Show KNOCKED OUT THEI BRAINS Most Horrible Trrgedy Enacted En-acted i Kansas Yesterday terday FOLLOWED BY A SUICIDE A Second Wife the Cause of I All Mysterious Suicide of n Tear Ago Is Explained Was Caused Ity Remorse Re-morse Over the Murder of n AVcalthy Englishman Twenty Years Prior to the Time the Slayer Slay-er Took His Own Life Reason for Living the Life of n Hermit Kansas City 3Io June 15A special I spec-ial to the Times from St Francis Kan says A horrible tragedy was enacted I about nine miles northeast of St Francis this morning Frank Williams I hams a farmer while in a fit of jealous jeal-ous rage attempted to murder his I wife and Miss Alice Smith and William I liam Smith He then beat the brains lout I of his two children a little girl aged 5 and a boy aged 9 with a I hatchet after which he blew his own brains out with a revolver Williams lost his first wife last September I Sep-tember and on May 12 was married to Mrs Anna Kennedy formerly Miss Dixon who lived near by and who had assisted In his housework for some time past Their married life j I i was very unhappy and after about four weeks of turmoil the woman left i i him and went to live with a man i named A Swanson a neighbor During Dur-ing the past few weeks Williams went to the house of Swanson several times flourished a revolver and threatened to kill his wife and Mrs Swanson This morning the Swanson family and Mrs Williams started to come to 6t Francis for the purpose of having Williams arrested On the way they stopped at the house of fl O Smith While there Williams appeared on the scene and proceeded to settle the differences between himself l and wife by whipping out a revolver and beginning be-ginning to fire at everybody in sight William Smith was shot through the cheek the bullet knocking out two of his teeth and tearing away a portion por-tion of the jaw bone He was also shot twice in the back and may die Miss Smith received a bullet in the back but fortunately her corset arrested ar-rested the bullet and she suffered but slight flesh wounds Mrs Williams lams the wife received a bullet in the mouth but was not seriously wounded Williams than rode home where he completed his work by smashing the brains out of his two children with a hatchet and shooting himself through the head When the sheriff arrived on the scene Williams and the girl were dead The coroner was summoned and is now holding an inquest Great excitement prevails pre-vails throughout the neighborhood |