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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
2
In a probate court session Dr. A B Walker and health officer Dr. Franka Hainden confront Roach at City Prison. Walker tests Roach with a burning match to gauge nervousness and Roach remains steady. He acknowledges understanding the threat of the electric chair if convicted.
Roach calmly admits to killing his wife’s mother and two daughters and shooting his wife during a violent episode sparked by quarrels with his in law family. He recalls planning to kill the baby and later considering suicide by gas before surrendering to police.
A chilling confession reveals a man detailing the murder of his baby and a wife, claiming justification and fatal violence after observing alleged infidelity. He asserts the mother-in-law’s alleged influence and contemplates heaven and punishment as experts weigh premeditation versus insanity.
A postmortem at Miller Blanchard morgue after a Thursday shooting reveals Doris Roach aged sixteen months with four bullets in her body two in each arm left shoulder and hip. Mrs Adam Schatzman shot five bullets including one in the ear and four in the chest. Ruth Schatzman has a single bullet through the back and heart.
Coroner Gavin surveyed the murder house on Friday, noting blood spots three feet from the door, three bullet holes in the floor, three windows shot out and a torn gas pipe. He logged distances and bullets before concluding the killer died by his own hand.
Mrs. Hazel Roach wife of the confessed slayer remained hysterical through the night at the Doyle home crying for her child Doris. She fainted and cried Let me go to them while neighbors and friends restrained her and a crowd gathered outside. She later slept and then visited her sister 923 Connotional.
Police officer Pat Biffle and Louis Smiley shoot at Robert Roach a triple murderer who barricaded himself inside a house. The pursuit ends with Roach found in a bedroom and captured after a firefight that injures Officer James Fielding and Ruth Schatzman.
Five thousand Bibles have been placed in guest rooms of Washington hotels by the Gideons Christian Commercial Travelers of America. The program aims to provide spiritual aid to travelers and hotel guests.
A crowds gathers outside the Schatzman home as Roach fires through glass, wounding a desk sergeant and a motor officer. Police and firefighters arrive. Roach remains inside while the mob, fearing a flax escape, pursues phantom exits. Funeral services planned for three victims.
The fragment discusses a husband threatening revenge after workhouse involvement and a wife resisting. It also references a new Chinese government arsenal to keep wartime funds abroad and Japan's import figures with Red States supplying 15.8 percent, indicating wartime economic activity.
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