Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-18
As She Slept, Mrs. George Burge
Was Attacked and Cut to Death
With a Dull Razor-Attack Al
so Made On Step-son.
MURDERER STOPPED
TO KISS BABY AFTER
COMMITTING CRIME
Burge Denies That He Killed His
Wife, But Two Children Posi-
lively Accuse Him-Three Are
Held as Witnesses.

Mrs George Burge, wife of carpenter,
was murdered at her home on the Chat
tahoochee road off the Howell mill road,
Sunday night and her son, Frank Brat
ton, aged Is, was attacked.
A coroner's jury, Monday morning.
charged that the murder was done by her
husband and ordered that he be held.
The arrest of three others who are TO be
held as witnesses was ordered. This was
done because of a statement to the cor
oners jury by Mrs. Burgess 1S-year-oid
daughter, Lottie Britton, who said she
heard a voice calling from the outside az
ter her mother had been killed, and say
ing:
Come on, George, you've kill them
ALL"
Burge gives out a statement denying
that he did the murder. He says that ne
he can prove an alibi.
The murder was done between II and II
o'clock and Burge was arrested ABOUT 3
at a place where he has boarded since
separating from his wife in February. he
was then in bed. Officers say that on
the wristbands of his shirt was blood.
The cornorer's inquest was held at the
home and he was not present because of
the high feeling against him.
John CcCravy, at whose house Burge
claims to have spent the night. his wife.
and daughter, Lille May, were arrested
Monday afternoon and will be held as
witnesses. They are said tc have made
conflicting statements about the time
Burge came to their house.
At the inquest, the boy and the girl
were the principal witnesses. This is the
substance of their story:
STORY TOLD CORONER.
Burge entered the home of his wife by
LII
was the only window in the house not
locked, and went into the bed room occu-
pied by her and her children.
She slept on one bed in the room with
her 13-months-old baby beside her. FIer
little daughters, one Is and one 5 years.
slept on pallets on the floor, and her san.
aged Is, slept on another bed. Only the
baby is child of Burgess. the other three
are step-children.
He first attacked the mother while she
slept, and hacked at her throat. Then
he turned to the boy on the other bed.
The boy woke from the pain of the razor
drawn across the back of his neck and
fought at his assailant. hitting him in
the chest and knocking him back. That
enabled him to get to his feet. In one
corner was Ratchet he had used in cut
ting kindling wood. He ran to this and.
grasping it, turned to find himself facing
his father-in-law. He had not known be-
fore who his assailant was
He advanced and Burge retreated. AT
the bed, Burge stopped and picked up the
baby, which is of his own blood and
kissed it. Then he went out through the
door at which he had entered.
MOTHERS KILLED.
! Mothers killed. said the little girl
who is 13 years old. 1
She and the boy took her up and laid
her on the bed. On the other, the little
baby was crying. 1t had been walked by
the father when he kissed it, And the
5-year-old little girl was crouching in one
corner.
for a man and his wife who occupied
heard the screams of the wife who was
being murdered.
AS the boy and girl leaned over their
mother. the boy himself bleeding from
cuts she died.
At the inquest the boy sa.d that he dill
not wake until he was attacked Hfv
mother had then been cut fatally He
says that she staggered across the room
to him.
Don't cut frank" she said to her hus-
band.
I Then she called to the man and wife
VINO lived across the hall.
George is trying to kill US ALL she
cried.
She even tried to catch her husband by
the arm and to get between him and
her son. AS the former retreated and
picked up the baby she fell to her knees.
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