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Show mi iiiii;kki a woman. Han Caaey, a I'l-iMpuniua t-'arnirr, Slxtol a l(inii a Woman lu Cold lllotxl. 1..... XT I -. t - 1, iimisMii'. .eo., may !). I'an Casey, a farmer living ukiut two miles northwest of Brainerd. shot ami instantly in-stantly killed Mrs. Sanies Riordan, wife of bis nearest neighbor. Monday alioul U o'clock. Casey and the Riordau family have had trouble for some lime. Monday they had a right, in which Casey was worsted. In the morning Casey went to David City horseback, and purchased a revolver and a Ikin of cartridges, on his way home he met Donald Metruire to whom he made the statement that he vvinild settle his accounts ac-counts with the Riordau family. About ten minutes afterwards he met Mrs. Riordau Ri-ordau and sou Morris going to Dav id city in a two-horse wagon. A short time before he met the Riordans he was seen by a farmer to get off his horse and shoot several limes at a telegraph tel-egraph polo. He did not get on his horse again,' but was leading hiui when he and thus Riordans met on the road. Casey, without warning, imllV'- hi revolver and shot tvo or throe lime, one shot entering the left breast of Mrs. Riordan, killing Tier mstantly, Morris Riordau jumped out of the wagon and Mrs. Riordau fell out. In the meantime Casey's horse got away from him and Casey started alter young Riordan. evidently intending to kill him, but Riordan was too fleet of foot for him and left Casey in the distance. dis-tance. Casey is a well-to-do farmer about 4(1 years of age. His aged mother kept bouse for him, Mrs. Riordan is the mother of seven children, all living at home except one. It w as a sad sight to see three little girls aud husband "fondling "fond-ling and kissing their dead mother and wife as she lay on the ground where she was murdered, awaiting the arrival of the coroner. Casey bears a good reputation in Brainard. He told the officer after his arrest that he killed Mrs, Riordan and intended to kill her, and that he would kill the whole Riordan Rior-dan family. Casey was seen by a correspondent cor-respondent but said he did not eare to say anything. |