Garland Globe | 1907-01-05 | Page 2 | Aged Recluse Murdered

AGED RECLUSE MURDERED. Head of Victim Horribly Hacked With Hatchet Knnsas City. Thomas Fanning, aged 80 years, a wealthy proporty owner, who lived alone, was murdered mur-dered somo time Sunday at his homo, 1818 Ollvo street. In this city. Tho head had been horribly hacked with a hatchot. Tho crime was reported to tho police by William Fanning, tho murdered man's young nephew. Young Fanning, who is tho dead man's only heir, wns held for Investigation, Inves-tigation, but later was released. Robbery was not tho motive of tho crime, as $2,100 waB found by tho pollco po-llco In u chest In tho room whero tho body was found lying. In tho old man's pockets were n gold watch, $13 In money and a deposit slip, showing that ho had doposlted $18,000 In a local lo-cal bank on Dec. 5.