The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-09
HOW IT WAS DONE.
Full Particulars Of the Murder and Suicide Of
frankie and Frank Eek.

The particulars Of the Eek tragedy are
given as follows by the Chicago Herald:
Crazed by jealousy, Frank Eek, an ex-
city fireman of Wichita, Kan, came TO
this city in search of his wife. who had re-
fused to live with him any longer because
of bis insane rage. He found her, and last
night at the Stafford house, Van Buren,
street and Pacific avenue. he cut her
throat with razor, causing almost in
slant death. and then, drawing another
razor across his own throat, nearly de-
capitated himself
Employees of the hotel who were on the
floor when the tragedy took place heard
Mrs. Eck's screams for help and ran to
the scene. But before the could arrive to
lender assistance Mrs. Eek was PROSTATE,
rapidly bleeding to death. and Eek was in
the act of taking his own life. Less than
two minutes after both were dead.
The wound through which the woman's
life blood flowed was inflicted on the right
side of the neck. The razor had followed
the course of the lower jawbone. and had
cut in SO deep that the base of the ear was
split in twain. In taking his own life Eek
bad evidently held the razor in his right
hand placed against the right side OF his
neck. jerkeq it with terrible force, sever
ing both the jugule- vein and the wind
pipe and laying bare the ceryical vertebra.
The room where the trajedy took palce
was on the third floor and facing Van
Buren, street. 1t was small room and
contained no other furniture than bed
and a washstand. The bed was near the
door entering from the hallway. The
woman had fallen toward the door, her
head resting against one of the posts of the
foot Of the bed. Eek was lying with his
feet against his wifes aud his head di-
rectly under one of the windows Pools
of blood We're collected around them and
large blotches were on the washstand and
the carpet. Two raZors were found on the
floor and both had been used The craZed
husband had cut his wifes throat with one
Of them, partially closed it and then threw
it across the room. His jealousy was such
that he would not even take his life with 4
weapon that had been used upon the throat
of his wife. The razor that Eek used upon
himself was found lying by his side cloUted
with blood.
That there had been struggle was evil
dent. On the washstand was an earring
that had been torn from the woman's ear.
Her clothing and hair were disordered. On
the washstand were clots of blood
1t is thought that when Eek followed
his wife into the room he pursued her into
this corner and, forcing her head down on
the marble slab, cut her throat.
Mrs. frankie Eek, as she called herself.
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and secured employment as a chamber
maid. To friend, Alice Carey. of 407
State street, she said that she had run
away from her husband because of his
jealousy and that she feared he would fol-
low her. A few days later Eek arrived in
Chicago and in some manner learned Of
his wife'S whereabouts. He called upon
her three times and each time quarreled
with her. She ordered him not to call
II, har oho hid not pt HING T.
do with him. To Mrs. Lizzie Dragon, the
housekeeper, and to Tot Golden. another
cham bermaid, she expressed q fear that
her husband would kill her.
Yesterday she was almost unable to at
tend to her work because of dream that
she had had the night previous. She said
she had dreamed that she was wading in
blood. The dream so impressed itself upon
her mind that during the day she packed
her trunk, saying that she would leave the
next day, for she knew that the horrible
vision WAS q warning that her husband
would take her life. Before nightfall the
presentiment was verified by her murder.
1t was about $50 o'clock when Eek
called to see his wife. He went directly to
her room. Tot Golden, who was with her.
went out of the room. She went to the
rear of the house. In few minutes she
heard Mrs. Eek calling for help.
when | heard her calling for help"
said she last night, 81 suspected that he
was trying to kill her. for when he came
into the room he looked excited He also
had his mustache shaved off. AS / was
leaving she room / heard him say in n
loud voice: I want what belongs to me-
When / ran to the front of the hallway I
heard noise in room So The door was
partly open and looked in. The sight I
beheld Tll never forget. Mrs. Eek was
lying on the floor bleeding and he was
standing over her with a terrible look in
his face, and before l could turn away he
had cut his own throat. l ran back into
the hallway and tainted. Lilly Niles.
another one of the chambermaids, when
she looked into the room also tainted"
Mrs. Eek had been married twice before,
though only 26 years of age Her first
husband was named Six. A son S years Of
age from this marriage Is now living with
Mrs. Eck's mother, Mrs. n. A. Mulligan,
at Alexandria, Ind. A marriage license
found in her room last night showed that
July 4, 1891. at Wichita, Kan, she was
married to Frank Eek under the name of
Mrs. Francis Mcknnon. Eek at that
time was a member of company No. 3 Of
the Wichita fire department..
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