farm. Singer readily confessed killing them as well as Bryant. He
claimed that he had been having an affair with Mrs. Kaufman for some
time and that, on the afternoon of July 21, Marjorie Kaufman had
caught them in the barn and threatened to tell her father, He
killed Mrs, Kaufman with a shotgun and then bludgeoned Marjorie
Kaufman to death with the stock of the gun. He waited in the kitchen
with a rifle for Kaufman to come in that evening and as the farmer
entered the dopr, he shot and killed him also. Singer was electro-
cuted at the Indiana State Prison on Dec. 265.1936. As he walked
from death row, another inmate called "Happy New Year." Kaufman's
reply was: "Merry Christmas and to all a good night."
MASTER DETECTIVE, October, 1974, page 26
TRUE
farm. Singer readily confessed killing them as well as Bryant. He
claimed that he had been having an affair with Mrs. Kaufman for some
time and that, on the afternoon of July 21, Marjorie Kaufman had
caught them in the barn and threatened to tell her father, He
killed Mrs, Kaufman with a shotgun and then bludgeoned Marjorie
Kaufman to death with the stock of the gun. He waited in the kitchen
with a rifle for Kaufman to come in that evening and as the farmer
entered the dopr, he shot and killed him also. Singer was electro=
cuted at the Indiana State Prison on Dec. 265.1936. As he walked
from death row, another inmate called "Happy New Year." Kaufman's
reply was: "Merry Christmas and to all a good night."
ry October, 1974, page 26
TRU
farm. Singer readily confessed killing them as well as Bryant. He
claimed that he had been having an affair with Mrs, Kaufman for sone
time and that, on the afternoon of July 21, Marjorie Kaufman had
caught them in the barn and threatened to tell her father, He
killed Mrs, Kaufman with a shotgun and then bludgeoned Marjorie
Kaufman to death #ith the stock of the gun, He waited in the kitche:
with a rifle for Kaufman to come in that evening and as the farmer
entered the dopr, he shot and killed him also, Singer was electro=
cuted at the Indiana State Prison on Dec. 265.1936. As he walked
fron death row, another imate called "Happy ‘New Year." Kaufman's
reply was: "Merry Christmas and to all a good night."
MMBTER DETECTIVE, October, 197, page 26
TRUE
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Singer, a 25-year-old native of Indiana, had been in trouble since
his teens, having served séntences at an Indiana State Prison farm
and the reformatory at Pendleton for petit larceny and highway robb-
ery and at an Illinois Reformatory for automobile theft. While pa-
roled, he was strongly suspected of the axe slaying of his own mother
and his brother, Alonzo Singer, but was released when furnished an
alibi by his employer, John Wesley Kaufman, a tenant farmer. On the
night of July 3, 1936, Singer and Kauiiman forced a motorist, Joseph
Bryant, enroute, to Kentucky with his fiance, to stop their car out-
side of North Manchester, Ind. At gunpoint,
BETHE XBVEX SAX AX AXKEXHSAAY Bryant was forced to drive out on a dirt
road and he and the girl were ordered from the car. They were willi
to give the robbers their money and automobile, but when Singer
attempted to assault the girl, Bryant resisted and Singer shot and
killed him. Singer was arrested for parole violation when he, posing
as Kaufman's brother, attempted to sell the Kaufman: livestock and
grain. The bodies of Kaufman, his wife Viola and their 15-year-old
da ughter, Marjorie, #HK were found buried in a shallow grave on the
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Singer, a 25-year-old native of Indiana, had been in trouble since
his teens, having served séntences at an Indiana State Prison farm
and the reformatory at Pendleton for petit larceny and highway robb-
ery and at an Illinois Reformatory for automobile theft. While pa-
roled, he was strongly suspected of the axe slaying of his own mother
and his brother, Alonzo Singer, but was released when furnished an
alibi by his employer, John Wesley Kaufman, a tenant farmer. On the
night of July 3, 1936, Singer and Kaufman forced a motorist, Joseph
Bryant, enroute, to Kentucky with his fhance, to stop their car out-
side of North Manchester, Ind. At gunpoint,
Bryant was forced to drive out on a dirt
road and he and the girl were ordered from the car. They were willi:
to give the robbers their money and automobile, but when Singer
attempted to assault the girl, Bryant resisted and Singer shot and
killed him. Singer was arrested for parole violation when he, posing
as Kaufman's brother, attempted to sell the Kaufman: livestock and
grain. The bodies of Kaufman, his wife Viola and their 15-year-old
daughter, Marjorie, WAKE were found buried ina shallow grave on the
SINGER, Harry = Hee, £61436
Singer, a 25-year-old native of Indiana, had been in trouble since
his teens, having served séntences at an Indiana State Prison farn
and the reformatory at Pendleton for petit larceny and highway robb-
ery and at an Illinois Reformatory for automobile theft.
‘inger, but was released when furnished an
alibi by his employer, John Wesley Kaufman, a tenant farmer, On the
night of July 3, 1936, Singer and Kaufman forced a motorist, Joseph
Bryant, enroute, to Kentucky with his eee, to stop their car out-
side of North Manchester, Ind, At gunpoint, 2
Bryant was forced to drive out on a dirt
road and he and the girl were ordered from the car. They were willing
to give the robbers their money and automobile, but when Singer
attempted to assault the girl, Bryant resisted and Singer shot and
Killed him, Singer was arrested for parole violation when he, posing
as Kaufman's brother, attempted to sell the Kaufman livestock
grain, The bodies of Kaufman, his wife Viola and their 15-year-old
da ughter, herjoriey MK were ‘found buried in a shallow grave on the
SIM, Barry Bee. £6,(I3E
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