The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-21
>. u, W0Naay Afternoon, November y. 1921
THREE KILLED IN
HOME in OHIO

I Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 21.-Mys-
terry continues to surround the tripie
killing on Saturday night at Cuba, "a
village near here. Oliver Vandervort
rs held on murder charge, accused
by the 10year-old son of Oliver and
Mrs. jeff Whitlow, who was fatally
wounded, but the police are unble to
find the gun used for the killings. Ber-
tha Whitlow Vandervort, twice di-
yorced from the accused and Howard,
Bosier are almost among the killed. (
Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 2O.-Oliver
Vandervort, aged 80, who claims to be
a fur dealer of this city, was being:
held under a murder charge in the
Clinton county Jail here today follows
ing triple murder at Cuba, village.
near here, last night.
Those murdered were Bertha Whit
low Vandervort, aged 80, his divorced
wife and mother of Vandervort's three
children; Mrs. jeff Whitlow, aged 81,
mother of Mrs. Vandervort; and How-
ard Bosier, aged "a, said to have beeni
a caller on Mrs. Vandcrvort.
Mrs. Whitlow before dying from her
wounds, the police say, declared that
Vandervort committed the murders.
The police said she told them that
Vandervort came to her home while
intoxicated and started quarrel
which ended in the shooting of the
three.
Rodney Wallace, farmer living
near the Whitlow home, informed the
authorities toda that Vandervort,,
while crazcd by drink, shot him last
night. A post mortem examination
will be held tomorrow to determine if
the same caliber bullets killed the
three persons and injured Wallace.
Vandervort told the authorities to-
day he was not responsible for the tri-'
pie urder, and that he is the victim
of circumstances in having been found
at the Whitlow home. He claims that
while walking in the road in frantko kof
the Whitlow home he heard come ao-
ton and saw in the darkness a figure
rush from. the door. He said he could
not tell whether it was that of man
Or woman. According to his story, The
police said, Vandervort's ten year old
son Oliver rushed from the house to
call for help, saw his father and in-
-duced. him 70 .eEter. 3:
Asked by the authorities who tffd
the shooting the boy said: "Papa did
it."
The three small Vandervort chill
dren were the only witnesses. When
the police arriver Vandervort was sit
ting in the house holding his young
est child, baby.
Oliver, the ten years old, told
authorities that after the shooting he
attempted to attract the attention of
neighbors by shooting revolver four
times into the ground. The revolver
with four empty cartridges was found
in the house. Another revolver, which
had not been fired, was found in Van
dervort's automobile. No trace was
found of the gun with which the mur-
ders were committed
Mrs. Vandervort was killed as she
came to the door to answer Wander
vort's knock, according to young
divers story to the authorities. She
had her baby in her arms but it was
unharmed. A bullet pierced her head
Bosier was then shot, the boy said,
and Mrs. Whitlow fell third victim
when she came down stairs attracted
by the shooting.
Vandervort and his wife had been
divorced twice. Their second divorce
was granted about six weeks ago.