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PTEMBER 25, 1931.sCOMMERCE MM SLAYSWIFE MD HIMSELF ATTEXARKANA THURSDAYr-i-13 |f iTEXARKANA, Tex., Sept. 17.— Despondent at unemployment. Erin H. Beggs, 38 years old, Commerce, shot and killed his 32-year-old wife and then took his own life here today. The tragedy was witnessed by their 12-year-old daughter, Bessie Lee.Beggs was laid off work at the Cotton Belt roundhouse yesterday-.He had ben emeployed as a machinist’s helper. Bessie Lee told officers her father and mother had quarreled the night before.She said she was washing dishes in the kitchen when she heard shots. She ran to the front room, where she found her mother dying on the floor and her father lying-nearby. Both died before they could be taken to the hospital.d!EOfheveei t prSU'alEdJo:A.
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Commerce Weekly Farm Journal

Commerce, Texas, US

Fri, Sep 25, 1931

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