Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-02
CONFESSION MADE
BY FARM HAND
Shooting of Three Near War
renton and Firing Auto
Cleared.
b. . stan Correspondent o, The star.

~ stan Correspondent OF The Star.
WARRENTON. Va, July 2.-Ellwood
Payne, 2S-year-old colored farm hand.
confessed last night that he shot A. c.
Corbin and his two daughters with a
rifle and then tried to burn them to
death in their automobile.
Corbin, 54-year- old farmer, and his
daughters, Estelle, Is, and Isabella, SO.
are in Fauquier County Hospital suffer-
ing from bullet wounds and burns. Ply
elc1ans say all three probably will
recover
Payne told police authorities last
night that he plotted to kill the three
members of the Corbin family because
he was afraid the father was going to
make trouble for him.
BOrrOws Victims Rife.
Some weeks ago he borrowed from
Corbin % caliber rifle, saying that
he wanted to shoot rats
Early that evening he went to Corbin
and asked the farmer to accompany
him to nearby farm. Payne said he
TOLD Corpin he was going to buy some
pigs and wanted him to look them
over first. At a lonely place on the
road he stopped the car and shot the
father in the forehead
Payne then pushed the unconscious
man into the rear of the small sedan
and returned to the Corbin home. The
girls were sitting on the porch.
Discover Father Shot.
Your father is sick" Payne told
tnem, ana wants me to drive him to
the hospital at Winchester He said
Tor both of you to come along"
The girls went with the Colored man
ana before they discovered that their
father had been shot Payne started the
car: Despite their protests, he refused
to let them out.
While the young women endeayored
TO relieve their fathers suffering and
stop the flow Of blood, Payne drove to
little freQuented spot known as Well
burns Bottom, stopped the car and got
out While the young women begged
Tor mercy he shot Estelle and then
Isabella in their heads.
Plans to Conceal Crime.
With his three wounded victims Pavne
started away. Five hours he drove,
planning way to conceal his crime.
according to the police.
Finally he stopped on a desolate
stretch OF road between the Corbins'
home and Marshall, got out and went
10 the gasoline tank in the rear. Estelle
who had remained conscious, saw him
What are you going to do" she asked?
It's all right" Payne answered.
'The carburetor is clogged and I'm get
ting some gas for it from the Tank
Fires Clothing.
The colored man drained all of the
gas into bucket and poured it over
the farmer, his daughters and the in
terror of the car. Then he lighted their
clothing with a match and shut the
door. An explosion shattered the win
dows of the car.
Estelle, her clothing burned from her
body, dragged her father and sister
from the machine. Then, in agony, ran
toward small creek. The colored man
tried TO stop her, but she broke away
and leaped into the water. Later she
ran for help
1t was just at daybreak. Farmers saw
the flames shooting up from the hollow
and ran to the scene. The girls and !
their father were taken to the hospital |
Payne was arrested later at his home. |
Authorities investigating the crime |
learned that the father was shot in |
Fauquier County and the girls in Lou
don County. The question of which has |
jurisdiction has not been decided.