The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-21
IRIGEDT N MISSOURI
DIR. STURLEY HARRINGTON, OF
FARLEY, SHOOTS AND KILLS
-FOUR PEOPLE
IS IN TURN SHOT DEAD
The Man Was Crazed with Liquor
anu Literally RIM Amuck
Through the Little Conn
muRity.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Aug. pa
peculiarly distressing quadruple tragedy
took place today at Farley, small
town across the Missouri river in Mis-
souri, DR.. Sturley Harrington, a ply
sician of Farley. drunk and imagining
fancied wrongs. killed his uncle. James
Wallace, a wealthy farmer; Mrs. Will
liam Wallace, Harrington's mother-in-
law, and ]. P. Dillingham;, sheriff Of
Platte county, who tried to arrest him
and was in turn shot dead by Harry
Dillingham;, the sheriff's son. Before he
was cornered by the sherlff's posse, Har-
rington held up the clerk in q general
store, at the point Of his revolver. and
exchanged shots with the clerk, firing
into crowd of spectators. Harrington's
twelve-year-old daughter was a forced
witness of the different stages Of the
tragedy, the physician taking her with
him In his buggy as he went from place
to place on his bloody Grand
Saturday night Harrington quarreled
with his wife and drove her from home
threatening her life. He had words with
James Wallace over line fence and
had been on a protracted spree. Mrs.
Harrington had not returned home this
morning, and Harrington, repairing to
Wallace's home, demanded to know
where she could be found Wallace pro-
fessed to have no knowledge of her
whereabouts, whereat Harrington
whipped out a revolver and shot him
twice, once in the head and once
through the heart Leaving his victim
as he lay, Harrington drove a mile away
Of ATru
demanded to know Of his wife, To Mrs.
Wallace's answer that she knew nothing
OF Mrs. Harrington, the physician shot
her dead before she could make an out
cry.
Harrington drove Immediately to Leav-
enworth, taking her little girl with
him. The Wallaces were alone and no
one gave chase. At Leavenworth Harring-
ton appeared calm and collected. He
purchased some cartridges for his re-
volver, and a H-caliber rife and am
munition for it, remarking to the pro-
prietor as he left: 81 have an order for
the cartridges at the store in Farley and
I am going home, and as L am going
home l might well take them"
AS Harrington retraced his steps the
liquor and the thoughts of his crome ap-
parently maddened him. Reaching Far
ley, he entered William Wehee's general
store and demanded some money Of Dan
lei Cannon, the clerk.
1T have only 50, and cannot let you
have that" said Cannon.
Eyes, you can, for 1 will pay it back"
replied Harrington.
Cannon still refused, and Harrington
drew a revolver and demanded the mon
ey. There were a dozen men in the
store, but none Of them made move to
interfere. The clerk turned over the
money, and Harrington started to leave
the store. AS he did so, Cannon seized
a revolver and fired two shots at him.
He missed, and Harrington turned quick
ly, emptied his revolver in the direction
Of the crowd. None of the shots took eff
feet, but they sufficed to keep the people
at bay, and Harrington sauntered to-
ward the door.
Sheriff Dillingham; and his posse had
been following Harrington closely, and