Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — HUSBAND KILLS TWO. [ARTICLE]

HUSBAND KILLS TWO.

Frankfort Man Slays Spouse, Then Turns Shotgun on Alleged Suitor-. Frankfort, Ind., Dec. I.—William McCoy, employed by a transfer company of this city, shot and instantly kiled his wife and fatally wounded John Byerley, a timber buyer, here today. Byerley died three hours afterward. The double killing followed alleged secret meetings between Byerley and Mrs. McCoy during the last tore months. McCoy.it is declared, threatened Thanksgiving to kill Byerley the next time he found the couple together. When McCoy was told today that Byerley was at the McCoy home he borrowed a shotgun of a neighbor. Byerley attempted to flee as McCoy entered the house. A shot from the gun tore off one of Byerley’s hands. As Byerley was crossing the street McCoy fired again, the full charge of shot entering Byerley’s hip, Byerley fell and attempted to crawl to the opposite side of the street. Mrs. McCoy ran to Byerley’s side, when another shot fired by McCoy struck both Mrs. McCoy and Byerley. Mrs. McCoy, whose left shoulder was shattered, ran to her husband and, dropping to her knees, begged him to spare their lives. “It is too late!” he shouted, and, turning to his wife, who was but three feet away, he fired a charge of shot into her head, killing her instantly. Crossing the street, he placed the muzzle close to the head ot Byerley and pulled the trigger. McCoy then attempted to kill him self by drinking carbolic acid, but succeeded in swallowing only a small quantity of the poison. It is said that he will recover. •