The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-14
HoRkID TRAGEDY.
A Double Murder and Suicide near
Lawrence.
From the Lawrence Journal.

From the Lawrence Journal
Late last evening Mr.. VIM. Hughes came
to town with the startling intelligence tha'
DIR. FEE. March had killed his wife and
child and then himself. Our reporter at
once started for the scene Of the terrible
tragedy.
Dr. March has been living fer some time
about FIVE miles from Lawrence, on the Eu,
dora road. near Mr.. Gilmore. Arriving a,
the house about 10 O'Clock, our reporter
found quite number Of the neighbors IN the
house.
Mr.. NJ. /. March being interviewed, gave
the following information.
I am cousin of the deceased, DIR. March.
About haIf1past this evening, a. l was in
the barn, Mary Watkins came to me in a
very excited state Of mind, and told me that
the Doctor Nd bleeding to death" i at
once went To the holse, and looking into the
bed room, found the Doctor lying ON the
floor, with his head over a common dlsh pan
and bleeding very profusely from wound
in the neck. Mr. March was lying on the
bed, and his little girl, Annie, was covered
with blood. ! Was shocked 1 could not
enter the room, and went into the front room.
Mr.. A. ID. March, interviewed, said: 1
am mother of the deceased, DIR. March.
About ) o'clock WAS sitting in the front
room. The room occupied by DIR. March
and wife adjoins. heard a noise as of
somebody vomiting in their room, and
thinking some one was sick l went in and
found the Doctor with his head partially
under the bed, over pan. l went to him
and placed nv hand ON his forehead to sns-
tain him in his vomiting spell. While
standing in this position / looked on the bed
and saw his little girl all covered with blood,
living near the foot of the bed. ! was 10
frightened that dropped the Doctors head
and left the room, in search of his cousin,
NJ. l. March, who was in the stable. He
came in soon after.
Mary Watkins, interviewed, said: l am
a friend of all the deceased. / was on
visit to the family. About half past five, as
I was arranging the supper table in the
kitchen, ] heard a noise-a gurgling sound,
az of some one choking-in the room ad-
joining, and occupied bedroom by DIR.
March and wife. l went into the room, and
saw blood all over the bed, and the Doctor
was living on the floor with his head Owe
a pan. at once ran outside and cried cut
TO NJ. l.. March. the Doctors cousin, that
the Doctor WAS bleeding to death. i had
been in the bedroom hardly ive..minutes be-
fore, and the Doctor was sitting beside his
wife and child, tanning them. They were
apparently last asleep.
DR.. J. NJ. Still, of Eudora, was summoned,
and told our reporter that the parties were
all killed with cuts in the throat by sharp
instrument; that the cuts were probably
made with razor, which was found near the
Doctor in the room, covered with blood; that
Mrs. March was deeply cut on the left eide
Of the neck.
Annie, the little girl, was gashed in
shocking manner on the right side of the
neck. The Doctors head was nearly severed
from his body.
In all three cases the Juguiar vein and
windpipe were cut through. Death must
have taken place within ten minutes after
the receipt of the wounds.
From information obtained from the oc-
cupants of the premises, our reporter learned
that DIR. 4. +. March was dentist by pro-
fession, and has practiced in Lawrence at
several different times. He has long been
known to have been partially insane, but
nothing dangerous was ever manifested dur
ing his insane spells. His father died a short
time since, and the Doctor took his death
very much TO heart.