New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-23
SEES GRANDMOTHER SHOT
, ID Enters Room as Farmer
''' Kills Wife with Shotgun.
nh MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
, .red in White Plains Jail, He
~ asrfesses Crime, but Cannot
Tell Why He Did 1t.

- exclamation 1T is time that
VIA a,.d and I Will die with you Harry
w' prosperous farmer and former
hs's' ,.nu.v sheriff of Westminster
sps'''' ,ullsd the trigger of douole-bar-
l '.a .notsun. as lie faced his vile Caronne
~. r,tcben of their farmhouse AZ Mill
u.' .s,erdav. The shot killed her almost
'o0a ~, He tried 10 end his life IN three
ISIS" vsvs after the shooting, but was
VI .,,v witness 10 the killing was me
!A grandson. Harry Anderson, nine
to'p'' IA VINO entered the room Just as
rS's ling occurred The farmer turned
nF INV calmly and said Il have Just
Sssa YOUR grandmother. NOW am so'ns
70 Jon her. 49, 90 the attic and fred
N 'sn,s At himself, but his aim was
W. ,rd the charges Of buckshot simply
,, big hole in the wall
.. ri,tv.three wears old, and had lived
,srm AZ Milwood. which is in the
-, section Of WestChester county
runber NJ wears He was much re-
- ard at one time had been active
- no,itlcs He also had been a keep
~ m sins Sins -
v.,,srdov morning ingram. Who vas N
-, ~ .pir.4s. drove 10 Ossining, ten
,,av and drank hard cider. Nhen
'""f 800 home he admits that he was IN
4. sprly mood -.,,.
., and Mrs ingram had lived hapq'N
..-.,1sr. and in his confession to Coroner
80. squire the husband admitted that
,.,..d hi. wife and could not tell why
!. had shot her.
rben Ingram returned from Ossnllhs ue
49,, thing he did was 70 get his shotgun
- h. walked into the kitchen, Vhere
-. u..s eat in a. rocking chair readlns
.ron, thetr son who is in the west
-. she had chance to move ne to!d
=. ,sr time to die had arrived ana nIeo'
-: ,harge Of shot passed through 'he
80. ls,,e- and almost tore II 10 nitS ana
-. b,S gaping hole in her chest Nhen
,sors u.bo had been summoned by the
80, arrived. they fond her hfeless
-, {, an erect position IN the chalr
g. 1,arar, found that he could not emo
I;fe he ran down the road. -four
.nu HE gun and the folk fed 10 their
s" e. terror Finally word reached the
..,,., nolic. and two policemen man
- % take the drink -crazed farmer INTO
.stody al, a,d
~. as locked I'd in the village Jail ana
.....b,v would have succeeded IN putuns
:, snd 10 himself but for the timely
avail Of Coroner Squire. who MADE a reo-
"a rim in his automobile from Ossining
!. yrwood He found that Ingram hau
...'.r.d an old milk bottle in his cell and
....,,ng off the top. had slashed his throat
80. chs tagged edge. Although he made
:, r-lv wound. he IVES still determined 10
tn himself and slashed an artery IN MS
-gst wrist. Coroner Squire. who Is phF-
,aan after stopping the flow OF oloou
50 IN the wounds and then took IN
,,,, in his automobile TO the White Plains
al
roroner SQUIRE says that before Ingram
,,s ,aksn N White Plains he was escorted
= me farmhouse. where he illustrated how
!. had committed the murder. 1hen ne
,-o.e down and wept bitterly.
u killed my wife all right said the
.,,o,.r IN the Coroner but why 7 don
NOV. It now seems all dream TO me. l
sv.d her She was a good woman and
,yrr wife She was reading letter
rum our dear son when ] fired al her'
She didn utter word
I wanted 10 die and tried 10 end II all
y three different ways. but ! dldn sue
,si think though, Coroner, II YOU mao
t..n kept aeay a little longer "ouio
.avs bed to death. Then ] Woulo nave
,gnsd nv wife in the great BEYOND.