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Show oo FARMER SLAYS WIFE j AND LITTLE CHILD MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 30. C. E. Logan, a prosperous farmer near here, is believed to have murdered his wife and 4 -year-old child as they lay asleep early today, then set fire to his home and committed suicide by slashing his throat with a razor. Fear of being drafted into the army is thought to have been the cause of the double murder and suicide. Logan was about 28 years old ahd his friends say that he had been worrying for the past two months over being called in the next draft. A posse of officers found thp charrpd bodies among the ashes of the farm house. The heads of Mrs. Logan and the child were almost completely blown away. Logan was lying at the foot of the bed. The double-barrelled shotgun with two empty shells in it and the bloody razor were lying under Logan's body. oo |