XEMAN SLAYS MOTHER AND HER SEVEN CHILDREN Father, Throat Slashed, Found Wandering on Streets at ” Three Rivers, Que. ALL EIGHT VICTIMS NEARLY DECAPITATED Parent Confesses Murdering Whole Family, Say Police Special to The Winnipeg Tribune TI1KEE ItlVEUS, Que., Dec. 16 Their throats slashed with an axe, a mother and her sevan children were found dead in their beds here early today. The father, Andrew Day, his throat also gashed, was found wandering in the streets and was rushed to a hospital. Day appeared dazed and mentally unbalanced, but confessed ho “murdered the whole family,” police said. Day could speak only with difficulty, but wrote a confeaalon on a cardboard box and signed It, police said. Although his condition at first appeared serious, ho will recover. It was said at the hospital. Investigation Begun Police today began a thorough Investigation Into the brutal murders. Mrs. Day and her seven children, ranging In age from one to 14 years, ‘ AH were found dead In beds In threa rooms of their home. All were horribly mutilated, having ono or more cuts about the throat, indicating that the slayer evidently .tried to decapitate’ the vletlma. The three bedrooms where tha bodies were found presented a gruesome spectacle, blood staining the bed clothing and lying In pout) on the floor. ‘ , , Many Bloodstains ‘ Bloodstains also were discovered In other rooms of the house. 1 ‘. Day, ordinarily a quiet, mild – irutn – tiered man, la reported to have lost ‘ all his money in the recent stock market crash and since then had been very depressed. It also was stated that be had been unable to sleep for days. Police believe the shock of losing all his money no doubt affected the man s brain and, crazed by remorse, he slew his entire family and Then I tried to end his own life. The family had lived here for about four years.
