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"Two Young Girls Dead; Father Held by Coroner." Evening Leader newspaper (Tarpon Springs). 29 June 1916, page 1, column 2. Available: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/178254267

• Title	"Two Young Girls Dead; Father Held by Coroner." Evening Leader newspaper (Tarpon Springs). 29 June 1916, page 1, column 2. Available: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/178254267
  Short Title	"Two Young Girls Dead; Father Held by Coroner"
  Source ID	S859
  Text	Pensacola, June 29. - Ethel and Tenny Fudge, thirteen and nine years old, girls, were found dead in a house on the outskirts of Pensacola Tuesday night. Both had been shot through the heart with a small rifle, and a note near the bodies said they had decided to kill themselves rather than go to an orphan's home. Another note told their father good-bye, and a third note said he was not to blame. After the investigation, however, the coroner had the father, E.J. Fudge, arrested and held pending developments in the case. The coroner contended that while one of the children might have shot the other, it would have been impossible for the other to have shot herself through the heart owing to the length of the rifle barrel.
  Linked to	FUDGE, Elijah Joseph Sr.