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Show TO S P L E T R fl G EIDY FBLLOffilllBBS iRich Man Kills Wife an(5 Daughter; Wounds Others; Oth-ers; Ends Own Life. By Universal Service. PASSAIC, N. J., Dec. 4. Aftor Ki'.Iinp his wifo and his eldest d:iu;.,'ht-or and des-rerait'Iy des-rerait'Iy wounding his three other children with an ax. Mason R. Strong, 50, one of tho weal i hiest citizens of Passaic, took his own life today. lie was crazed through yrolong"d ill-nuss. ill-nuss. The tragedy did not become known until tonight, when one of the wounded children managed to crawl downstairs and telephone the family physician, who notified the police. Tho three -chi Idron have been removed to t!io general hospital. It is feared one of t'ne kii'I-4 wiil liie. Until the routines: j child, Susanna, S years old. recovered i eonsriousncss and managed to rea-'h the telephone, the ehildren lay unconscious in ; the room where t Ivir father had felled J them with his ax early in the day. Susanna said her father had been ill j for mure than a year, and t hat much of tho time had been under the care of a physician and two nurses. Tiie child said screaniH awakened her just :ih her father I beat her into unconsciousness. Strom; was formerly connected with the Erie railroad in an executive capacity. About two years aa he opened an office as an architect In Passaic. |