Mother Kills Six Children In Their Beds
‘Had No Money and They Are Better Off Dead,' Says Texas Woman
Center, March 18. – Mrs. Lillie Mae (Wilburn) Curtis, 38, waited until her seven children went to sleep at her farm home 22 miles east of Center last night and shot six of them to death, Sheriff J. B. Sample of Shelby County said today.
"I had no money and they are better off dead," Mrs. Curtis told Sheriff Sample, he said.
The dead:
T. O. Curtis, 13.
Gloria Gene, 11.
Billie Burke, 10.
Robert, nine.
Margie Dee, seven.
Marcia Jack, five.
After the slayings, the woman awakened her seventh and eldest child, Travis, 15, and sent him for officers, the sheriff said.
Bodies of the children were found in their beds. District Attorney Wardlow Lane took a statement from the woman and filed six murder charges against her.
Three years ago, Mrs. Curtis shot and killed her husband, Robert, in the same way. She was tried and given a suspended sentence.
- El Paso Herald-Post
March 17, 1938
‘Had No Money and They Are Better Off Dead,' Says Texas Woman
Center, March 18. – Mrs. Lillie Mae (Wilburn) Curtis, 38, waited until her seven children went to sleep at her farm home 22 miles east of Center last night and shot six of them to death, Sheriff J. B. Sample of Shelby County said today.
"I had no money and they are better off dead," Mrs. Curtis told Sheriff Sample, he said.
The dead:
T. O. Curtis, 13.
Gloria Gene, 11.
Billie Burke, 10.
Robert, nine.
Margie Dee, seven.
Marcia Jack, five.
After the slayings, the woman awakened her seventh and eldest child, Travis, 15, and sent him for officers, the sheriff said.
Bodies of the children were found in their beds. District Attorney Wardlow Lane took a statement from the woman and filed six murder charges against her.
Three years ago, Mrs. Curtis shot and killed her husband, Robert, in the same way. She was tried and given a suspended sentence.
- El Paso Herald-Post
March 17, 1938
Mother Kills Six Children In Their Beds
‘Had No Money and They Are Better Off Dead,' Says Texas Woman
Center, March 18. – Mrs. Lillie Mae (Wilburn) Curtis, 38, waited until her seven children went to sleep at her farm home 22 miles east of Center last night and shot six of them to death, Sheriff J. B. Sample of Shelby County said today.
"I had no money and they are better off dead," Mrs. Curtis told Sheriff Sample, he said.
The dead:
T. O. Curtis, 13.
Gloria Gene, 11.
Billie Burke, 10.
Robert, nine.
Margie Dee, seven.
Marcia Jack, five.
After the slayings, the woman awakened her seventh and eldest child, Travis, 15, and sent him for officers, the sheriff said.
Bodies of the children were found in their beds. District Attorney Wardlow Lane took a statement from the woman and filed six murder charges against her.
Three years ago, Mrs. Curtis shot and killed her husband, Robert, in the same way. She was tried and given a suspended sentence.
- El Paso Herald-Post
March 17, 1938
‘Had No Money and They Are Better Off Dead,' Says Texas Woman
Center, March 18. – Mrs. Lillie Mae (Wilburn) Curtis, 38, waited until her seven children went to sleep at her farm home 22 miles east of Center last night and shot six of them to death, Sheriff J. B. Sample of Shelby County said today.
"I had no money and they are better off dead," Mrs. Curtis told Sheriff Sample, he said.
The dead:
T. O. Curtis, 13.
Gloria Gene, 11.
Billie Burke, 10.
Robert, nine.
Margie Dee, seven.
Marcia Jack, five.
After the slayings, the woman awakened her seventh and eldest child, Travis, 15, and sent him for officers, the sheriff said.
Bodies of the children were found in their beds. District Attorney Wardlow Lane took a statement from the woman and filed six murder charges against her.
Three years ago, Mrs. Curtis shot and killed her husband, Robert, in the same way. She was tried and given a suspended sentence.
- El Paso Herald-Post
March 17, 1938
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