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John Cook, of PWlo, Slays Son’s Houm* keeper, and Shoots Himself.Philo, 111., Sept. 17.—i Special.)—Apparently without warning. John Cook.7H yearn old, shot and killed his son's housekeeper, Mrs. Kiln McClelland, atthe sons home, four miles north of Philo, about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He emptied the contents of a rifle In the woman's Hck while her 4-yeai-old child was looking on. Mri. McClelland died Instantly. Then Cook turned the rifle and shot himself thru the throat, thebullet coming out thru hie o ••• u. H#may recover.No motive for the shooting ran be discovered. The onl eye witness Is too young to tell what happened and how It happened. Cook ,tho conscious, Is persistent In his refusal to talk. Hlnce he Is In little adnger of death, except thru blood poisoning, however, he may be persuaded to tell his tale later.Cook had a I wary* passed as a harmless and kind old man, with never a tinge of Ineunlty. Home little time ago he went to Pesotum, 111-# to visit a eon# returning yesterday afternoon to the farm of George Cook, with whom he usually made his home. George Cook Is a widower wl’h two small children- Mrs. McClelland was a divorced woman with three children, who lived with her. ller reputation wan splendid.The children were all at school with the exception of the one 4 years old. who was the only witness. George* small son was the first to return home after the tragedy.
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Bloomington Weekly Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Fri, Sep 18, 1908
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