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FATHER SLAIN(Continued from page one)Both had been locked by thefrightened women the prosecutor• • •49 ( said. A third door leading to the.. .46 ( small stairway barred his path and ' he wrenched this open, too, it wasto 44.1.55.1.00stated.As he proceeded up the sairs he cursed them threatening theirieslives, the women told authorities. When he neared the top of thestairs, Ada Lucille snatched up the1 shotgun which was lying on the43Vi. I floor and with her mother also Ave.' grasping the weapon, they dis-5352450%charged it at Wyne.The charge of No. 8 shot fromthe 12 gauge firearm struck Wyne in the left chest, took a down-47 % ’ ward course, and emerged above49i his right kidney. His body slump-! ed forward on the landing and1 2 I rolled down the flight of 10 steps4314 * where officers found it. He had39 4 ! been killed instantly by the384 Charge. Authorities said that therange had been approximately5251 Vi | two feet.Neither Mrs. Wyne nor her49%47%daughter could remember whopulled the trigger, they told Prosecutor Meyer, who planned jtoquestion them further sometimeWednesday. Both were holdingthe gun when the charge ripped)pen:[44- ;nto Wyne’s chest, they said.Three other children in thei-%; amily of seven were at schoolwhen the shooting occurred. Theyfe-%; are: Fay, 14; Eva, 11; and May, 9.Only Betty Jane and Estella wereKat home. The oldest child, a son,P»nod-140-uffi-Benjamin. 19, is employed in adefense plant in Columbus it wasStdeaginDlt;Oledhianreported. i toWyne's body was removed to ^good; 180-270-350-1.50;ilOW,n on ifers;30 lbthe Henry Smith Funeral Home in j Locust Grove, Vinton County, ^ where arrangements are beingcompleted.orMarried October 11, 1924 at Logan, Mrs. Wyne charged extremecruelty in her divorce petitionwhich was filed November 10.She stated in her petition that theizlt;thiwithdefendant was extremely abusiveshwhen intoxicated and had threat-coened to kill her and several ofI4.50;tmontofearful for their lives’', she de- Itheir children with a corn cutter, j “By reason of the said threats, the j ^ can- plaintiff and her said children are7.50;9.50; J clared in her petition. ,0.50- Wyne had been employed by W. 4 *1° alers I Bowers, larmer-orcnardist, who ’ 1/operates a large farm near South 1 ■ BXoonflngvi the Wynes jwere tenants. • ev6.00.eady;hoiceambs
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Logan Daily News
Logan, Ohio, US
Wed, Dec 08, 1943
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Clarice H.
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