The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-24

he Kills Two Persons. Wounds One Fatally
aud Two slightly. shoots Nine
Cows and suicides

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lead. three wounded, one fatally. II
| the result OF the awful work of Ever
| EFT Conway in this city this morning
Conway Killed W. &. Garrison, CARR
sons wife: wounded Patrolnan Wallis
fatally and Ed. Davidson and Adam
Crawford slightly. and then hillec
himself.
The crime was committed early this
morning in that portion of the city
known as the West End. Conway anc
Garrison we're neighbors, and had not
been on friendly terms for the las.
year. Two years ago the father ~
Conway sold a small dairy TO Garri
son, and the latter was prosperous tc
a marked degree. \ oung Conway WA
of the opinion that Garrison had
swindled his father in some way. and
bore malice against HIM. This morn.
ing NJ ESQ o'clock Conway took his
repeating rifle and, going 10 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 Carr.
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 o..
him, firing two shots, neither of which
took effect. The old man ran down
the alley 10 the patrol house and
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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 uttcring n word.
The shots attracted the policemen
In the lower part OF the city. and Ia.
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 n party of reighbors. Conway,
who still remained in the upper story,
fired at him. The weapon used was a
shotgun and the officer received over
one hundred shots. lie fell to the
ground in an unconscious state.
Edward Davidson and Adam Craw
ford, who were standing near, were
also wounded. Wallis was taken 10
the hospital and is not expected 10
live many hours. as he is already
weak from. the loss Of blood. and con.
.inues TO grow weaker.
A riot alarm was turned in and 20
lice Sergeant Fred Heuk 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 il, and was
going 10 die game. Going upstairs lac
shot himself in the heart with "A re.
solver that lay on the dresser.
a note left by the dead mar to n 10.
ral morning paper told why he was
led 10 tho crime. lie said that Gar.
rison had robbed him and his father.
and that he Conway could stand il
no longer. He ended by saying he
was from Kentucky, and that the pee.
pie i'm a few hours would be able IL
see his work. Saturday morning Con.
way wrote "A letter 4 Garrison. tell.
ing him he would give him ten days
10 leave the neighborhoood. Garrison
showed the letter TO the father OF
"onway. 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 10
work. lie was employed as switch.
man by the Louisville a Nashville
Railroad Co. Ne % years old. and
came here from Kentucky when 0
mere hoy. Garrison was 81 years old,
and leave two children. a boy and o
girl.
After Conway had killed Garrison
ne shot nine cows and attempted to
fire the stable.