Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — TRAGEDV AT FRANKFORT. [ARTICLE]

TRAGEDV AT FRANKFORT.

Young Man Kills His Mother and Slashes Own Thoat With Razor. Frankfort, Ind., Feb. 21.—Mrs. Alice Oliver, 4 8 years old, was shotl and killed at the dinner table in her home here- yesterday by her son Harry, 29 years old, because she had reprimanded the young man for laziness and drinking.. After the shooting the son cut his throat with a razor and is in a precarious condition at the Frankfort hospital. Oliver’s father and two sisters were in the house at the time of the tragedy and saw Harry Oliver, after slashing his throat, stagger into the kitchen and seat himself at a table, whore, with blood streaming from the gash in his throat, he wrote a note as follows: "Good-by to all. This has beep coming for eight years. Mother can not live and stand it all.” Neighbors, attracted by the cries of the two women, called the police and a physician. The latter pronounced Mrs. Oliver dead and arranged for the son’s removal to the hospital, where it was said that the razor had penetrated the windpipe. His jugular vein, hbwever, wrys not touched and it is believed he has a chance to recover. In the event of hig recovery, he will be charged with the murder of his mother. An uncontrollable temper, which had kept young Oliver in almost constant trouble since early childhood, is believed to have been responsible for the crime. He often flew Into a rage over most trifling incidents, according to other members of the family, and frequently has been known to attack playmates when a boy and other persons later when his will was opposed in the least manner. Recently« he had been drinking, heavily, it is said, and this tended to aggravate his temper.