Miller, Frances c1893 - 1909

MILLER, BUCKNELL, BUTZLASS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/20/2019 at 11:43:32

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Mar. 16, 1909, 2, C3

SHOOTS HIS STEPSISTER
Greene Man Then Tries to Kill His Mother-in-Law and Himself.
Winston Bucknell at Greene, fatally shot his stepsister, Frances Miller, aged sixteen years, in a family quarrel, and tried to kill his mother-in-law, Mrs. Frederick Butzlass. Bucknell then attempted suicide by shooting, but a watch chain deflected the bullet. He was captured by citizens who threatened to lynch him. Deputy sheriffs are protecting Bucknell.