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~ Arrange Rites for Massacre Victims ~



Arrange Rites for

Massacre Victims

 

Kentucky State Troopers assigned

To attend funerals

 

Collett killed his wife Stella; her parents, Mr. And Mrs. W. M. Helton; her brother, Howard Helton, and the Brodes couple; critically wounded UNREADABLE Helton Jackson, his wife�s sister and UNREADABLE another brother, Carlos Helton, before he fled to a tourist camp near Brodhead, scribbled his �last wish and will� and committed suicide.

 

Funeral services for members of the Helton and Mrs. Collett�s family were to be held at Green Hill tomorrow.

 

A coroner�s jury attributed Collett�s wholesale shootings to desperation, caused by the manhunt officers had directed for him on bank robbery and theft charges.

 

Mrs. Jackson before she lapsed into unconsciousness, a deputy sheriff said, related that Collett said there were three others he wanted to kill, but he didn�t have time.

 

MT. VERNON, KY. January 10 � (AP) State police who were powerless to stop the sudden slaughter of seven persons in those eastern Kentucky foothills had the sad duty today of attending funeral services for two of the victims.

 

Last rites of Mr. And Mrs. Julian Bordes, parents of State Patrolman Burgin Bordes, were set for 1 o�clock this afternoon at their late home. State troopers were assigned to accompany Bordes to the funeral, and to burial services at Crab Orchard.

 

At Harmon�s Lick others prepared funeral rites for the man who ran amuck. George Collett 43 year old keeper of the �Blue Heaven� roadhouse.