Broadlands, Illinois, Jan. 28 , 1936
A raw mound of earth, sprinkled
with snow, marked the burial spot
of the William Albers family -- fa
ther, mother and five children all
slain last week by the father
A common grave housed the seven
caskets in Broadlands cemetery
three miles northwest of here
Private services were held yester
day with the Rev. W. E. Klautsch
of the Lutheran church, officiating
The bodies were brought from
Paris, Friday night after the coro-
ners jury had found that Albers
54 took his own life after clubbing
or shooting his wife aand five
children to death. The eldest was
John, 17, the youngest Shirley Ann,
2
Broadlands, Illinois, Jan. 28 , 1936
A raw mound of earth, sprinkled
with snow, marked the burial spot
of the William Albers family -- fa
ther, mother and five children all
slain last week by the father
A common grave housed the seven
caskets in Broadlands cemetery
three miles northwest of here
Private services were held yester
day with the Rev. W. E. Klautsch
of the Lutheran church, officiating
The bodies were brought from
Paris, Friday night after the coro-
ners jury had found that Albers
54 took his own life after clubbing
or shooting his wife aand five
children to death. The eldest was
John, 17, the youngest Shirley Ann,
2
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