Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-06
KANSAS TRAGEDY.
4 Farmer Kills His Wife and Child
at Severance.
he TURNS The WEAPON on HIMSELF.
a No-Account Deputy Sheriff Killed BY an
Outlaw-Burial Of Murdered Couple
Kentucky Election Omcer
Killed.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Aug. 5.-Samuel
Freeman, a well-known citizen of sew
erance, Kan, town twenty-five miles
west of this city on the Union Pacific,
went to his home in the suburbs of that
place about $50 o'clock last night, shot
his wife and his one-year-old daughter
dead and then turned his revolver on
himself, firing a bullet into his brain
which will result fatally.
When the neighbors heard the shots
they rushed to the house of death and
found Mrs. Freeman sitting in chair
dead. She had been shot twice, once IN
the forehead and once in the mouth.
Beside the mother in the cradle lay
the little girl with bullet through her
head.
In the doorway lay Freeman, still
breathing but unconscious, with bull
let hole in his forehead from which his
brains were oozing and S2-caliber re-
volver with four chambers empty lying
by his side. His death is momentarily
expected
No reason can be learned for the a:t,
but it is stated Freeman and his wife
y
Freeman is a man of considerable
property and is a member of the G.
A. R.
Freeman attended to the milking of
his cows at Z o'clock and then went to
his house. 1t is supposed that his wife
upbraided him about something and
that he at once drew his revolver,
which he always carried, and shot her.
1t is supposed that he then decided to
kill his little child and himself. By
many, jealousy is thought to be the
cause of the crime. Freeman had been
twice married and had a married
daughter living in Doniphan county.
He had been farmer for years, and for
ten years had resided near Severance.
DEPUTY MARSHAL KILLED.
SOUTH MCALEsTER, L T., Aug. s.
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning Jim
Yates, deputy United States marshal,
was shot through the heart by Robert
Marshall The two got into a quarrel
over a game of cards in house of ill
fame and forty shots were fred. Yates
had confscated two gallons of whisky
during the day and both were drinking.
Marshall is said to have killed eight
men and Yates told him to stop brag-
ging or get his gun. He got it The
fight was continued outside in the
brush, each firing rapidly. Yates re.
ceived two shots, each of which would
have proved fatal
After killing Yates, Marshall robbed
the body of $50 and took to the woods
Yates was 40 years old, had been in the
territory five years and was appointed
deputy last September. He was a
quarrelsome man and his death is not
regretted. Marshall came here from
Yazoo county, Miss, four months ago.
He received a wound in the arm. He
is desperate man and little is being
done to capture him.
A deputy marshal was present when
the fight begun, but ran away. Yates
was a widower, Marshall is unmar-
ried, aged % years.
MURDERED COUPLE BURIED.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. 5.-A
funeral procession four miles long fol-
lowed the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. ].
Donnelly to the grave. The coroner's
jury is investigating the murder mys-
terry but as yet have developed nothing
showing how the aged couple met their
death
AN ELECTION OFFICER KILLED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 5.-Near
Mount Vernon, KY, John d. Mullins,
an election officer, was killed by Jones
Durham and William Demeran. They
were drunk and began firing at random
as they left the polls Both are in jail