The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-08-06
KILLS WIFE AND SHOOTS SELF


farmer, living on the Crab Orchard
pike, near Lancaster, shot his wife
to death Sunday afternoon and then
turning the weapon on himself, in
fiicted wounds that will likely cause
his death. The inhuman husband
first tied his wife and then proceeded
to murder her. That his mind was
temporarily out of balance there can
be no doubt. He refused medical
assistance after his arrest, saying
that he wanted to die. Dishon, who
was about 33 years old, married Miss
Lille Dale Conn, Of Garrard county.
She was niece Of Mr.. F. J. Conn, Of
the Highland section, who was in
this office yesterday afternoon. Asked
about the murder and attempted sui
eide, he said that he was not greatly
surprised. That while there had been
no real outbreaks between Dishon
and his wife, he knew that all was
not pleasant between them. Dishon,
he said, imagined he was going to die
of tuberculosis, and had been de-
spondent over that thought for some
months. He was also greatly disap-
pointed that no children had been
born in his home, and had frequently
found fault with his wife because she
was not a mother Mr.. Conn SEEM
ingly held no ill-feeling against the
man for killing his relative, believing
that he was not himself when he COM
mitted the deed, and had not been
for some time. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Robinson, of Lancaster, witnessed
the horrible tragedy. They were
passing the home when the trouble
occurred and were Mortified to see
the woman running toward them
and screaming pitifully with her hus-
band right behind her with a pistol
in his hand. Before Mr.. Robinson
could even slow up or stop his car.
Dishon caught rope to which the
woman was tied, and shot her to
death. Mrs. Robinson tainted from
witnessing the horrible scene. When
Mr.. Robinson stopped his machine a
little further down the road, he and
Taylor House went to the scene but
Dishon had already shot himself IN
the abdomen. He was taken to town
but refused medical aid of any sort.
He said that he had tied his wife to
the barn when she went out to milk,
and went to the barn loft to get
pistol : While he was gone, Mrs.
Dishon managed to unite the rope
and started running to the pike to
escape. He ran after her and caught
her before she could make good her
escape. Dishon told officials to whom
he talked that he and his wife were
unable to "get along" and that she
had threatened to have him killed
and he decided to end it all the way
he had adopted. Dishon owns about
$50 acres of land on the Lancaster
and Crab Orchard pike and was re-
garded as a Woodworking young
farmer. He was known as rather
"close," and attracted considerable
attention and comment in Lancaster
one day last week when he walked
into Kinnaird's garage and bought
$1,000 car, without, questions or
haggling over the price. He and his
wife drove to Wilmore Sunday morn
ing in the car to visit her father,
VIM. H. Conn, and it was after their
return that the tragedy occurred.
On Thursday of last week Mr.. and
Mrs. Dishon were in Stanford. visit
ors in the home of ID. c. Dyehouse.
Mr.. Dychouse was not here when
they called, and Mrs. Dyehouse was
invited to take ride in their new
car, which she did and which she
greatly enjoyed. That night Mrs.
Dyehouse told her husband about
the call and ride and said she was
confident that Mr.. Dishon's mind was
out of keller The Dyehouses and
Dishons are distantly related.