Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-01-18 | Page 12 | Insane Father is Killed

INSANE FATHER IS 1 KILlED Howard M Poole Aged 17 of Taun Taunton Taunton ton Mass Compelled to Shoot to Protect His Mother Taunton Mass Irus Jan Jun Poole n a leading resident or of Taunton and head or of the Poole comp n was shot and fatally Injured tonight b by his son Howard M Poole The victim died two I hours after aCter the shooting The son on was wa arrested 0 The Tho son sor was arrested after informIng the police pollee that he had shot his father Young Po Poole lc is 17 7 years old According to the prisoner oner lie he shot In defense of his mother who had been attacked by her husband fh ho police sa say the elder Poole had been mentally unbalanced for some sometime sometime time as the result ot of an accident On two other occasions Mrs Poole was obliged to ask th police poUce to keep her husband under surveillance as she feared physical violence She visited the dis district district court about a week ago rc relative to the possible commitment ot of her hus husband band on the ground or of insanity Her hus husband husband band learned of this tonight and attacked her The son rushed to her aid and killed his father The rho shooting was witnessed b by two younger children 0 After the shooting the bo boy telephoned to the police pollee and later was arrested