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Show FATHER KILLS II BilESffi SELF GREAT FALLS Mont., Dec. 24. Sending his wife on an errand to a neighbor's, a man named irock, living liv-ing on a homestead at tho head of Cora creek, about twelve miles from Bolt, killed his two babies with a rifle and thou ended his own life by the same means. The family had only resided there about six months, and little is known of them b the neighbors. The family fami-ly couslsted of the father, mother and a boy, aged 2u months, and a baby six weeks old. This afternoon tho father told Mrs. Brock to go to the homes of his two nearest neighbors and tell them that lie wanted to s-ce thorn on an important import-ant matter. The wife did as suggested, suggest-ed, but returned home before the two men had reached there. Upon her arrival she found both her babies dead and the body of her husband lying on the cabin floor. She immediately wont to tho home of one of the neighbors In a frenzv and related the tragedy. Word was sent to Belt and olllcers summoned from here. So far as learned there Is no explanation ex-planation of the triple tragedy except temporary insanity, but the sending away of the mothor Indicates some measure of premeditation. |