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Show SHOOTS CiDIEI; COMMITS SUNK Prominent Man, Seized With Insane -Desire to Kill. Attacks At-tacks Offspring. GREISNSBUEG, Pa., Nov. 6. Seized with an insane impulse to kill, Edward J. Perry, a former mayor of this city, today shot his Ihrco children, wounding ono fatally, and then committed com-mitted suicide. The shooting occurred in Perry's bedroom, bed-room, wbilo (he threo children were gathered around a crib in which lay their infant sister, 15 mouths old. The bal)3" was not injured. Elizabeth, -t 3-ears old, was shot iu the left breast aud died at a hospital. Kenneth, ti j-ears old, and .Richard, S years, were both shot in the side, but it is believed, they will recover. Mrs. Perry died a year ago and bince her death the children have been in tbo habit of visiting their father's room in the morning to plaj- with the bab3'. A short lime before the shooting shoot-ing Porr' talked with two other sous and his housekeeper, , and apparently there was nothing wrong with him. |