TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN KANSAS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 661, 14 April 1870, Page 4

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN KANSAS.

[emporia tribune.] On last Sunday evening tlie usually quiet hamlet of Bazaar, in Chase county, was the scene of a terrible tragedy, the particulars of which we have just learned from Mr W. H. Hoover, a dry goods dealer at that place. Scott, alias Lehnhard, the murderer, . was in the habit of ■ greatly abusing his wife. On Sunday he carried his brutality to such an extent that his wife was compelled to flee to the house of Mrs Wiswell to avoid further ill-treatment at her husband's hands. He had knocked her down and otherwise 1 fiendishly abused her. Her father, Mr Toms, hearing of the ill-treatment of his daughter, set out in a waggon, accompanied by a young man by the name of Columbus : Davis to take her to his home ; and it was while nearing the residence of Mra Wiswell, where the daughter had taken refuge, that Scott deliberately shot and instantly killed Mr Toms. Mr Davis immediately sprang from the waggon and seized the murderer, who had also, without effect, fired a shot at him . The murderer managed to break away from Mr Davis, : and at once proceeded to "the house of Mrs Wiswell, with the avowed determination of killing his wife. Timely aid was at: hand, and the doors aud windows were fastened. The murderer, foiled in the; attempt to kill his wife, and aware that the neighborhood would soon be aroused, abandoned the effort and fled. At the time of the murder, the greater portion of the people of the hamlet were worshipping: in the church near by. But they .were soon apprised of the bloody deed, and at once many persons were in pursuit of the murderer. To add to the horror of the tragedy, a3 soon as Mr Toms was shot, the horses became frighteued and ran away. He fell into the waggon bed, and his lifeless body was carried at a wild speed by the frightened horses: for a considerable distance. The murderer, being so closely pressed by the officers and citizens, on Monday night killed himself at his mother's house. When informed that the posse was approaching, he requested of the inmates of the house that they would say he was not there ; but they fearing the pursuing party, told him they must say he was. Having no hope of rescue, he placed to his breast and fired the same weapon with which he had killed his father-in-law, killing himself almost instantly. Thus ended a terrible and shocking tragedy.