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BURTON ADMITSPART IN KILLINGImplicates I wo Other? In biasing iwo Year? Ago Near Lucas' ille(I'dfitiiiiMd From Base 11said Doss admitted be fired thefehot.Sas Lore MotiveLo\e between Mrs. Burton and Do## was the motive. Barton said. Mr*. Burtou receives! $2,000 insurance and spent the money in ie## than a vear. he «aid.Prayer caused the confession. Burton said. Asked If be attended church. Button replied: **Xo,‘* add leg that “you don t have to go to church to pr y.The murder preyed on hi# mind and his conscience forced him to tell the truth. Burton said.Explaining hi* predicament, Burton said: “We three are in a circle and there Is no u*e in any of us to try to get out of the ring. We are ail entity, and we might just a* well tell the truth. The truth will out. We had what we thought sreue good alibi-, but we were just dumb. You »an*t overcome the truth. 'Ye thought we were taking the officers for a ride, but they were just taking us for a ride,”Burton pleaded with Do## and Mrs. Burton to tell the truth.Killed As He Sat In HomeWilliam Burton was killed as he -at in the kitchen of his home with hi.# family about 7 p. m. Oct. 2i», 11*32. The shot was fired through the we-t window. The gun was found last Sunday in a creek bed near the crime scene. Burton identified it as the gun he got for Do**.Burton said Dos# visited Mr*.II
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Mon, Oct 29, 1934
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