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Domestic News
February 12, 1915
The Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Claud Stover, arrested in Elizabethton, Tenn., confessed to murdering brothers Monroe G. Gardner of North Adams and Horace B. Gardner of Springfield, Mass., near Welaka, Fla., during a camping trip. He shot them after they forced him to dance at gunpoint.
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Gardner Brothers Slain.
Negro Said to Have Confessed to Florida Double Murder.
Elizabethton, Tenn., Feb. 12.
Claud Stover, the negro arrested here Wednesday as a suspect in connection with the murder near Welaka, Fla., of Monroe G. Gardner of North Adams, confessed early today according to Sheriff Ausbrooks that he killed Gardner and also his brother, Horace B. Gardner of Springfield, Mass., who is missing. The negro, who piloted a yacht to the brothers on a camping trip, shot them in the back, the alleged confession said, because they forced him to dance at the point of a gun.
One was shot, the negro is alleged to have confessed, as he was butchering a pig some distance from camp. The other was killed a short time later at another place.
Negro Said to Have Confessed to Florida Double Murder.
Elizabethton, Tenn., Feb. 12.
Claud Stover, the negro arrested here Wednesday as a suspect in connection with the murder near Welaka, Fla., of Monroe G. Gardner of North Adams, confessed early today according to Sheriff Ausbrooks that he killed Gardner and also his brother, Horace B. Gardner of Springfield, Mass., who is missing. The negro, who piloted a yacht to the brothers on a camping trip, shot them in the back, the alleged confession said, because they forced him to dance at the point of a gun.
One was shot, the negro is alleged to have confessed, as he was butchering a pig some distance from camp. The other was killed a short time later at another place.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Double Murder
Florida
Confession
Gardner Brothers
Claud Stover
What entities or persons were involved?
Claud Stover
Monroe G. Gardner
Horace B. Gardner
Sheriff Ausbrooks
Where did it happen?
Near Welaka, Fla.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Near Welaka, Fla.
Key Persons
Claud Stover
Monroe G. Gardner
Horace B. Gardner
Sheriff Ausbrooks
Outcome
monroe g. gardner and horace b. gardner shot and killed.
Event Details
Claud Stover confessed to shooting the Gardner brothers in the back during a camping trip near Welaka, Fla., after they forced him to dance at gunpoint. One was killed while butchering a pig away from camp, the other shortly after at another location.