Wilmot Flat slaying

[ca. April 1959]

Police look at covered body of Mrs. Florence Murphy who they say was killed by "three or four" bullets while she argued with her ex-husband, Bernard Murphy, from whom she was divorced only three days ago. James Lorden, Mrs. Murphy's son, said he found his stepfather standing over his mother on the ground of their Wilmot Flat, N.H. farm. He said his stepfather fired a shot at him when he ran into the house for his gun. Murphy disappeared into the woods where police are searching for him.