Show orand grand rapids mich july 9 mrs levi pierce aged agea sixty who mho lived at berlin ilc alin ottawa county coun tyas nag MUl mildered dered yesterday her daughter may pierce aged 13 and grandson ger george rge Kess bro aged 1 i are in jail jai j at grand hapep awaiting examination mr air pierce vent to the field to work a as usual mutual leading his nife life and two children chil tren at home about 10 may came running to him across the fields yelling that her mamma wat wae dead pierce ran to the boue bou 0 anil and found his wife dead in the kitchen her ebin chin as gashed a tooth was nas knocked cut and her neck black and bruice ed as if she had bad been choked to death there were evidence of a teri ible struggle e at the inquest owing to the contradictory stories told by george 0 and his evident desire to avert suspicion fioco himself and turn it toward a mythical tramp he was we ari ariestea ested it is IB believed Kess liro did the killing and the little girl knows all about it and perhaps assisted |