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Show ENTIRE' FAMILY BUTCHERED. Man and Wife and Three Small Chil- , dren Brutally Murdered. Ellsworth, Kan. Slain as they nl 'pt Bunday night, the bodleg of Will ghowman, a chauffeur, bis wife and three small children, wera discovered Monday in the Showman home by a neighbor who chanced to call and who entered tho houao when do one responded to bis knocks. Th features of tho victims were battered beyond recognition by the blowi of an ax, which tho slayer had used. The youngeat member of the family, a baby, had been beaten until Ha bead was severed from the body. All three children were under 5 year old. Tbe authoritlea have failed to And anything pointing to a cauae for the crime, or a clew to the guilty person. |