Paragould soliphone., 1921-06-29
BLAME DEATH OF Il
 ON FAMILY MEMBER

 1.-two whole families, in farm house linear here early Sunday morning, lScOres of theories and wild rumors have pervaded the city since Sun sday night and every person has his theory The sheriff's office is mak- ing a thorough examination of the affair with the cooperation of police land detectives.
 1 So far no light other than guess work has been thrown on the sub ject. The one thing that the whole iconmunity, detectives and all do not believe is that II persons, all in fire or auffocation. Late yesterday i:,ft ernoon the sheriff. chief of police and two other members of the sher frs force went to the neighbor | Rumors that arrests were to be made immediately circulated, bat lthis report proved false.
 rhe evidence as summed up by those i'll closest touch with the sit Iuation seems to ht upon it being an 1 inside job. It is rumOred that one Iman, or woman. becoming suddenly insane, murdered the whole family. lit has been proven almost impossi ble that fight could have started inside the house without arousing the women and children so they could make their way to safety. Most of the women and children bodies were found where they had been sleeping where beds had stood. 1 Sheriff Mccain announced late yesterday that he had not changed his theory that Lawrence had de- Iyeloped a fit of insanity and in d frenzy had killed his wife, their three children, and their guests, Otis Drew, Mrs. Drew, her three children and Drew's brother, Delmer 1 Drew. The indications are, the sheriff said, that Lawrence saturated the room in which the bodies were found with oil, touched a match 1 |. Irence and Mrs. Drew were sisters, and neighbors said had long been accustomed to exchanging visits over the weekend
 One report yesterday had it that Lawrence had been roughly handled by policeman in Mayfield num-. Der of years ago and that in tue course of the struggle had been the story ran, Lawrence had sui fered from illness periodically, which had affected his mind. Sheriff Me Cain said he had been unable to fby his family physician, Dr. liar grove of Hickory The physician Istated that if Lawrence ever had any thing the matter with his head
 treated him since boyhood.
 Mrs. Josh Drew stated to news paper man yesterday that during
 the fire she saw a man run from
 
 il wild yell ran back into the flames.
 Chief of Police Roy Hamlet, when asked for his theory, answered.: 'I have come to the conclusion after d
 careful survey of the evidence and
 investigation that the job was done
 inside, that there was foul play, but am of the opinion that an insane person, who died with the balance of the families, committed the act '' I Constable Forrest Shelton, who is perhaps acquainted with Graves county as well as any man in the
 state, and who is shrewd tracker of criminals. stated
 "I think the families were mur- dered by some one outside and then the house saturated with coal oil and touched off. In my, mind it is , the work of an insanes person and he motive was not robbery.
 - Tt has been learned that one of ' the men borrowed $50 from aa local l bank last week and, the theory thst 7 robbery was the motive vanished E when it developed ,:that, both men 2 were poor, one having asesmall snm lsu NoGay in the localsbaps' and SC 9ifai Ss ss known noecash except the lI $1ss0 s@nnd in the glowing embers. ' ~ .n axe and firearms were found -t hl srge enlbers of the dwelling which \. le,i the officers to believe that some fSsof At Eein might have been killed with FG axe and G4aiers shot.
 '. The remains spf the II persons sa veSss Y buried Yesterday afternoon i ,sn MarleSYooQ emesRry in this city IAn lraf tssS ses and parts O d bodies, srs v'ea were nothint y but small fragments of crisp ashes - were contained in one casket.
 More than 300 friends and rela rl tives gathered at the grave side t q hear the Rev. K. A. Dubber, pasto $ of the First Christian church, sa, Il the funeral services.
 Two aged and frail women, Mrs p Mattin RilpV mt her of Mrs om