FOKTUUTD. Or, June 9. William Hill, bit wife aad thair two amall children chil-dren war beaten , to death with aa ax aoms time laat night la their heme la Ardsawald, a aabnrb of toil city. The four bodies wr discovered today by Mrs. O. B. Mathews, aeighbor, whs eaaaaUj called . at tba bout. Two sheriff's posses aad hundreds of Toiua-teers Toiua-teers are searching tba wild country aiwaad tba town la the hep of finding some trace of tbo mnrdsrer. i Whea Mrs. Matthew reached th Hill bom no answer waa given to ker knock at tke door.. Finding it unlocked, un-locked, she entered and discovered the bodies of the two young children in the bedroom. Their heads bad been split open with an ax. ' In nn adjoining adjoin-ing room lay the body of Mr. Hill, her skull eruabed in with the same instrument. instru-ment. Hill's body waa found in another an-other room, also with th bead crushed. Mrs. Matthews gave the alarm and tha police failed to find any clua to tha murderer about tbe bouse. Ia the meantima citizens had atarted into tbe rough country back of tke town and tbe sheriffs of Multnomah and Clnekn-maa Clnekn-maa counties hsve organised posses and joined in the search. . Ths town is in a state of wild excitement. |