Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-21
SIX SLAIN IN HOME
Terrible Trassdy Enacted Near weed.
mons sanaterium in Colorado -
Me,nbsrs Of Tive Fsmil;ss Slain
While They sIept-Axs Used q
Fisnd.

WnIe uhey Slept-Axo Used BY
Fisnd.
Colorado Springs. Colo, Sept. 21.-
Murdered in their own homes by some
unknown person who used an axe, the
bodies Of six persons, three in each Of
two neighboring houses were found
/! here last evening. The heads of all the
victims had been smashed in, and the
appearance Of the bodies indicated that
they had been dead several days. and
that death came while they slept.
a report says that the murderer has
been caught and that he has confessed,
but this is denied by the police officials
who. it is intimated, fear a lynching
might follow such an announcement.
An axe which had been loaned to Mrs.
Henry F. Wayne, one OF the victims,
by J. r. Evans. neighbor. last week,
was found. 4 Ebloodstained. by Mrs. Evans
on Monday near the back door of the
Wayne home. No attention was paid to
this fact. however ~ 1t. was thought
the axe hsd sbeen used In killing chick
ems, ssf -ystl y q
lAc l0SaQs sy.s.ssssssf -
Mn. Alies May Burnham. wife Of a.
! y Hnrn iAl cook at the Modern Wood
men sanatottum..
Theft two children. Alice, aged s. and
John. aged ) years.
Henry F. Wayne. consumptive, un-
til recently patient at the Woodmen
| sanatorium
Mrs. Wayne and their 1-year-o old
baby girl.
Houses Near Together.
The Burnham home stands at Dale
and Harrison place and the two houses
next to it on Dale are vacant. Directly
In the rear is the Wayne home and
close to 1t is that Of Evans.
The discovery Of the bodies was made
by neighbor, who called at the Burn
ham home to spend the afternoon. Not
getting any response and noticing a
strong odor. she forced an entrance.
The bodies Of Mrs Burnham and
those Of herlttwo children were found
in their beds, which were covered with
blood and the walls and ceiling were
also spattered.
The woman rushed to the street and
gave the alarm. Instlnctively a dozen
persons rushed to the Wayne house.
where there had been no signs OF life
since Sunday. and the same terrible
scene was presented. Covered in bed
as tho in their natural sleep were the
bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs Wayne and
their babe. all horribly mangled as in
the case OF the bodies In the Burnham
house.
That such crime had been com.
mitted in thicaSiy settled neighbor-
hood and left unreveaaed for three days
is regarded as incredibie. Not even
foot print 10 to be 1onnd. on the floor
Of either house and not : person could
be found who had seen any one about
the premises since Sunday Afternoon.
when ali the murdereA persons e dif-
ferent times were In q inei9hborine
grocery store. So far o. can IS learned
there II no motive for the crime. Both
the Burnham and wayne families were
| Of moderate means. 81
Durnham Net Suspected.
Burnhan. who liyea at the sanator-
ium where he is employeds about ten
miles from the city, was placed under
arrest soon after the discovery OF the
crime, but there seems nothing to Inn
plfcate him in the tragedy. His em-
ployers say he was at work when the
crime must have been committed. he
y member OF Colorado Springs camp
No. 731s, y. w. A.. ana Is native Of
Nichigan. He was last seen At his
home Sunday a1ternootl and II said to
have left there aSss;;::ss, Sss;:s s: s clock
Little - known Of the wayne family
here except that Aynss came to the
Modern ywoodlnen sauatorihm about