Show HORRIBLE father tries to murder his whole family FAILING HE KILLS HIMSELF william Trott mans desperate deed while insane tries to brain bif and children with a monkey wrench then sends a bullet through his own heart on monday conui g last the people of the park ere horrified by a telephone tone that w as received announcing that in living about three and halt ailee below town on tt e eny derville roal attempted to murder hie family and then committed the ne a spread rapidly and in a short time had been so exaggerated that it wa bated aa a act lie whole bamily had been elain not one etc apine VISITED THE reporter by corenor ilson act g officer jink nelson and sweet balker lost no time in gettine getti nj to tl a acene of tl e tragedy biere tl e tact U at confronted ua were horrifying enough without ei larg eglip on tl ero tying in tl beyard where he 1 ad fallen with a great wo ind entirely through I 1 is body lay the man who biad himself discharged the weapon that ent tl e leaden missile through hie heart and ended lua life in tl almost barren home tl e scene was more terrible for grouped around dr ie coin apte who 1 ad been simmone 1 and arrived some time previous and ft ho was busily etching up a gaping wound in the ead of a little girl stood il e children of the family and several pathetic ladies ct tl e neighborhood administering as beet they coald to the unfortunate ones blood was in evidence in aery i art 0 the room and it wag indeed a sorry spectacle FACTS about 5 clock that morning 1 V in Trott coan who was sice pins in tl e sam room with three of I 1 is daugh en aged 10 H and 16 years respectively arose from his bed and after asking his wife in tl e ado ning room 1 on the felt went out to tl e tool 1 bouee here he procured a wrench and returned to ins sleeping ants approaching the bed where his two eldest daughters pearl and ln allne were leeping ie bent oer and tenderly kissed them tt en quick a a flash he raised the wre ich ami dealt emiline the oldest a blow with the wrench liing her on the temple once more he struck her and strange to sy although abe poor victim a skull lias crushed it not her insensible and he baw her maniac fatter again rare the wrench this time the blow as directed at her sleeping sister and ehe too a as struck over the temple tie latter half arose dazed by the blow alien the mad man dealt her two more blow cutting her over the ere and on the over aide ol 01 the 1 ead from the wound just inflicted THE rea izing at once their father was insane and intended billing them they prane ato n ard off fullier blow e groan ing irom their rounds juet aa their mother abused by tl e comm enter ed the room seeing hn wife the crazy man wrench in land made for her bent on beating out 1 er brains also sl e however succeeded in a measure in warding the blosl at her but ekich lave proven fatal had not the poor girls ter ably wounded as tl ey were clung to bis arms to stay his hand the I 1 lood from their gathing forth in torrent torr tnt ai it was the mother was etrace twice on op 0 thel ead and over the ee each baw making ugly ioune iou nl liy thia time all tha acre awake ami the little girl f 10 in lie at 01 left her mother and enter in ll 11 air struggle for life with tl e father anil hurriel through tl e fleu to their nearest neighbor orlando where he BT the alarm and then hail ened back home on her ar rival her father aaker her to eland up the wall and allow him to boot her RESPONDS mr johndon responded soon a poe elble but ai the drganc between the the ano houses ie it was necessarily some little time before he arrived at the seen of the tragedy although he ran edep of the way V t en he did arrive he found that mr brettman Tr ettman had succeeded lucce eded in quieting her husband down and had gotten the wrench aw ay from libin he had how ever 1 imgolf of hie rifle a 45 05 winchester and up and down etith it when mr johndon made hiie the latter aanal acquainted with h went up to hira at once and taking hold of the gun tried to persuade him to give it ep thia the man refund to do tating that ere no halla in it and abath would go out and quiet himself with he zepped out of the door in a lew deconde thereafter the of the gun t eard and the family and mr johnon got to tl e door iut in time to gee inking f the ground lie had placed the muzzle of the weapon over big heart and t oldine it out at arm 8 length pulled the trigger the large bullet tore a terrible t ole in hie side passing entirely through the boda nil coming out under his Us fin bitting position end hen rolled over on his face he was almost twenty five feet froba hie door nl en h committed tl e deed ALARMED mr johnson first went to his onn 1 oin to let 1 is wife and family know that lewa safe and then spread tl e new throughout the neighborhood in a abort tima several I 1 ad gathered gome cf tl em arriving before the suicide bead he lived about forty five mm atee after firing the el ot but never spoke after the trigger THE dr lecoumpte at once telephoned for and made all haste to the on he found the older girl ameln e bad received two bieni over ake temple crushing in the skull it took eg to close p the wound the other victim bad received a blow on either side of the head and one ivr the left eye mr received ano bad scalp and a large cut over the ee all nore promptly itten idd to and at tl is are getting along very well the injuries of the older girl are very serious though he faill recover ne complications ariee the others will recover without doubt there is no doubt the man 8 intention were to kill hie whole family beginning at tl e oldest knowing that he would baye lees trouble with the 11 on this is why 1 e chose the monkey wrench as tl e instrument of destruction think ing he could do ins work ilen lly and not arose any t anem ilia only leaion lor cantine to kin them is found in the remark he made to mr johsnon some time ago hen he said I 1 ought to kill them all to keep them out of tl asylum where I 1 must go but I 1 can t kill U em when they are loorine at mu ane I 1 look into one of their ayea and lee t e lore in them I 1 coulden couldn t harm 1 to me but tb desire i streng I 1 den t want them to buffer lire Trot tuan in peaking to the writer of her husband gays he waa un commonly com menly kind to his and to her she arera that he neer struck one of the children in his lit and a ilia trips to tonn seldom failed to benr them some confections confect ions or mail presents her hildre in turn thought everything of him an 1 would follow him about the fields for hours far of crime never entered their head though the older nes anen eliat at times he was not for his acts FROM it was the fear that be would slay hn family that prompted him last april to ask mr his anti inti mate friend to swear to a compla nt against mm insanity this mr johndon did not like to do so trott man started out himself for to give himself up after taking the ride with which be killed himself to sir archibald so 1 e couie not aee it lie wae overtaken while gein to provo by sheriff mair who brought him back and be wa committed to the asylum last april where b hd been until wednesday Wednes dar of last when he returned home HI on h espre aeed hie pleasure at the manner in which the farm had been looked after by bis wife bad family and said he himself was feeling better he how ever of hii treatment at the aad bail be had rather die than return there he wai released we are inform dl the influence and a bond put ap by an old friend reuben bailey who also went to mr archiabald and got the rifle and returned it to the demeo td man it ti said he pit couely to be released and now the be arf 13 that his sole des re vaa to kill ie family lie a large powerful mib aed had it dot been tl at he was w eak ened from loi confinement and illness he would have overpowered and ki led the family A tain of insanity rn in hia family as it will be remembered that bome ao hia brother killed mill hope fuelling and then killed hia isell ta INQUEST coroner itelson ordered the body of remove J to domel Jert akine parlors and it op monjay mornine county attona calan was but hold oo 00 inquest abe funeral took place afternoon archibald this ends abe cli apler and 1 it w a lerall affair it will prove 1 n f liefso ll 11 ij 18 r it xiam ka termed on abe fortunate tort ending |