The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-09
HANDS DRIPPING
WITH BLOOD
Layman Bolton Goes on a
Rampage.
STAYS HIS WIFE'S PARENTS
Later Shoots H m s elf
Through the Breast.
Wife Is Very Seriously Wounded and
May not Recoyer-Went About his
Bloody Work Very Deliberately.

| After his wife had refused to return
to his home in Marion, Lyman Boltor
aged thirty-four, went to Sunbury
| Delaware county, Ohio, where Tues.
/ day afternoon he murdered in cold
| blood, his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Larimore and probably fatally
wounded his wife. He afterwards
placed the muzzle Of his pistol to his
breast, committing suicide.
Bolton was employed at the plant
of the Marion Steam Shovel company
and the incidents leading to his terri.
Bile crime, began in this city. He
lived with his wife and family of four
children, on Chicago avenue Domes-
tic quarrels resulted in Mrs. Bolton
leaving his home last week, and with
the four children went to Sunbury
Bolton tried to induce her to
return, but she refused. He
told fellow shop employees that his
wife had been coaXed from him by his
mother-in-law. He frequently made
threats and a local acquaintance
heard him remark last Monday that
he intended to kill the whole family.
1t is believed that Bolton was tenn
ances say that he often acted very
strangely and 1t is claimed that at one
time he attempted to commit suicide
Mrs. Bolton often appeared at local
police headquarters and asked the as
sistance of the authorities in quieting
her husband. She said that he would
beat her and abuse the children in
shameful manner. Being unable TO
stand the abuse longer, Mrs. Bolton
broke up house keeping last week and
was received at her parents home.
When the husband first learned that
his wife had left him, he flew into a
fit Of rage. He quit his job and for
several days loafed around the city,
planning his revenge. That the
murder was premeditated and planned
Is certain,
The last seen of Bolton in this city
was on Monday evening. 1t is
thought that he took an interurban
car south to Delaware and Tuesday
morning, continued his journey to
Sunbury.
II was shortly after 1880 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon and the Larimore
family had just concluded dinner,
when Bolton called and asked to see
his wife. A short conversation fol-
lowed and the husband demanded that
the wife return with him. She
flatly refused. 81 will take you home
with me dead or alive" he remarked.
The wife then darted up stairs and
left the enraged man with her aged
parents.
"You two are to blame for 1t alr'
u1ra I'd IA In nd
Mrs. Larimore faced him. He quick
ly flashed a revolver and fired two
slfots i'm rapid succession.
"He shot grandma first" stated the
ten-year old Bolton boy to neighbors
afterwards, bewildered and sobbing.
"Then grandpa was fighting him
md he shot him." the little fellow con-
tnued. Mr.. Larimore died' instant
ly.
After having killed his parents-in-
law, the murderer with smoking re-
volver in one hand, grasped a butcher
knife in the other and ascended the
stairs to where his wife had retreated.
He was very cool and determined in
action now and seemed to have for
gotten his anger. Mrs. Bolton was
crouched in a corner holding her six
month old baby and in effort to pro
tect 1t was unable to escape. Bolton
fired point blank at her, the bullet
glancing off the skull near the right
ear. Then Bolton fell upon his wife
with the butcher knife and stabbed
her several times. She finally shook
him off and fled to the home of a
neighbor.
Bolton left the house and meeting