Emery County Progress | 1904-12-10 | Page 3 | Prayed for Rain

PRAYED FOR RAIN then a kentucky farmer slays fam lly ily and himell enoch sloan a vell ell todo to do farmer ol 01 shelby pil 9 e county kentucky shot and killed his wife tour four children and himself the I 1 illing tock place about 11 0 cloce at night but lut m thing was known of it until the morning after when the daigh da ishtar tT of a acl farmer called at the house to borow bor ow some water the well we on her father fathers s place having been dry for weel s to the drought which bich Is playing such havoc in kentuck y the aw ul acx ex tragedy is due S oan a farm wa one of the few in pil e county cl terns and springs bad had not ion been dry saturday night he be told hi ill wife he was going to call on or god 0 0 the first time in bis his 11 II e he lie said h iad had only enough water tor for the faill over sunday his eatock had bad w ther and died and tre tte only re let he gar was in providence dressing himself he wet met we me t to chuoc in a loud volve he called upon god t bring rain so many ather made stir liar appeals that his fervor as ccoke upon only as natural after church I 1 was enticed that he was very iery mur excited he vi a ent home short shorty y a te 10 0 clock and nathin more ma ft a known of him until the ne r e t mornin