John H Pyers: Murder & Suicide

John H Pyers took a butcher knife and cut his wife's throat  so severely it was almost severed. The police found a freshly dug hole in the back yard. Joh shot himself with a gun.

I found the following newspaper articles.



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The Whittier News
Whittier, California
26 Dec 1924, Fri  •  Page 7





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The Modesto Bee
Modesto, California
26 Dec 1924, Fri  •  Page 1



CLIPPED FROM
Santa Ana Register
Santa Ana, California
26 Dec 1924, Fri  •  Page 1

I found a couple trees but no one had this story. Was it covered up as a horrible secret? Why did he kill her? Was she sick? Was he fed up, or was he sick mentally? 

He had been married before and a few kids. He had married Sarah Jane Gotschall 9 Feb 1888, they had the following children.


John Lewis Pyers

1889–1955

Earl Leroy Pyers

1890–1918

Edith P Pyers

1894–

Ola Joe Pyers

1903–1963


John's middle initial of "H" was for Hascal or Haskell.

Maybe a family has this story and will share it with us. This all happened at Christmas, what a horrible event to mark and tar a Holiday that should be about caring and giving.


 



 

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