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established AUGUST V.B HEM) OFF.A Shocking Wife Murder down in Marshall County.A MAN WHO BECOMES INSANEKill* lil* Wife vrlt!i nn Ax, and Trie* io Murder Ills Brother and hla Mother—lie Is Chained to iho Floor nil Day.A Bid nod ehocking tragedy occaned In Marshall coanty, in Meade district, Thursday afternoon. Mr. Newton Rich-round, aged about thirty years, eon of Abo Kiciimoml, cut his wife's head off will, an axe, and tried to kill bis mother*V)athe*diiy named 3Ir. Ricbmond.bis w;i, and toother were sitting in the silling room of his homo. The wifo wasw°wio* MdVid dropped a pair of eclair* on the floor. Ricnmond remarkedlo her that she had hotter pick the scissors up or ho would. Hbe paid no attention to tho remark, as hie mind bid beensomewhat dcrftDged.MUTILATED WITH AK AX.Ho suddenly graapea the scissors and cnt her aero* tho forehead with them. Then he rao out into tho wood yard. UiB brother followed him. trying to qniet him. when ho remarked:••You cau't come that on me. and snatched up an ax and took after him.Tim brother run into tho house, closely pursued by his brother, who waa now i ravine maniac. They both ran into room where the wife and mother sull were. Hero Richard struck hla wife on the head wither* pole o/the ax, and She fell to the floor, lie then litterally cut her bead from her body, and ran aft ir his mother, who ran oat of tho house.CIIAINXI) TO THE FLOOR.Tho demented eon Wlf just in lbs act of catching her when he wo* caught Dorn behind and disarmed. He was Ukun to tho house, staples were driven into the floor, and be was tied down, lie was violently insane all day yesterday and waa kept tied down to the fl ior.The unfortuuate man’s mind baa been deranged to some extent for eonie Urne, hut ho waa not considered dangerous Tho family is one of the beat in that part of the county, and the com man tv is shocked by the iragody. He and bia wifo bod been married bat two yenre.Tho Shooting AcoldauUU.Ciscutsati, Onto, March 20.—The coroner's inquest in tho case of 0. H.Th» r* i n*w \ vullt II* hotNxw Barrett, at 10:45 The dei Tho acti timebol Hla * city, we breatbei dated frlt; was obli he waa time tha s severe daya. an followin Evon; aick cba evening Wlndaoi Uent, an that he olck roo: Mr. B J., fifty
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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Sat, Mar 21, 1891
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