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Show WYOMING MAN SLAYS SISTER. Maddened Miner Kills Woman as She Seeks Refuge in Mother's Arms. Rawlins, Wyo. Melvin Davis, 21 years old, a miner, fired a rifle shot at his sister, Mrs. Frank Ryder, late Saturday as she sought refuge in her mother's arms, then pursued her into the yard where he seized an axe and with one blow severed her head from her body. He fled, pursued by a mob which quickly formed, and by Sheriff Campbell and deputies. Davis was caught at the Carbon Tie and Timber company plant several miles from here by the sheriff and it required his utmost efforts to prevent a lynching. A quarrel between brother and sister, sis-ter, in which Mrs. Davis took her daughter's part, is said to have been the only cause for the mad rage of Davis. |