New-York tribune., 1901-05-20
TWO MURDERS AND SUICIDE.
SERIES OF CRIMES BY AN INDIANA
SWITCHMAN FILLED WITH HA-
TIRED OF NEIGHBOR.
GBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUxE.I


Evansville Ind. May 19.-Murderous hate in
spired by an injustice which he believed had
been done TO his father in business matters.
caused Everett Conway this morning to kill his
neighbor and his neighbor's wife. fatally wound
a policeman and shoot two other men.
In his rage he killed every in his neigh
boris stable, set the stable fire, and just
missed shooting his own father. when the latter
tried to interfere with him.
He ended his bloody course in his own home,
where ne shot himself through the heart. after
the entire police force of the city. numbering
fifty men. had surrounded the house and made
his escape impossible.
This is the record OF his crimes: Dead-W. C.
Garrison. aged thirty-one, dairyman; Mrs. W. c.
Garrison. Everett Conway. switchnan. aged
twenty-ssven. Fatally injured-Benjaulin Wal
lis policeman, aged forty, shot in the forehead.
Others injured-Edward Davidson and Adam
Crawford. Two children of the GarrisOns. aged
ten and four. are left orphans.
Conway lived with his aged father his wife
and two children in the lower part OF the city.
Next door to him lived the neighbor. W. C.
Garrison whom he shot, he also having a wife
and two children. For months there had been
bad blood between the two men and their
families Garrison had purchased the dairy
business of the elder Conway. and had made so
much money out of IL that young Conway who
was a railway swtchman. began to believe that
his father had been defrauded After open quar-
relling. the two young men stopped speaking 10
each other. Then Conway wrote Garrison let
ters ordering him off the place and making
threats Finally the children of the two fam
lilies began to fight each other
This morning Conway rose early and prepared
himself for work He said nothing 70 his wife
about his plans and she supposed he was going
7 nd Nashville
al Howell When he was dressed however ne
walked 10 the corner of the dining room, where
he kept his repeating rifle. and picked II up
For several days his rifle. his shotgun and his
pistols had all been loaded and carefully looked
after by him. but that had not made his wife
SUSPICIOUS. as he was always particular about
his weapons.
Ri1e in hand Conway walked 10 the barn,
which was used in common by the two ranllles'
on one side his father currylnS morse
while on the other Garrison sat on a stool milk
ing Young Conway walked up TO Garrison
lifted the rifle to his shoulder and hred- Inc
bullet struck the victim in the head and tore the
greater part of his face away and he 1ell dead
The elder Conway rushed after his son, who
had walked back into the yard, and struggled
with him TO get the gun away. The feeble OLD
man was pushed aside and the rifle was pointed
at him. Two shots were fired. if not directly at
his body at least close TO it. and he retreated
into the stable and locked himself in for pro-
lection.
Then the murderer started toward the Garri-
son house Mrs Garrison had heard the shots
and came out the porch to face her husbands
slayer who raised his gun and fired. and she
fell dead shot in the breast. While the children
of the murdered man and woman were scream
ing in terror and the neiShbors We're rushing
from all directions the murderer went back to
the stable. He forced the door. and put an end
to the existence OF the dairy business, which
had been the source of all the trouble. by shoot
ing every COW In the stable. Then he set fire TO
the building and fled his own home. where
he killed himself after shooting at the men try
ing to arrest him and wounding three of them.