Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1916 — Man At Frankfort Murders Mother After Being Scolded. [ARTICLE]

Man At Frankfort Murders Mother After Being Scolded.

Mrs. Alice Oliver, of Frankfort, was shot and killed at the dinner table at her home Sunday by her son, Harry, 29 years -old, because she had reprimanded him for laziness and drinking. After the shooting the son cut his throat with a razor and is now near death at a hospital. An incontrollable temper, which had kept Oliver in almost constant trouble since early childhood, is believed to be responsible for the crjme. When dinner was«ready, after quarreling, Mrs. Oliver remarked: “Come on, Harry, take your place at the table and let’s quit quarreling,” at which Oliver, without replying, jerked a revolver from his pocket and fired point blank at hifc mother, the bullet passing through her head and lodging in a wall. After the shoot 1 ing Oliver walked calmly to the woodshed, where he gashed his throat. He then went into the kitchen, while his terrified father and two sisters watched him write a note, as follows: “Good-by to all. This has Been coming for eight years. Mother can not live and stand it all.” He then went and lay down beside his dead mother.