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Show FAMILY FOUND DEAD AT HOME Aged Mother, Son and Daughter Daugh-ter Murdered at Country Place Near Ironton, Ohio. Ironton. O., .May 15 Mrs. Dennis Mastie, her son Robert and daughter daugh-ter Mary, were murdered last night at their country home ;it Cr-asy Ridge, this county 23 miles from Ironton. their bodh s beinn found today. to-day. The mother. To years old, the son and daughter past 45. were prominently prom-inently connected in tin- city, .mother son being tax coiumisslouer. W. LI. Biasele. Chicago, May 15. Harley Beard, 18 yean old. arrested here this afternoon, after-noon, confessed to the ihurder of three persons on a farm near Iron-town, Iron-town, O., last Thursday afternoon Beard told detectives he tirst lent his ictlms on the head with a stick of wood and completed the work with a razor. Those he killed were Robert Ma" sie. 45 years old, his sister Mai. years, and their mother, Mrs. Nancy j Massle, 80 years old. Beard was arrested at the home I of his sister, Mrs. D. E. Day, at 13ol West Atchison street. Beard Tells Story. 1 went to work for the Massies last September," recited the prisoner ) I worked for them all winter and i we got along all right although on the ! whole they treated me pretty rough, particularly Bob Last Monda morning morn-ing Mary and 1 got up and hitched up the rig for Bob. He said he was xolng to Ironton, or to Arlington to buy some furniture. Mary followed me to my room aud when I ordcren. her out we quarrelled Then her mother came and scolded me "Bob got home about 11 o clock that night and then Mary's storv was I told him He dldn t say much to me I Tuesday, but Wednesday afternoon while he was nailing a board on a fence he tried to hit tm- with the hatchet which he was using. I ward ed this blow off but the next on lauded and he said he would cut off my he.id " Fight Is Renewed, The confession recites that after this Bob started for the bouse. Beard following The fight was renewed and Beard picked up a stake and hit Rob over the head Mary came running run-ning up and was Felled with another blow, and the same fate was dealt on to the aged mother ' I had a razor In my room " con tinued Beard, "and as 1 didn't think the Massies were dead. I cut theil throats with the razor." This ended the confession except that the relator added that he was not sure whether he cut Bob's throat. The arrest w-as made on Information Informa-tion telephoned from the sherift oi Ironton county. |
