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Mrs. Burton wanted her husband I killed so she could carry on the lt;love affair with Doss, she said. She t claimed insurance was a minor motive. Mrs. Burton claimed she did i not care if fcer husband was killed because he wag mean to her.The daughter likewise said she } «P’n't care if her father was killed and said her mother often re- 3 marked that she hoped he would lt;be killed at a saw mill where he was working. ,Try To Shift BlameA series of statements and con- i fessions with three implicated person* making partial admissions and ' attempting to shift the blame from | out* to another hag presented the county officials with a complicated mas* (if evidence. For 10 days and nights the staff of Prosecutor Emory F. Smith and Sheriff Al. Brid-well have sifted statements in collecting substantial evidence.Tod Ay the officials announced they have sufficient evidence to indict, Joseph Burton, Mary Burton and ft rover Doss in the murder.“The evidence is of the lowest type ever to be presented in a murder trial” the officers said, /‘ft reveal* William Burton as the ‘goat’ of those who should have been his best friends.”Tell Of liquor BusinessThe statements teii a story of how the Burton brothers and Doss made and sold whiskey together and worked at a saw mili. While William Burton thought his brother and Doss and his wife were Ids pals, they double-crossed him and planned his death for more than a year, according to their own statements.While Burton worked. Doss called on his wife and his own brother visited hi* daughter, their statements said. Doss was friendly with Mrs. Burton for about eiglft years lt;and Joseph Burton with Carrie Schultz about six years, their statements recite.In a confession made last night to Prosecutor Smith and Chief Deputy Arthur Oakes, Mrs. Burton said she knew Joseph Burton was going to kill her husband and she waited by his side in the kit-
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Tue, Oct 30, 1934
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