Kane County Independent | 1912-11-28 | Page 3 | Wyoming Man Slays Sister

WYOMING MAN SLAYS SISTER 4 maddened miner kills woman as she seeks refuge in mothers arms rawlins ns wyo melvln davis 21 years old a miner fired a rifle shot at his sister mrs frank ryder late saturday as she sought refuge in her mothers arms then pursued her into tho the yard where he seized nn an axe and with one blow severed her li head e ad from her body he fled pursued by a mob mab 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 ills his utmost efforts to prevent a lynching lunching lyn ching A quarrel between brother and sister in which mrs davis took her daughters part la Is said to have been the only cause for the mad rage of davis