Show MURDERED SEVEN BABES DOES THEN 1 R I 0 HERSELF horrible cr me of III no s woman who became temporary Temp orar ly insane husbands su c des when he learns of tragedy rod island III mrs clarence markham of cambridge near here in a fit of temporary insanity on satur day killed her seven children with an axe atter after which she placed theli their bodies in a bed saturated it with coal oil and set fire toot bhe then hacked her throat with a knite knife and threw herself on the burning bed neighbors rescued hresc led her but she was so badly burned that she d ed soon after she had made a confession the eldest child was nine years old the youngest a baby in arms late saturday night clarence E balkham husband and father ot of the victims of the tragedy committed sui sul cide by hoot ng himself after tying a rope around his neck so that it lt would choke him to death in case the bullet failed to do its purpose |