Wife of John W.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Tuesday, July 28, 1908, page 1
Tampa, Fla, July 28. - Mrs J W Platt, 60 years old, was murdered by unknown persons yesterday at her home, near Gilchrist Institute. Discovery of the crime was made by her son, Walter Platt, who, going home for dinner, found his mother's body on the kitchen floor with six bullet wounds in her head,
Her daughter, Miss Mattie Platt, a teacher at the institute, had left home thirty minutes before.
Wife of John W.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Tuesday, July 28, 1908, page 1
Tampa, Fla, July 28. - Mrs J W Platt, 60 years old, was murdered by unknown persons yesterday at her home, near Gilchrist Institute. Discovery of the crime was made by her son, Walter Platt, who, going home for dinner, found his mother's body on the kitchen floor with six bullet wounds in her head,
Her daughter, Miss Mattie Platt, a teacher at the institute, had left home thirty minutes before.
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