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MURDER(Continued from Page I)up an air rifle and, sneaking up behind his wife as she stood at the ironing board, struck her across the back of the head with the butt of the weapon.* * *INDICATIONS are that the victim fell forward across the board and onto a chest of drawers and. as her assailant continued to belabor her over the head with the stock of the rifle, crumpled to the floor and fell backward with her lower legs underneath her. Apparently Ferguson then picked up the second air rifle and beat her across the forehead and face until the butt was shattered and broken off.Ferguson then went to the homes of his sons, Walter and Albert in Spencer, in an effort to recover the shotgun, telling them that he wanted to shoot birds but apparently with the intention of committing suicide. When he did not find the gun at either place, he drove to the home of his son, Raymond, on County Road 45 in Chatham township, about four miles distant, also asking him for the gun. All he would tell Ray-■ mond was ‘‘in a r uple of hours it will all be over.’* 0 *BECOMING ALARMED’at hisfather’s behavior. Raymond got into his car and drove to the parental home, arriving at the scene
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Medina County Gazette
Medina, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 14, 1953
Page 8
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