The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-16
BOTH MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Rev. Frank Lee PolSOnS His Son, Then
Blows His Own Brains Out.
INSANE WHILE THE DEED WAS DONE.
A Sketch ofthe Dead Mans Career-A Farmer
Kills n Farmer in Tazewell-Ministers
at war-Over the state.

AryxASnRrA. VA, June 15.-ISpecialI J
Rev. Franz. Lee murder u his son and suicided
today while under fit Of INSANITY
The man who looks ter the Lee place gu,
on the Leesburg pike, near the El'Scoi'"i
High School. and tho man and boy VINO "''
On the old tenement on the hitl-tops there'
could not get in to-day, and at noon "en' 70
the school for advice.
A numbcr Of persons accompanied MN oack
about dinner time. and finding tho doors ana
windows all locked and bolted within. broke
omen the front door with an axe ana On
reaching the bedroom discovered the ueAu
bodies on tho bed.
ROTH LAY DEAD.
The bov Law breathless as If asleep the man
nth one arm around the boy, the other al MS
W. ,Le hand clenching a revolver. There
,eas a small stream OF blood on the pliIow,
thar o,,ite dry. A bullet wound Ia the
ID, s;ae Of the head behind the ear, and a
nearly empty bottle Of chloral were OIL That
were left 10 tell the tale Of the deed.
The man was Rev. Francis Dupont Lee, anu
the boy Frank, or "bunchyi ms mn ne co.,
old son. MIR. Lee was fourth son OF the iSte
Cassius T. Lee: was born IN this city ABOUT
thirty eight years ago, and after GRADUATING AZ
Tho i University took other courses. ana later
ON graduated at the Theological oemlnaiy
with the class of ~.
LOVED As PASTOR.
Tia ,ros called 10 and served Lewsburg
parish in West Virginia, ana anOther III Noetn
carolina and preached elsewhere returning
here on account OF III heath OF Il OI"iH '0"-
BILE -..-..a Nf;ss A,,;a
Aangbfsr 81 the late i. Allen Taylor
end two bright children blessed their
union Some three years ago she
yeturned TO her mothers here. saying she was
afraid 10 live with frank. She brought the
cbiIdren with her. but he came IN and
tooL them back. and her brother III course OF
time went back and brought them on by
force.
LOVED HIS FATHER.
The boy loved his father dearly and his
father was devoted 10 him, and couple or
months AGO. after its grandmas death, ne
came and took the boy back, threatening any
one who should modest him. Since then they
have been together continually. and the poy
seemed contented with his lot. Ihe father
il said 10 have had spells ~ aOeVa-
ton of the mind, and 1t was possibly IN one
Of these Yesterday that he concluded 70 lock
mn the house. give the child chlOral and SEND
n bnllet crashing through his head. No ahalr
here has ever caused such general sorrow NO
woman in the city is more worthy oi such
sympathy than the mother OF IhS unloi .Ii l.5
child and all who knew Mr.. Lee esteemed
him for his fine qualities and intellectual
attainments.
HIGHLY CONNECTED.
He WAS a second cousin of General Lee and
his wife is connected with the old Henderson,
Lamar Fowle, Cazenove and Taylor families
of ante-belllum. times.
Mrs. Lee was reported Frustrated tonight,
and none of the Taylors or Lees will say
much on the subject.
Undertaken Wheatly has taken charge or
The two bodies. and tomorrow afternoon they
will be brought in from the old place to-
gether and laid with each other among the
ices sleeping in Old Christ church bury
ing-gFound