Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
Calls His Family About
Him and ExpIodes Dy-
Mantle Stick.
RESIDENCE IS A WRECK
Noise AWakens Whole Town OF
Bloomington at 2 O'clock in
the Morning.

Bloomington, Ind, Sept. 1s.-In a
fit of insanity, Max Hurst, so, stone
mason blew up his home with dyna-
mite at 3 o'clock this morning, killing
himself and daughter Maud, 16 and
fatally injuring his daughters Fannie,
1S and Elizabeth, 6. Both were man
gled, the former almost unrecogniz.
able.
Little is known of the tragedy be-
yond the results. Mrs. Hurst, who
escaped injury, how, she says, she
does not know, says the man awoke
the family at o'clock and told them
to gather in his bedroom. After all
had entered he closed and locked the
door and spoke only these words:
"We will all die together" Then he
picked up a stick of dynamite lying
on the floor near him and threw it un.
der the bed.
BODIES IN DEBRIS.
There was a deafenihg roar and
Mrs. Hurst remembered nothing more
until she regained consciousness at
the home of a neighbor an hour later.
The noise of the explosion awoke the
whole city. Police and firemen has
tened to the scene. The bodies of
Hurst andshis dead daughter was in q
mass of debris rear the home.
The other daughters were in anoth-
er part of the ruins. Both were un.
conscious and when revived were un-
able to tell anything of the occurance.
The house was wrecked and every
pane of glass for block was broken.
Hurst had not been working for some
time and had been acting strangely.
An inquisitorial body had declared
him insane.
Fannie has broken leg and her
body is lacerated. Elizabeth is Sc
verely cut and bruised.
RHPULsED BY WIFE.
l. Hurst separated from his wife six
weeks ago and yesterday she refused
to take him back. 1t is believed in
fit of insanity he determined to wipe
out the entire family, his wife and
eight children. The dead girl met the
fate intended for her mother and the
fact they had changed beds for the
night cost the daughter her life. Hurst
in the darkness, planted a stick of
dynamite under each of the three beds
in the house and tied two sticks to
his own body. then crawled into the
bed formerly occupied by his wife; but
which last night contained his three
daughters, Maude, Fanny and Eliza
beth.
Fannie spoke to her father. Lay
STILL" Hurst replied. 1--WE will all die
together" Before the girl could make
move the explosion wrecked the
| house.
Four sticks of dynamite, unexploded,
were found in the ruins. The fact
that only one, and that one attached
to Hurst's body, had exploded, ac-
counted for the escape of other mem
bers of the family.
MURDER FOLLOWS JOY RIDE.
San Francisco, Cal. Sept 19.-As a
climax to an all night joy ride, Mrs.
Kate Coulson, 35, is shot in the neck
and probably will die, and a night
watchman at a garage, and William
Acker, chauffeur of the car, are dead.
Nobody saw or heard the shooting. At
o'clock this morning, Jack Rtcks,
night watchman at. nearby garage,
heard uncertain footballs outside his
Office window and found Mrs. CouIson
barely conscious. She told her name,
muttered she knew who shot her and
lapsed into unconsciousness. Kicks
followed blood trail to the. Atlas
garage, block and half away, and
found the bodies of two men. Bottles
OF beer, some empty, showed how the
party was engaged when interrupted
The police are searching for A. r.
Coulson, proprietor of the Hatchery
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