The bodies of Martin Thompson, his wife Caroline, and their 8-year-old son Raymond were discovered in their home southeast of Council Bluffs, in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide.
Iowa Farmer Kills Wife, Son and Self
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia., September 13, 1912. — The bodies of Martin Thompson, a well-to-do farmer, his wife, Caroline, and their 8-year-old son, Raymond, were found this afternoon in their home southeast of Council Bluffs with their throats cut and the heads of the woman and boy crushed with a hammer.
The circumstances surrounding the crime and a note left by the man, indicate that Thompson killed his wife and son while they slept and then committed suicide.
No motive for the deed has been discovered, and the man is believed to have been insane.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah), 14 Sept. 1912.
