Show A camit I 1 IUD ENDS IN A man kills his two half brothers AND BADLY WOUNDS THE FATHER after sending the two brothers to eternity and wounding Wound lne the father ho he ends his own life metropolis ill july 21 this community was shocked this evening by the most dreadful tragedy ever known in this section kichard richard shoemaker killing rich ard lukens jr george lukens his brother and after seriously wounding the father of the two dead men putting a bul let into his own body with fatal results all parties are men of high social standing and are well known throughout southern illinois and portions of kentuck kentucky Y kichard richard lukens jr married shoemakers shoemaker 8 stepdaughter step daughter miss lilian lillan jones about three years ago shoemaker had been her guardian cu ardian and after the I 1 marriage was called upon f for or a an accounting c c un t ing of the estate seen seemingly bingly aej I n through a large 1 sum surn left the girl gir alb 7 better Fer e father protracted e litigation followed and much bitter feeling was the result Te sult recently a piano in ili the possession lukens was sold by shoemaker and arid on its removal more hot words were indulged in ili the feeling has lies been greatly int intense enst fied fled by this last incident and this evening about shoemaker walked up to the lukens residence dence armed with two revolvers of large 1 caliber and entering the yard opened fire lire upon dick and george who were standing there the former with ili hil babe in his ills arms hoth fell dead in ili an instant george with a bullet through the temple and luchard richard with one through the heart their father bichard lakens Ln kens sr alarmed by the shooting ran out and met the tile murderer who was tiring shot after shot into the bodies he fired a bullet into the 0 old id mans mails thigh then as a crowd had collected he turned and ran down the street two when suddenly halting ha lie cut sent a bullet into his own abdomen and died in a short time shoemaker was about 40 vears years of ae age and leaves a wife and two children the dead men were aged SO 30 and 28 respectively ec tive 1 y and I 1 d each leaves a wife and reaf ell child d T the h 0 fathers condition Is serious |