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Show MOTHER CUTS OFF HEAD OF CHILD ' MMMMeaMSeiMMB '' Drowns Another in Rain Barrel and Third Is Rescued, Almost Dead, by Father. Russell Springs, Ky. After severing sever-ing the head of her. twelve-year-old daughter with a butcher knife and hurling her six-year-old son and an Infant In-fant Into a barrel filled with rain water, wa-ter, Mrs. Arnold Bolt, residing at the home of her father, George Harris, ran head on against the sharp edge of a hatchet which she had wedged In a fence and Injured herself probably fatally. fa-tally. Mrs. Holt Is believed to have become be-come suddenly insane as a result of brooding over a divorce suit She was separated from her husband several months ago. Awakened by the screams of the daughter, George Harris rushed to the door In time to see Mrs. Holt sever the girl's head with one blow of a sharp butcher knife. The son and the Infant, In-fant, who were nearby, then were seized by the demented mother and 8everd the Girl's Head With On Blov. plunged into the barrel of water, the cover thrown on top of them to prevent pre-vent their escape. Tearing her hair and shrieking, Mrs. Holt then ran to a fence In which she previously had fastened a . hatchet. Backing away 20 feet, she lowered her head- and ran straight against the sharp blade, cleaving her skull. The father watched the tragedy as though paralyzed until the woman fell, then ran to notify neighbors. The boy was found hanging head down over the edge of the rain barrel in an unconscious un-conscious condition and hope is held for his recovery. The Infant perished In the barrel. Mrs. Holt was unconscious when picked up by neighbors and physicians who attended her said she would not recover. During a brief lapse of consciousness con-sciousness she whispered: "Why didn't God let me finish It?" She Is said to have been despondent despond-ent since her separation from her husband hus-band and dreaded the ordeal of appearing ap-pearing In court In the divorce proceedings pro-ceedings which she had Instituted. Arnold Holt, the husband, formerly was employed as a salesman at Louisville, Louis-ville, His present whereabouts Is not known. Mrs. Arnold's brother, Elan Harris, Is a well-known dentist of Danville, Ky. |
