The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-05-24
THE CRIMES OF A MADMAN.
He Kills Two Persons, Wounds One Fatally
and Two Slightly, shoots Nine
Cows and Suicides.

Evansville, Ind, May 19.-Three
dead, three wounded, one fatally, is
| the result of the awful work of Ever
EFT Conway in this city this morning.
Conway killed w. G. Garrison, Garri-
sons wife: wounded Patrolman Wallis
fatally and Ed. Davidson and Adam
Crawford slightly. and then killed
himself.
The crime was committed early this
morning in that portion of the city
known as the West End. Conway and
Garrison were neighbors, and had not
been on friendly terms for the last
year. Two years ago the father of
Conway sold a small dairy to Garri-
son, and the latter was prosperous to
marked degree. Young Conway was
of the opinion that Garrison had
swindled his father in some way, and
bore malice against HIM. This morn
ing at 6:3O o'clock Conway took his
repeating rife and, going to the rear
of the house, saw Garrison milking
his cows in the stable. Without say
ing a word, he shot Garrison in the
head, and the latter fell over dead.
Adjoining the stable of the Garri-
sons was the stable of the Conways.
Old man Conway was in the stable
and ran out, asking his son what he
meant. The son turned the gun on
him, firing two shots, neither of which
took effect. The old man ran down
the alley to the patrol house and
turned in the alarm. Mrs. Garrison
appeared on the back porch about
this time, and Conway, standing in
the stable door, shot her in the heart.
She fell dead on the steps of the
house without uttering a word.
The shots attracted the policemen
in the lower part OF the city, and Pa
trOlman Ben Wallis was the first to
appear. He entered the Conway
house and went upstairs, where the
murderer had secreted himself. When
he got to the head of the stairs he
saw Conway with his gun in his hand
and retired, not wishing to walk into
sure death. The officer walked across
the street, and, while engaged in talk
ing to a party of neighbors, Conway,
who still remained in the upper story,
fired at him. The weapon used was
shotgun and the officer received over
one hundred shots. He fell to the
ground in an unconscious state.
Edward Davidson and Adam Craw-
ford, who were standing near, were
also wounded. Wallis was taken to
the hospital and is not expected to
live many hours, as he is already
weak from the loss of blood, and con-
tinues to grow weaker.
riot alarm was turned in and Po-
lice Sergeant Fred Heul1 and the en-
tire police department arrived and
surrounded the house of the Conways.
Conway had told his wife the whole
story and she begged him to leave the
city, but he replied that he realized
that he was up against it, and was
going to die game. Going upstairs Le
shot himself in the heart with a re-
volver that lay on the dresser.
A note left by the dead man to To-
cal morning paper told why he was
led to the crime. He said that Gar
rison had robbed him and his father,
and that he Conway could stand it
no longer. He ended by saying he
was from Kentucky, and that the peo-
pie in few hours would be able to
see his work. Saturday morning Con-
way wrote a letter to Garrison, tell
ing him he would give him ten days
to leave the neighborhoOOd. Garrison
showed the letter to the father of
Conway, and he upbraided his son for
his act. The son said nothing, but
arose early this morning, and dressed
himself as though he was going to
work. He was employed as switch
man by the Louisville e. Nashville
Railroad Co. He % years old, and
came here from Kentucky when
mere boy. Garrison was 81 years old,
and leave two children, a boy and
girl.
After Conway had killed Garrison
he shot nine cows and attempted to
fire the stable.