Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-21
SIX DEAD BODIES
DEPICT MYSTERY
TWO MOTHERS, THREE CHILD
REN, AND HUSBAND SLAIN
Heads ARE Smashed open
Crime In ThlckIy inhabited Part Vi
Colorado Springs Dis'oNereo
Three Days Aftcrward'

Co'orado Springs, colo, Sept ~
Nturdcred in their homes by some uh-
1,,oon persons who used an axe lhe
bodies of six persons, three III e"0' -
bf two nclshboring houses were iouhu
horo this this afternoon. The heau ol
an tho victims had been crushed, nhu
the apeparance of the bruises lnul-
tated that they had been klled sew
.ral hours and that death came Whlio
they slept . hoa
report says that the murderer mas
,heen caught and that he has cohiesSeu
Int this Is denied by the police mere
who feared such report might 10
made. when II was announced l'a'
Inn axe. which last week had peeh
loaned TO Mrs. Henry r. Wayne one
,,of the victims, by j. II, Evans d
Iheighbor was found, blood-stalned' py
Mrs. Evans on Monday near the DacN
tAoor Of the Wayne home NO atteh-
ltlon was paid TO this fact, at the tlI'e'
MS the axe had been used IN Killing
fowls.
The murdered:
Mrs. Alice May Burnham, wiie Oh
"a J. Burnham, cook at the MoueRh
Woodmen Sanitariums
Their two children, Alice aged u
and John, aged 8: 49,,
Henry Wayne, a consumptiVe' unl''
rocortIv patlent at the Woodmen
lSanitarium. ia
Mrs. Wayne and their one year olu
,baby girl.
discovery of the bodies was made
lby a nelghbori who called at the
ya,urnham home TO spend the a1ter-
noon. Not getting any response ana
smelling a strong odor, she feared 10
enter.
The bodies of Mrs. Burnham ana
3hose of the two children were louhu
In their beds, which were covered
with blood, and the walls and ceiling
were also spattered.
The woman rushed to the street ana
Rave the alarm. A dozen persons In
stantlv went to the Wayne house
Where there had been no signs oil ne
since Sunday. Covered in bed as
Though in their natural sleep, were
the bodies of MIR and Mrs Wayne ana
their baby, with her body mangled.
T That such crime had been COM
,nittcd In a thlckly settled nelghbor-
hood. and left unrevealed for three
'uays. is regarded as incredible Not
even a foot print is to be found on
the floor of either house, or not a
.person could be found who had seen
ANYONE about the premises Sunday al
ternoon, when all the murdered per-
sons were in a nelghborhood grocery
store.
So far as can be learned, there ID
no motive for the crime. Both the
PBurnham and Wayne families were
of moderate means. Burnham, VINO
hives at the sanitarlum where he Is
,employed, was arrested soon after the
discovery of the crime, but there
seems nothing to impl,cate him In the
tragedy. His employers say he was
at work when the crime must have
been committed He was last seen at
his home Sunday afternoon, and IL
said to have left there about O'Clock.
Little IL known of the Wayne fam
ilv here. One month ago Wayne
brought his wife and child to this city
and rented the house in which they
were murdered. Neither have any
relatives here.
When brought into the morgue. the
bodies were almost unreoognizable.
lThe head of everyone was either cut
or smashed open. and In almost every
case the number of wounds indicated
that the murderer had cut and smash
ed until he was sure he had Destroy
cd life.