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MURDER IN MONEOB.The Bloomington correspondent to the Indian pol is Sentinel writes under date of September 7: “A blood-curdling, domestic tragedy was enacted in tiiis covu.ty at an early hour to-day, in which two men were killed, on .' oC them 1)lt;;• iijt;- brained by a woman, whose father had been slain by her victim. The bloody affair occurred at ray no, a small village in the eastern part of the county, and about nine miles from this city. Shortly after midnight, \?charil Wright and his daughter were awakened bv n halloo a short distance from the house, and the old gentleman recognized the voice as that of his son-in-law, Dole Judah. He went to the door, stepped out aud started for the fence, when a shot was lired by Judah. Wrg'd ranback into the house, secured an ax, andagain started toward Judah. The men came together and there was a sea-lie, in which the old man was shot three times —once in the head and twice in the neck. During the struggle, and while Judah, was on top of Wright, the eld man called to his daughter to knock Jiidah. off with the axe, saying that Judah had shot him. Just as Judah shot the last time, she struck Judah on the back of the head, killing him instantly. _ -Both men lay dead on the giound. Wright was about sixty-five years old aud Judah about thirty-five. Judah was here yesterday and was drinking a good deal. He had a quarrel with his wife, and after coming to town and filling up with ; whisky, he went to his father-in.law’slLJ F■ with, it is believed, the full iutcntion of ; killing bis wife and her father. The af-; fair has created intense excitement.”
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Martinsville Morgan County Gazette
Martinsville, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 10, 1892
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Elkhart P.
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