Archibald Askew, widower, and a Griggsville Illinois resident aged about 37, visited the farm of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Martha Callahan. His sixteen year old daughter Emma had been staying with them.
He was said to be under the influence of alcohol, when he began to quarrel with Emma. He began to slap her and pulled out a gun. His aunt Martha Callahan shouted for her husband. When the husband ran in from the field, Archibald Askew shot him, and then, himself.
Mr. Askew was dead at the scene; Arthur Callahan lingered a while in critical condition. He appears to have survived, dying in 1923.
- bio written with information from various newspaper articles.
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The remains of Askew were buried at Kingston yesterday. Deceased had been employed laying brick at Barry, which place he left at 1 p. m. Saturday and started for Callahan's.
Askew was a cousin of John Askew of this city. The cousins spell their names differently. F. A. Askew, a farmer of Beverly township, was an uncle of the deceased.
The tragedy created a great deal of excitement in and around Kingston, and many people visited the Callahan place Saturday night and yesterday.
- The Quincy Daily Journal, Monday, July 20, 1896; page 8.
He was said to be under the influence of alcohol, when he began to quarrel with Emma. He began to slap her and pulled out a gun. His aunt Martha Callahan shouted for her husband. When the husband ran in from the field, Archibald Askew shot him, and then, himself.
Mr. Askew was dead at the scene; Arthur Callahan lingered a while in critical condition. He appears to have survived, dying in 1923.
- bio written with information from various newspaper articles.
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The remains of Askew were buried at Kingston yesterday. Deceased had been employed laying brick at Barry, which place he left at 1 p. m. Saturday and started for Callahan's.
Askew was a cousin of John Askew of this city. The cousins spell their names differently. F. A. Askew, a farmer of Beverly township, was an uncle of the deceased.
The tragedy created a great deal of excitement in and around Kingston, and many people visited the Callahan place Saturday night and yesterday.
- The Quincy Daily Journal, Monday, July 20, 1896; page 8.
Archibald Askew, widower, and a Griggsville Illinois resident aged about 37, visited the farm of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Martha Callahan. His sixteen year old daughter Emma had been staying with them.
He was said to be under the influence of alcohol, when he began to quarrel with Emma. He began to slap her and pulled out a gun. His aunt Martha Callahan shouted for her husband. When the husband ran in from the field, Archibald Askew shot him, and then, himself.
Mr. Askew was dead at the scene; Arthur Callahan lingered a while in critical condition. He appears to have survived, dying in 1923.
- bio written with information from various newspaper articles.
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The remains of Askew were buried at Kingston yesterday. Deceased had been employed laying brick at Barry, which place he left at 1 p. m. Saturday and started for Callahan's.
Askew was a cousin of John Askew of this city. The cousins spell their names differently. F. A. Askew, a farmer of Beverly township, was an uncle of the deceased.
The tragedy created a great deal of excitement in and around Kingston, and many people visited the Callahan place Saturday night and yesterday.
- The Quincy Daily Journal, Monday, July 20, 1896; page 8.
He was said to be under the influence of alcohol, when he began to quarrel with Emma. He began to slap her and pulled out a gun. His aunt Martha Callahan shouted for her husband. When the husband ran in from the field, Archibald Askew shot him, and then, himself.
Mr. Askew was dead at the scene; Arthur Callahan lingered a while in critical condition. He appears to have survived, dying in 1923.
- bio written with information from various newspaper articles.
_________
The remains of Askew were buried at Kingston yesterday. Deceased had been employed laying brick at Barry, which place he left at 1 p. m. Saturday and started for Callahan's.
Askew was a cousin of John Askew of this city. The cousins spell their names differently. F. A. Askew, a farmer of Beverly township, was an uncle of the deceased.
The tragedy created a great deal of excitement in and around Kingston, and many people visited the Callahan place Saturday night and yesterday.
- The Quincy Daily Journal, Monday, July 20, 1896; page 8.
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