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"And he never returned. Later, a handyman from the Sprague household discovered him lying along a path. He'd been shot. He'd been beaten with blunt instruments, and he was barely recognizable. Now $60 and a gold watch were on his person. So that ruled out robbery as a motive, suggesting a crime with a more personal motivation of hatred or maybe revenge. Suspicion immediately fell on three brothers, the Gordons. Nicholas, John, and William. They were Irish Catholic immigrants."