The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-10-19
AWFUL TRAGEDY
At FRAEERV|LLE
HARRY m'oLAssoN sHoors Wire.
nABv ANu sELF.
taby sueeumbs Instantly and Father
Dies Tnls Mvrninp- 10 still
Alive nut Cannot Long
survive.

Alive nut Cannot Long
survive.
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Harry Mcuiasson, living near Frak.
cryllle and No. 40 mino In Jefferson
township, committed murder and sui.
eide Tuesday evening az tho homo OF
the wife's brother nonr mine No. IL.
camp Of tho Consolidation Coal com
pany 1lo shot the wifo aud tho baby
girl and then turned tho gun upon
himself, inflictlng wound from which
he died early this morning. that
caused tho man to commit tho acts
can never be known.
II is stated that the man had been
In III health during tho past seyoral
months and that he was out OF work.
He had been respondent much or the
time lately, but no onu had any
thought that he would DO violence.
He had never Intimated anything Of
the kind.
Tpesday aitcrnoon the wife left
Harry At the homo at E'rakeryille, say.
Ing that she was going 70 sue her BIs.
tcrinlaw. McOlagson SAID all right.
The wlfc TOOK ner little daugh.cr
along About five o'clock McGiasson
went 10 the home where his wife was
making the call, and entered tho room
where the members OF tho family were
gathered talking. Hc seemed perfect.
" natural and nothing wrong was mo-
ticed ine usual saiutations were
passed and then witnout Il word OF
warning 10 anyone, Harry pulled the
gun and commenced firing. ,fhe little
girl was killed Instantly but tho shots
were not immediately fatal 70 the wife.
| sho Is said 10 DO fatally wounded,
however, and can 1.-Two but few hours.
Having satisfied himself that the
wife and the little girl had jccn killed,
Mc0lasgon turned the gun upon him.
self and inflicted fatal wounds from
which nc died this morning.
With tnp firing Of the fifst shot the
Inmates Of the room fed AZ best they
might. Mcpagson aeined 10 pay no
attention 10 others. but WAS dcteTrpln
"a tortiil the Wife and ner daughter.
McGla8eoD was man about forty.
two years OF ago and ha1 been mar.
ficd only two years. He formerly
lived AZ oskaloosa and Is y brother or
Jee and James McuiaEson
Later Developments,
1t was learned during the day that
Mc0lason was IN oskaloosa Tuesday
and visited at the Ted Hall home,
bringing along water spaniel dog
which he had promised 70 give them.
While at the Hall home no said nc
was going 10 kill himself, but passed
Ilt on as Joke when Mrs. Hall
threatened 70 have him arrested. In
the conversation no dropped tho hint
that his wlfc'g childrcn ny d former
marriage we're disturbing element
in their domestic life.
The tragedy took place at tho home
Of Mrs. Ncicigh McKim, IA Monroe
county AZ boarding mousse midway
between FrakcrulIe. which Is located
about ON tho line between Mahaska
and Monroe, and No. ~ mine, which
10 located directly south Of Frakcr.
vile and several miles east OF Bux.
ton. After shooting tho child and tho
wife McGlagon Is gaid 10 have gone
about the place looking for his two
gtepgons. They were not found At
the place by the frenzfcd father and
no returned 70 the room where no had
spillcd the life blood OF tho innocent
victims and cndcd tho awful work
by taking his own life.
McOIasson has been married three
times, Alice McGlasgon, Of this city,
is child by inc first wife. who was
a Northcutt girl. This wifo died
short time after the birth OF baby Al.
ice. The murdered wife was Hayes
girl and became tho wife Of Elmer
Dean, and by him bore two sons. The
eldest OF thcsc boys was between I'VE
and SIX years Of age and they we're
living with the mother.
An inquest of the AFFAIR was held BY
tho county coroner OF Monroe, sum.
moned from Abba, and tho facts gath.
cred by that oficial are substantially
tho same az those given above. Ar.
rangements for the funeral have not
yet been made.
Not Their Child
II was learned this afternoon that
the child slain by Mcuiasson waa not
his child, as at first reported, but
sister.in.iaw's baby. The chiida name
is lola McKim and sne is about two
years old.