He married Julia Reece (b. 1858) in Wayne County, Iowa, in 1885. They had three children: Hugh (b. 1887), Estelle (b. 1888) and Reece (b. 1896).
On the night of January 27, 1897, he attended a religious revival that he had been to the evening before. When he returned home, he beat his wife with a stone he had taken from the revival. When his son woke up he came to stop him but was also beaten to death by his father. He then killed his daughter and infant son in the same manner. He then sat up all night with his dead family, reading the Bible.
It was later found that he had an STD that he had also given to his wife.
He was tried and found innocent by reason of insanity, and sent to the state mental asylum. He was released in Nov 1899 and returned to Missouri where he was born.
Contributor: Susan Thomas (47264987) • [email protected]
Clarence didn't return to MO. He headed to Kansas and worked as a farm hand and by April 1901 was again symptomatic and sent to an asylum in KS. (The Scranton Gazette, 19 Apr 1901, pg. 8) I don't yet know how long he was there but by 1910 he was living in Nebraska.
Contributor: Suzannah McCuen (47283313) • [email protected]
On the night of January 27, 1897, he attended a religious revival that he had been to the evening before. When he returned home, he beat his wife with a stone he had taken from the revival. When his son woke up he came to stop him but was also beaten to death by his father. He then killed his daughter and infant son in the same manner. He then sat up all night with his dead family, reading the Bible.
It was later found that he had an STD that he had also given to his wife.
He was tried and found innocent by reason of insanity, and sent to the state mental asylum. He was released in Nov 1899 and returned to Missouri where he was born.
Contributor: Susan Thomas (47264987) • [email protected]
Clarence didn't return to MO. He headed to Kansas and worked as a farm hand and by April 1901 was again symptomatic and sent to an asylum in KS. (The Scranton Gazette, 19 Apr 1901, pg. 8) I don't yet know how long he was there but by 1910 he was living in Nebraska.
Contributor: Suzannah McCuen (47283313) • [email protected]
He married Julia Reece (b. 1858) in Wayne County, Iowa, in 1885. They had three children: Hugh (b. 1887), Estelle (b. 1888) and Reece (b. 1896).
On the night of January 27, 1897, he attended a religious revival that he had been to the evening before. When he returned home, he beat his wife with a stone he had taken from the revival. When his son woke up he came to stop him but was also beaten to death by his father. He then killed his daughter and infant son in the same manner. He then sat up all night with his dead family, reading the Bible.
It was later found that he had an STD that he had also given to his wife.
He was tried and found innocent by reason of insanity, and sent to the state mental asylum. He was released in Nov 1899 and returned to Missouri where he was born.
Contributor: Susan Thomas (47264987) • [email protected]
Clarence didn't return to MO. He headed to Kansas and worked as a farm hand and by April 1901 was again symptomatic and sent to an asylum in KS. (The Scranton Gazette, 19 Apr 1901, pg. 8) I don't yet know how long he was there but by 1910 he was living in Nebraska.
Contributor: Suzannah McCuen (47283313) • [email protected]
On the night of January 27, 1897, he attended a religious revival that he had been to the evening before. When he returned home, he beat his wife with a stone he had taken from the revival. When his son woke up he came to stop him but was also beaten to death by his father. He then killed his daughter and infant son in the same manner. He then sat up all night with his dead family, reading the Bible.
It was later found that he had an STD that he had also given to his wife.
He was tried and found innocent by reason of insanity, and sent to the state mental asylum. He was released in Nov 1899 and returned to Missouri where he was born.
Contributor: Susan Thomas (47264987) • [email protected]
Clarence didn't return to MO. He headed to Kansas and worked as a farm hand and by April 1901 was again symptomatic and sent to an asylum in KS. (The Scranton Gazette, 19 Apr 1901, pg. 8) I don't yet know how long he was there but by 1910 he was living in Nebraska.
Contributor: Suzannah McCuen (47283313) • [email protected]
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