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Father Murders His Six Children With Gun And Ax; Commits SuicideCLINTON, NC * — Officers early today discovered six children slain by gun and ax in their (humble tenant farm home, and | several hours later their hunted I father's body was found in woods I nearby, a gun beside him.Sampson County Coroner Cole-iman Carter announced the find-jing of the body of the father. 34-iyear-old Rufus A. King.Sheriff's deputies who went to the King home to serve a warrant charging assault on his wife found the children's bodies strewn about the blood-splattered home. One was in bed. Five were sprawled on the floor of the six-room frame dwelling.Coroner Carter said a superficial examination showed that most of the children had been beaten jwith the butt of a rifle or with an ax. The youngest. 2-year-oldSusan, had been shot All the; others suffered compound fractures of the head.It was the most horrible sight; I have ever seen. he coroner, declared.It's the ternblest lt;sic» thing i that ever happened in this community, said Allen McCullen. Hei operates a store at Keener, three, miles from the King home and' about 60 miles southeast of Raleigh in Eastern North Carolina.Statehighway patrolmen earlier had joined locil officers with bloodhounds in . search for King Mrs. King spt it the night with relatives in Jonnsontown, about: seven miles from her home. Early; today she signed a warrant charging her husband with assault. Dep. Sheriff Ira Hatch said he and oth-See SLAYINGS Page 2
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Wilson, North Carolina, US

Tue, Oct 02, 1956

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