Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-04
AWFUL Crime.
Mrs. c. W. Green, Of Kansas City,
Kills Fer Three Children.
She THEN COMMITS SUICIDE.
A Most Shocking Tragedy Whlch Is
Attributed to Insanity-A
Neighbor Heard the
Shots.

A terrible tr gedy was discovered at the
home of Charles w. Green, travelling pas
senger agent OF the Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago & st Louis Railway, the big fou'
Line" In Kansas City, Kans 1t was 'no
murder of three children by their mother
and her suicide. Mr. Green has been IN Ill
health for some months and has been IN Tue
West in search Of health. He left nome
week ago with Mr.. Lynch, assistant generai
passenger agent Of the Big Four Last tues
dav evening neighbors saw Mrs. Green on
the porch and the children at their play IN
the ward. This was the last seen oil them
alive.
Since Wednesday morning the quiet 81 the
house and fhe absence of the entire family
has been a mystery. Mrs. H. j. Clark wire
OF the owner of the Ninth Street opera
House. who lives ut the ePs. OF inc
row of houses iu which Is the Green
home. and had nervous feeling since wed
nesday morning that tragedy had occurred
Between and o'clock "Wednesday morn
| ing she heard shots lear the Green nome
Several times she told her husband that sho
feared that all was not right at their helgh-
bors. She asked him to go over and MAKE
an investigation. but Mr.. Clark laughed NJ
her fears an did not go. The intuition tha'
something terrible had happened go preyed
on Mrs. lark that she again spoke to her
husband Of her fears and insisted that he so
over To the Green house. He determined 10
enter to satisfy the neighbors. who had, IN
measure. become fearful, also. He caused
ladder 10 be raised about $50 o'clock, and
Ander Anderson, young photographer whC
boards in a house in the neighborhood, wa:
induced to climb it
When Anderson reached the top OF th'
ladder he placed his han1s on either SIDE
his face and looked through the window
The sight caused him to reel and almost fa'
from the ladder On bed, the foot OF which
WAS not three feet from the window, lay tw'
dead children. covered with coagulate(
blood.
Mr.. Clark went through the window IN
[ room was close. and the faint, sickenini
odor Of the dead filled 1t On the bed IA
the bodies of Willie and Mary Green In
mould Of coagulated blood. Each had agap
, ,nr wound IN the right temple, bu
their bodies we're In the abandon OF chidis
, sleep. The little girl was very beautiful
/ death Her tiny hand lay beside her lac
a nm the pillow and her golden hair was I'M
touched with blood. The boy on the front
i. the bed looked as though he were asleep
r Around the room was scattered the cloth'
!; of the children as they had flung them whe
undressing the night before their death
!, the narrow hallway lay the body OF MIR
J: Green. her feet in the doorway CT anoth'
room. She was stretched on her back dIa'
[ onally across the hall SIZE was clad III ~
l. night dress. which was open at the throa
II disclosing her white throat and guaze unde
!. sb,rt Her long auburn Aair fell in WavlI
Is masses from her forehead and was cloft'
e with the blood which streamed AWAY aero
= the floor from a gaping wound in her rig
l. temple. The face was terribly distorted, u
q mouth awry aud her right eye black III
y bulcing from the socket Near Der right hal
h imhebbed in the the clotted blood, W
clutched Healthier revolver.