Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-13 | Page 1 | Slayer of Wife Uses Tots as Bullet Shield

SLAYER OF WIFE USES TOTS AS BULLET SHIELD Posse Afraid to Return Fire Firc of Crazed Ohio Farmer CINCINNATI TI Ohio Au Aug n-n n fly 13 By The Associated l Scott Press Scot Workman to 40 a farmer lio 0 shot nut killed Ills his wife wife Nora Nora 39 8 at their home near today Mas I ns taken taleen to the Ha Ba- Ba Bata Ila fi ta iii 1 jill jait lt this afternoon Ills ot of Sheriff Fred 11 and a posse pw-c J Qs e slen Sheriff Croswell Ignored threats entered the house and arr him him CINCINNATI Aug Aue n-Dy n 12 By The Tho Associated d With Iress Press With the th body lit of his wife Ire at his feet t et Scott Workman 40 a farmer rumer paced back and ant forth before the th windows ot or his little tarm farni t hOlge hoese near ner New Richmond Ohio to- to today today to today day defying Sheriff Fred Pred Crosse Croon sit ot of Clermont county and ond a posse poss or of men inca surrounding the til house to firt t bier ana attI 4 Hw uio oiin cst cat of nine nino children which he b held In hr his arms rm n 15 If was first reported that Work Work- Workman Workman Workman man had bad killed the th two children In addition to hi his wife HOLDS HIS CHILDREN folding up his children one on In each ach arm a girl of ot three and a aboy aboy boy of at seven senn months the th fasmer be b lined hosed to be crazed with drink taunt taunt- taunted taunted ed cd members of ot the tho th posse posted boo be behind hind trees tr cs and other olber vantage points point about the tho th house bouse to oot root r at him 00 ahead shoot hoot em tin shoot em he cried as he h tossed the th wailing children u up and doni dorn In his arms arma armaIn In view of ot the th distracted Sure Sure I killed my ray wife Ill I'll kill kii these too It if you shoot One On marksman who had sc scaled led the Workman house lay on the th eaves r of the roof with his revolver r ready dy to shoot down the th madman It Ir he ho ap an appeared without the th threshold Others were r ready with Ith rifles rides anil nd pistols to pour a ft volley TOlley Into the th farmers farmer's body Ir if 1 he h once ollee one let out of ot his arm arms the babes which formed his shield hl HIn l In his hi home bome NO RETURN FIRE This situation confronted officers and their posse at noon after two hours of ot effort to capture the th crazed principal In the tragedy Workman had h d fired tired several shots hoto from his automata pistol at mem memo members bers hers of or the posse cut tut t ut the lh sight of the terror stricken Infants clinging to their father rather who at any moment might crash out their live lives silenced any return of ot the fire rire