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Man held in twin killingSASKATOON (CP) — “He killed my mommy, Pat and Dale.”Four-year-old Donald Wourm was describing the bludgeoning deaths of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Wourm, 38, and Mrs. Patricia Littlecbief, 17, in a west Saskatoon home Thursday night.Three hours earlier he had dashed breathless through the rear door of the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cumpstone withword of the tragedy.Police said Mrs. Wourm andMrs. Littlechief were clubbed to death with an axe. They said Mrs. Wourm’s son, Dale, 7, was in serious condition in hospital with multiple skull fractures.Hospital officials said Dale, apparently found unconscious outside the house, was under the care of a neurosurgeon and there was a possibility he would undergo surgery.A man was taken into custody IV2 hours after the deaths were reported.Two other persons in the house were not hurt. They wereMrs. Littlechiefs son, Kim, m, and a female relative of Mrs. Wourm whose name was not available.HEARD A RATTLEMr. Cumpstone said he and his wife were eating supper when they heard a rattle at the front door.“I looked out and saw no one. Then Donald came tearing in the back door without knocking. He said all the people over there were killed with an axe,” he said.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Fri, Jan 10, 1964
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