The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-07-01
DOUBLE MURDER Il
ENDS IN SUICIDE
Fiendish Tragedy Enacted by Carl
Littlepage.
WlFE'S HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE
After Being Shot at Five Times Is
Compelled to Ride for Miles
With Her Enraged Iivor-
ced Husband.
(Iowa Press Dlspatch. J

(Iowa Press Dispatch.)
Des Moines, June 30.-Carl Little
page, who yesterday killed Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Japaeson, parents of his
divorced wife, at their country home
eight miles west of Des Moines, and
| who shot five times at his wife and
baby, was found dead near Valley
fJhnction this morning. He had taken
his own life by blowing his brains out
with a revolver The discovery OF his
remains put an end to an exciting all
nights hunt by hundreds of ofhcers
and armed farmers, who had been
enraged by the brutal crime executed
| by Littlepage The double murder
took place about $50 yesterday at
| ternoon and was the result of the re-
fusal of Mr.. and Mrs. Jameson. par
ents of Mrs. Littlepage, who secured
divorce from her husband last May,
to allow her former husband to visit
the farm home to see his wife and
child.
| Fired Five Times at Wife.
| Following the shooting of Mr. and
Mrs. Jameson, Littlepage fired five
shots from a revolver at his former
| wife, but none took effect. He then
| compelled her to help him hitch one
of the Jameson horses to his buggy
and accompany him with their year
old child
After fifteen mile ride, during
which she was in constant fear of
being killed, Mrs. Littlepage and the
baby We've left by the murderer At
midnight the woman and chlid started
back to the scene of the murder
guarded by a number of armed men
on horses
/ Littlepage was tracked in the same
direction and it is feared he plans to
return and carry out his threat OF
making away with his former wife and
their child. He is believed to be raw
| ing mad.
Woman Is Frustrated.
The woman is Frustrated by the
horrors of the day. During every min
ute of the wild ride over the muddy
| country hoads she momentarily ex-
pected that the crazed man by her
side would turn his gun on their child
and herself.
| Once she heard him toll his broth,
er that he intended to kill her, the
baby and himself. At another time
| she saw him hold the child before
him to protect himself from the gun
OF an officer. She fought with him
repeatedly in an effort to wrest from
him the rife and revolver which he
constantly threatened to turn on her.
Finally, through some inexplain-
able vagary of his disordered mind,
the maniac voluntarily left the woman
| md child and continued his flight
! alone. rs ti-s5
The tragedy is said to have been
the result of the refusal of Mr. and
Mrs. Jameson, parents OF Mrs. Little
page, who secured divorce from her
husband last May, to allow her for
mer husband to visit the farm home
o see his wife and child.
| Had Made Threats.
! He has been heard to make numer-
GUS lliSdlS vi Lbe
but no attention was paid to them.
AS late as yesterday morning Little
page told Tom Cox, of Valley Junction
ne had bought rifle and revolver
md intended to kill his former wife
and child. Following last appeal
made personally to his father-in-law
in Valley Junction last week, and
repetition of the former refusals, he
yesterday afternoon secured a horse
and buggy from his employer and
drove to the Jameson home.
Arriving there he accosted his for
mer wife's father near the Darn and
demanded an interview with Mrs.
Littlepage as well as the privilege OF
seeing his infant babe. Mr.. Jameson
fearing that he meant to do harm to
them. refused.
Deliberately walking back to his
buggy Littlepage drew the rifle which
was concealed beneath the seat and
shot the old man at close range, jam
eson falling dead at his feet. Turning
back into the garden wherel mis- moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Jameson, Was wofking,l
the murderer after callihg'to her
while the weapon was already at his
shoulder, pulled the trigger just as
she turned toward him, and she fell
fatally injured She died half an hour
later His former wife was working
in the garden at the time her parents
We're killed.
Flees From Murderer.
Expecting her own fate next, she
grasped the child in her arms and
fed through the front door and to-
ward the road in an effort to escape.
She was too late, however, for the
murderer had anticipated the move.
and after rushing into the rear door.
ran ON into the front yard, where he