Show A and STANDARD special 5 F chronicle service owosso july 14 this morning 8 six ix miles north of owosso a comparatively wealthy farmer nan named oed ferry perry comstock aged sixty years ahot and billed killed hia big wife and ana th then en killed himself The cause of the tragedy was largely a quarrel over property 3 mr comstock Come tock lost his first wife two or three years ago shortly afterwards he be married mias alies collins about twenty years old quarrels bare have been constant and y yesterday airs mrs comstock decided not to remain with her husband and went to her neighbors where she spent the night fearing the wrath of her adopted father ollie a youth of twenty spent the night in the barn the young man waa sent after mrs comstock ComB tock very early in the morning and she returned home another quarrel followed ami and mr comstock cc Co mato matock ck got bis his gun and followed after his wife who mean had run down the road about twenty rods A single shot killed her instantly comstock t then ben returned home and after ineffectually chasing bia his adopted BOH son around the barn fired ono one shot through his own breast fearing this would not kill he deliberately took offs coat and fired a second shot from the repeating rifle through his head lie ile died lust instantly antly corn flock stock leaves a child bip eight ht months old it is generally believed that comstock comstock was ileane one report fays faye he was bea jealous lous of hia his adopted son tire mrs comstock ComB m stock tock formerly resided in batavia Da tavia new york |