People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — Insane Man Kills His Wife. [ARTICLE]

Insane Man Kills His Wife.

Lima, 0., March 3.—Edward Froidereux became insane over religion at Point Pleasant and secured a club, and after telling his family that he had been commanded by God to kill them, attacked his wife. He had beaten her to death when neighbors, who has been notified of his insanity by the little children, appeared on the scene and after a struggle succeeded in over-, powering him.