Evening star., 1933-01-06
SLAYER OF THREE
ASKS EXECUTION
c. c. Donaldson Is Accused
of Killing Brother and
Two Children.
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ran down the hall and into the bows
room. locking the door behind her.
When their uncle broke open the
door and lunged into the room, they
said, George started toward him, but
was shot down almost before he had
taken step. AS the uncle turned his
gun toward Mary, Allen scrambled un-
der the bed as q bullet Whizzed past
his head, while Luttrell ran to the
open v-n@ow, climbed out and slid
down the sloping roof Of a one-story
shed, dropping to the ground. Barefoot
and scantily clad, he ran to the home
OF neighbor
The uncle, drunkenly mumbling to
himself. left the room and started down
the stairs. At this point his sister-in-
law and brother appeared and the finale
OF the tragedy was enacted.
Saw Husband Shot Down.
Mrs. Donaldson described this scene
as follows:
Il was asleep in the middle room on
the first floor and my husband was Sit
ting beside the bed, preparing to turn
in for the night The children were in
bed upstairs-Mary in the front room
and George, Luttrell and Allen in the
back room.
Il was awakened by a crash, fol-
lowed by a series of shots. I jumped
out of bed and started up the stairs.
About half way up I met my brother
in-law coming down. He had a gun
in each hand.
Just then my husband, who had
picked up pocket knife from the table
beside the bed, appeared at the foot of
the stairs I ~.
seemed to infuriate my brother-in law
He asked me what all the yelling was
about, then he noticed the knife in my
husbands hand. He fired and my hus-
nand, who had started up the stairs,
tumbled back down and lay still on
the moor OF the hall. apparently dead"
No Resistance Offered.
When Detective Sergt. Richard Cox
reached the house in response to tele-
phone calls from frightened neighbors,
he found the alleged slayer sitting
calmly in flrst-floor room, his guns in
his pocket. He offered no resistance,
but refused to discuss the shootinas
until taken to headquarters, where he
was grilled by Dalglish
After hearing Mrs. Donaldson's ac-
count OF the killings, which was ampli-
fied by Allen and Luttrell Cox took the
prisoner to the fifth precinct. Booked
for investigation, he was held there
until taken to headquarters for ques-
tioning this morning.
Both Mrs. Donaldson and the children
were unable to offer a motive for the
slayings. THE only thing I can think
OF, Mrs. Donaldson said, "is that my
brother-in-law may have been angry
because I had told him we were going
TO move"
When the alleged killer smashed the
door Of the boys room, they said. he
shouted: IF you're moving, you'd better
do it nowl'
According to Silas e. Donaldson, one
OF his nephews, the alleged slayer, when
under the influence of liquor. had
threatened several times to shoot mem
bers Of the family.
he was sober" said the nephew, who is
%. But when he got to drinking, he
was pretty mean. None Of us ever
thought he'd really do any shooting.
though"
Boy Found Praying.
After the killings, Allen crawled out
from under the bed, screaming for his
mother. She found him kneeling on
the bed. his hands clasped in prayer
she said
George. who was shot in the neck
was dead when Cox and other officers
arrived. Mary died of an abdominal
wound while being taken to Emergency
Hospital in an ambulance, and their
father, shot through the head. sue
cumbed shortly after being admitted to
the institution.
The alleged slayer until several years
ago was fireman on the harbor police
boat. 1t was after leaving that post
that he went to wori, at headquarters.
A widower. he has married son and