Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-21
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

EINcENNES, Ind, June III.
The bedroom Of one of the most elegant
mansions in Vincennes was the scene of a
horrible tragedy at 1918 o'clock Sunday
morning. The house is owned by Mr..
Joseph Pollock, proprietor of the Broadway
f1ouringmills, one of the most upright and
honorable of our citizens. The room where
the tragedy was enacted was occupied by his
son, Charles Pollock, and his young wife,
The couple were married six months ago and
were fondly attached to each other, their
affection being increased by the anticipated
arrival of an animated treasure which was
to bless their union. In the past years Pollock,
who is twenty-eight years old, was of dis
sipated habits, but his marriage promised
to effect a complete reform. However,
during the past three weeks he has been
drinking freely, and apparently labOring
under some excitement. During the after
noon Saturday young Pollock tried to bor-
row a revolver from several Of his friends,
and being unsuccessful was. compelled to
hire one from a gunsmith. He went
home about midnight, and was adj
mitted by his mother, who was surprised to
feel her sons arms around her neck and his
kisses Showered on her face. He told her
that he must say goodbye, that he was going
to leave her, and, calling out a farewell to
his father, walked upstairs to his wife's
room. What TRANSFERRED in the room before
the tragedy will forever remain mystery.
Within half an hour after his arrival home
female member of the household, Mrs.
.Ross was awakened by the screams of her
sister-in-law, who cried out: so, Charley!
don't, Charley, dontn' followed by pistol
shot. Mrs. Ross ran to the room, but in the
hall met the murdered woman, who fell to
the floor. Passing her, Mrs. Ross entered
the fatal chamber just as the shot was fired
which killed the unhappy husband and
brother. Returning to the wife,
Mrs. Ross turned her over, and
found that her spirit had fed, and in
twenty minutes the suicide had breathed
his last. The murdered woman was barely
eighteen years of age, and her maiden name
was Clara Clendennin. She was pretty in
feature and of irreprOachable character.
Nothing that she has done could cause jeal-
ousy on the part of her husband, and he
never intimated that the green-eyed
monster had taken possession Of
him. During the past week
Mrs. Pollock visited her parents in
Petersburg, and only returned home Satur-
day afternoon. Pollock seemed to be anx-
ious for her arrival, and met her at the de-
pot They had no quarrel, and the
only theory of the tragedy is that liquor
had turned the young mans brain, as he
complained that something allied his head.
The bullet that caused Mrs. Pollock's
death entered her right side above the
breast and ranged downward. Pol
locks death was caused by ball
which entered his right side and passed en-
tirely through the body. Neither of the
parties spoke word after being shot There
is no doubt that Pollock laid his plans for
accomplishing the double deed at an early
hour Saturday, as he telephoned to Peters
burg to know if his wife was coming home,
seeming anxious for her arrival. The two
bodies will be buried in one grave this after
noon. The tragedy has caused great excite
ment in the city.