MURDER MYSTERY MAY BE CLEARED
Kansas Man Arrested Thought To Have Part in Slaying Family
Pittsburg, Kan., Jan. 7---By the arrest of I. Monger tonight the authorities believe they have detained a man implicated in the murders of William Bork, Mrs. Bork and an infant child in a lonely country road five miles north of here, November 25, 1909.
Monger has long been a neighbor of the Borks and they quarreled. It is said Monger bore a grudge against Bork and upon this clew officers have been working since the night of the murders. An officers has been on the trail of Monger constantly ever since the first suspicion that he might have been implicated in the murders was aroused.
Monger was arrested in Frontenac by Deputy Sheriff Walsh and Constable Lebec. He denied his guilt. He was taken to the county jail in Girard and locked up. Officers say another arrest may be made in the case in a few days.
The murders of the Borks were brutal. They were attacked while driving homeward toward Frontenac in a buggy. All were shot to death with a revolver. Mrs. Bork's' body was dragged into a cornfield and secreted. Bork's body fell in the road. The child's corpse dropped into the buggy bed. (Daily Oklahoman ~ January 8, 1910)
Kansas Man Arrested Thought To Have Part in Slaying Family
Pittsburg, Kan., Jan. 7---By the arrest of I. Monger tonight the authorities believe they have detained a man implicated in the murders of William Bork, Mrs. Bork and an infant child in a lonely country road five miles north of here, November 25, 1909.
Monger has long been a neighbor of the Borks and they quarreled. It is said Monger bore a grudge against Bork and upon this clew officers have been working since the night of the murders. An officers has been on the trail of Monger constantly ever since the first suspicion that he might have been implicated in the murders was aroused.
Monger was arrested in Frontenac by Deputy Sheriff Walsh and Constable Lebec. He denied his guilt. He was taken to the county jail in Girard and locked up. Officers say another arrest may be made in the case in a few days.
The murders of the Borks were brutal. They were attacked while driving homeward toward Frontenac in a buggy. All were shot to death with a revolver. Mrs. Bork's' body was dragged into a cornfield and secreted. Bork's body fell in the road. The child's corpse dropped into the buggy bed. (Daily Oklahoman ~ January 8, 1910)
MURDER MYSTERY MAY BE CLEARED
Kansas Man Arrested Thought To Have Part in Slaying Family
Pittsburg, Kan., Jan. 7---By the arrest of I. Monger tonight the authorities believe they have detained a man implicated in the murders of William Bork, Mrs. Bork and an infant child in a lonely country road five miles north of here, November 25, 1909.
Monger has long been a neighbor of the Borks and they quarreled. It is said Monger bore a grudge against Bork and upon this clew officers have been working since the night of the murders. An officers has been on the trail of Monger constantly ever since the first suspicion that he might have been implicated in the murders was aroused.
Monger was arrested in Frontenac by Deputy Sheriff Walsh and Constable Lebec. He denied his guilt. He was taken to the county jail in Girard and locked up. Officers say another arrest may be made in the case in a few days.
The murders of the Borks were brutal. They were attacked while driving homeward toward Frontenac in a buggy. All were shot to death with a revolver. Mrs. Bork's' body was dragged into a cornfield and secreted. Bork's body fell in the road. The child's corpse dropped into the buggy bed. (Daily Oklahoman ~ January 8, 1910)
Kansas Man Arrested Thought To Have Part in Slaying Family
Pittsburg, Kan., Jan. 7---By the arrest of I. Monger tonight the authorities believe they have detained a man implicated in the murders of William Bork, Mrs. Bork and an infant child in a lonely country road five miles north of here, November 25, 1909.
Monger has long been a neighbor of the Borks and they quarreled. It is said Monger bore a grudge against Bork and upon this clew officers have been working since the night of the murders. An officers has been on the trail of Monger constantly ever since the first suspicion that he might have been implicated in the murders was aroused.
Monger was arrested in Frontenac by Deputy Sheriff Walsh and Constable Lebec. He denied his guilt. He was taken to the county jail in Girard and locked up. Officers say another arrest may be made in the case in a few days.
The murders of the Borks were brutal. They were attacked while driving homeward toward Frontenac in a buggy. All were shot to death with a revolver. Mrs. Bork's' body was dragged into a cornfield and secreted. Bork's body fell in the road. The child's corpse dropped into the buggy bed. (Daily Oklahoman ~ January 8, 1910)
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