“Hope was still held…”

New York Times, August 29, 1941, p.19

BOY VICTIM HOLDING OWN; Autopsy Shows 3 Others Slain by Mother Had No Disease

Hope was still held at Methodist Hospital yesterday for the recovery of William Morey Jr., 11 years old, only one of four children to survive when their mother, believing that her family was suffering from an incurable disease, slashed their throats while they slept early Wednesday morning in their Brooklyn home and then committed suicide. The boy’s condition remained critical, however.

An autopsy performed by Dr. George Ruger at Kings County Morgue failed to disclose any evidence of disease in the victims. The children and mother will be buried tomorrow morning in St. John’s Cemetery following services at the Jurek Funeral Home, 728 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn.
New York Times, August 29, 1941, p.19

Gettysburg Times, August 29, 1941, p.4