Show horrible tragedy in kansas mrs J R who was brained with an axe and otherwise terribly mutilated early sunday morning at her boarding house in topeka kans Is dead she was unconscious when discovered and remained so until the end the Is the most mysterious in the criminal history of topeka over in cash in the drawer ot her room was untouched nor were any other valuables in the house missing her body was horribly mutilate I 1 bar b ar ing evidences of a jack the ripper work A middle aged man walked into the county jati at cal and gave himself up to the police author atles saying that he implicated in a murder that waa committed in north carolina fifteen years ago he gave the of william critchfield end stated that the murder took place at winston N and that be and three other boys were the guilty par ties he said that be was released after a preliminary examination that conscience had been troubling him ever since and that be wants to be ent basis to alaston to tell all be |