Show 4 ILE DAND AN BODIES A ARE B BURNED RN Revolting Crime Laid at at theDoor the theDoor theDoor Door of Farmer in in Mississippi i l AMORY Miss Jan 16 Four Four p persons persons per per- rIons r- r sons Ions are dead h here re as the r result result s u of I attacks last night in which three of or orthe ithe the v victims were V re shot one one clubbed to I Ideath i death the home dj dynamited and the bodies burned Charles Marshall farmer Is la In jail I under heavy guard euard at Aberdeen Miss charged with the crimes J The dead are Robert Miller l 43 45 45 farmer residing three miles from Amory l' l Leonard Miller 1 16 his S son t l I Fannie Green Miller 1 18 his daugh daugh- dau daughter h- h ter terAn An old months baby MOTIVE FOR CRIME 4 The baby is alleged to have been the child of or Charles Marshall l the accused man and his desire to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent the Miller girl from testifying against him in a a. criminal assault case Is Js given by the authorities as the motive for the crime Marshall was under bond on a charge of assaulting assaulting- the Miller l girl about eighteen months ago aro Following Following Follow Follow- ing the assault Mi Miss lIss s Millers Miller's baby was born born- Marshall w was was s to have I gone one to trial next month and Miss lIss I Miller Moller would have been the states state's I chief witness a against him him Authorities Authorities ties tits allege that he deliberately set Ret setout setout out to murder the whole Miller family in order to prevent nt the prosecution prosecution prosecution pros pros- of ot the assault c case case seON se ON ONE MEMBER ESCAPES ESCAPES Pearl Miller l 13 13 w was the only only member of ot the family t to escape SheI She saw the tragedy and her story re resulted resulted rE re- suited in Marshalls Marshall's arrest I About 7 1 o'clock last night she says several dogs in the yard jard started I barking Leonard Miller opened the thedoor thedoor door to investigate His Ills father I picked nicked up a shotgun and followed They circled the house but found nothing suspicious The father and nd son had just reentered reentered re- re entered the front hall when two I shots were fired tired in quick succession J 1 Both men fell Cell dead on the floor of the hall A second later latr a dynamite explosion rocked UtE the house tearing I away a lame part of the kitchen Pearl Miller l terrified t r lan an n to the attic Her sister FannIe Green Gren Milter Miller Milt Mil Mil- t ter leI ler ran into the hall the baby bab A third shot was fired and the sister fell dead near the th bodies of her father and brother The baby crawled from her arms arm and began creeping around the floor and over the bodies CLUBBED BABY TO DEATH Then Marshall entered according to Pearl Miller and saw the baby crawling on the floor He clubbed it to death with the butt end of his rifle she alleged Pearl Miller Iiller was fas looking down from the attic and watched him too terrified to make a I sound she said She said that the murderer carefully carefully care care- care I fully examined each of ot the bodies and then went Vent to the kitchen returning re returning returning re- re turning a few minutes later with a l coal oil can can Pouring the oil over the furniture and house house- he applied a match The house house had been almost completely completely completely com com- I destroyed by fire when a rescue cue party arrived but they succeeded suc suc- succeeded in removing all the bodies suc-I suc except that of the baby |