Robbery was not the motive for the crime, though one report says that the murderers asked to ye shown $10,000 wedding dowry which they believed to be in the! house. When the police i the scene, they found no sign of any hurried search for articles of value. The fact that a gold watch and several articles of—jewellery were found on the bed, and hat there were a number of silver or-momenta on the tables about the room, suggestes that robbery, was contemplated it was abandoned at a word from the leader of the gang.
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