Sarah A. Lambert, James Ware, and John Wesley Neale
Available sources summarized
A clipping caption describes the killing of Sarah Lambert and her father, followed by the accused man’s suicide.
What was reported
The caption calls Lambert Neale’s former partner or lover. It says Neale went to her home on Saturday night and shot her after she refused to return to his home. Ware was killed with a shotgun when he tried to protect his daughter. Dorothy witnessed both shootings. Neale then returned home and died from a gunshot wound to the head.
The source collection title misspells the surname “Lamhert”; the clipping supports Lambert. The capture supplies no town, exact date, police findings, or court record.
Source
Unidentified 1931 newspaper photo caption, headed as a double murder and suicide. Publication, issue date, and page require verification.