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Show HUSBAND AND YOUNG WIFE FKHTTO DEATH Butcher Knife and Ax Weapons Used m Duel Before Children CARNTA. Ont . May 10 A duel to the death between husband and wife armed with butcher knife and ax, In the presence of their three small children, today was being Investigated by a coroner's Jury, which has viewed the bodies. The duelists were Joseph Lambert 33, and his 2o years old wife, who staeni their battle yesterday In their larmhoiise In Klkton, a few miles from Port Huron, Mich r.owaio. ji;. 'i mm. iii ..io ,i, n.c house with two younger children, told the prosecutor of the tragedy. The theory that a fight with an ax and knives led t the deaths was sup-ported sup-ported by the statement of the four year old son of the couple, but the authorities, unable to explain all circumstances cir-cumstances surrounding the case, are acting in the belief there may be other amrles to the tragedy Tin. boy, Edward, told officers '.oday his mother ' cut herself with B kn and then "tried to hurt his father." Lamberts body was found a few feet from that of his wife. There was a wound In his throat and within a few Inches of woman's hand lay on ax, A score of wounds were found on each body, which officials said. miKht have been Inflicted either by an ax or a) knife The condition f the home Indicated i desperate Btruggle. that ended at a wood pile a short distance from tho house, where tho bodies were found. Lamborj owned ihe far-m on which he had lived for 12 years The children child-ren have been taken to the home of relatives. |