Show 1 MANIAC KILLS HIS FAMilY WITH AX Michigan Man Runs Amuck and Perpetrates a Most Slacking Tragedy Kills 1 His Wife Son and FatherIn Law and in Turn Is Shot town by a Neighbor Whom He Had Attacked With an Ax Munlcn Jllch Henry Scutcheon a farmer about GO years old living near this village on Sunday ran amuck with an ax killing his Invalid son his wlfo and her futhcr In law Scutcheon was later shot by Henry McClellaii a neighbor whom tie crazed murderer mur-derer had also attacked Tho Scutcheon farm house had apparently ap-parently always been n happy home except for tho cloud which the sons recent sickness cast over tho family On Sunday with no warning so far as Is known Scutcheon suddenly murderously mur-derously attacked his son with an ax He crushed tho boys head frightfully frightful-ly When his wife Interfered he turned t on her and pursued the frightened fright-ened screaming woman from the house to the road where ho knocked her down with his weapon Ho then rushed back to tho house and murdered mur-dered his father ln law Next ho tried to destroy himself T ito maddened man gashed his throat and wrists with a razor and took Homo parts green Ills wounds did not weaken him and tho poison did not take immediate effect Ax in hand ho returned to tho road where ho had felled his wlfo a few moments before The first blow did not kill her and she find been carried Into tho house of Henry McClollnn near by McClellan rushed to another an-other neighbors for help When Scutcheon found that his wlfo was in tho McClollan homo alive Iio smashed a window with his ax jumped through It and again attacked her This tlmo ho crushed her skull Ho then loft tho McClollan homo and returned to his own house but when McClollan returned from his search for help tho crazed man came out and started over toward him saying I want you too I will shoot It you come across tho road replied McClollan who had armed himself with a shotgun Despite tho warning Scutcheon camo across McClellan thereupon shot him dead |