Show michigan man runs amuck and perpetrates a most shocking tragedy kills his wife son and father in law and in turn is shot down by a neighbor whom he had attacked with an ax munica mich henry a farmer about 50 years old living near this village on sunday ran amui k with an ax killing his invalid son bis wife and her father in law atas later shot by henry mcclellan ft neighbor whom the crazed mur had also attacked the farm house had ap patently ly always been a happy home except tor the cloud which the sons recent sickness cast over the family on sunday with no warning so tar as Is known suddenly mur derous ly attacked his son with an ax he crushed the boy s head frightful ty when his wife interfered be turned on her and pursued the fright ened screaming woman from the house to the road where he knocked her down with his weapon he then rushed back to the house and mur dered his father in law next he tried to destroy himself the maddened man gashed his throat and wrists with a razor and took some paris green his wounds did not weaken him and the poison did not take immediate effect ax in band he returned to the road where he had felled bis wife a few moments before the first blow did not kill her and she had been carried into the house of henry mcclellan near by mcclellan rushed to other neighbors tor help when found that his wife was in the mcclellan home alive he smashed a window with his ax jumped through it and again attacked her this time he crushed her skull he then left the mcclellan home and returned to his own house but when mcclellan returned from his search tor help the crazed man came out and started over toward him I 1 want you too I 1 will shoot it you come across the road replied mcclellan who had armed himself with a shotgun despite the warning came across mcclellan thereupon shot him dead |