CRIME OF FRENZIED FATHERS
EX-MILLIONAIRE MURDERS HIS DAUGHTER, New York, November 17. Two terrible domestic tragedies are reported to-day. Major Frank McLaughlin, a wellknown politician of Sauta Cruz, California, who played a prominent part in both State anil national politics, was suddenly seized with frenzy, and, attacking his daughter, he killed her before she could summon assistance, and then committed suicide. Major McLaughlin was once a millionaire, but recently lie was in reduced circumstances. Professor Lucien Underwood, who was Professor of Botany at the Columbia University, and the author of numerous books, committed suicide after having, it is alleged, made a murderous attack upon his wife and daughter. It is supposed that his mind had become un- I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 311, 8 January 1908, Page 4
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118CRIME OF FRENZIED FATHERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 311, 8 January 1908, Page 4
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