People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — TRAGEDY AT CHESTNUT, ILL. [ARTICLE]

TRAGEDY AT CHESTNUT, ILL.

Isaac T. Wolcott Kills Ilis Wife and Commits Suicide. Lincoln, 111., Sept. 14. —Eva Wolcott, the wife of a wealthy Logan county farmer, was murdered at noon Wednesday near Chestnut by her husband, who then shot himself. Isaac Wolcott was a son of Nelson Wolcott, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, and lived on his farm of over 400 acres near Chestnut and 15 miles southeast of this city. He is reputed to be worth $35,000, and was a stout, robust man 40 years of age.,. His wife was Narcissa Eva, the only daughter of the late John Miehener, formerly a grain dealer at Chestnut and a highly re spected citizen. The couple had three children —two boys, Eoscoe and Oscar, and a girl. Ruby, whose ages are from 3 to 0 years.