The Holton Recorder, December 14, 1911:
William A. Scott and his wife are dead as the result of a double killing at the Scott farm seven miles southeast of Holton last Friday morning. William A. Scott shot his wife from behind, the charge entering near the shoulder blade and ranging downward through the heart. As the woman fell over dead, Scott turned the shotgun upon himself, emptying the other charge into his eye. The shot tore the top of his head off, resulting in instant death .... There were no witnesses to the tragedy except a five-year-old daughter. After the family had breakfast Friday morning, the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, and the son, aged 10, had started to school. Scott and his wife had prepared to drive to the home of a relative several miles north of the Scott farm. The team and buggy were hitched up and the three members of the family started out to get in. Scott had put a box of shells in the buggy and carried his loaded gun in his hand with the evident intention of doing some shooting along the way. Little Gladys Scott was lifted into the buggy, and as Mrs. Scott was in the act of steping in, her husband who was behind her leveled the gun and pulled the trigger .... there is only speculation as to what led Scott to commit the terrible deed. It is known that he has been morose and discouraged as a result of ill health and feared that he would die of cancer of the stomach, as his brother, Tom Scott, did two years ago. He owned an eighty acre farm and recently brought another eighty. He worried over this indebtedness, fearing he would not be able to pay out. While there was no violent quarrel between the husband and wife, Mrs. Scott had often displayed some fear of the husband and did not like to be alone with him. Scott was about forty-five years old and his wife about the same age. Their oldest daughter, Jessie, is sixteen and their son, Lawrence, is ten. Scott has a brother, C, J, Scott, living near him and a sister, Mrs. Tom Ross, living near Straight Creek. His father Joseph Scott a pioneer resident of Jackson county, died a few years ago ....Denison..
... William A. Scott was born August 3, 1868 at Morning Sun, Iowa, and came to Kansas in 1869. He united with the Presbyterian church by profession of faith in 1895. Luella Williamson was born near Denison, March 10, 1871, and died Dec. 8, 1911. She united with the United Presbyterian church of Denison, the first communion service after the congregation was organized. She was married to William A. Scott Sept. 20, 1893, five children being born to them, two dying in infancy. Jessie, Lawrence and Gladys are left orphans and Mr. Scott's three sisters and brother and Mrs. Scott's mother, four sisters, 3 brothers ... left to mourn for them .... Burial being made in the Denison cemetery.
William A. Scott and his wife are dead as the result of a double killing at the Scott farm seven miles southeast of Holton last Friday morning. William A. Scott shot his wife from behind, the charge entering near the shoulder blade and ranging downward through the heart. As the woman fell over dead, Scott turned the shotgun upon himself, emptying the other charge into his eye. The shot tore the top of his head off, resulting in instant death .... There were no witnesses to the tragedy except a five-year-old daughter. After the family had breakfast Friday morning, the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, and the son, aged 10, had started to school. Scott and his wife had prepared to drive to the home of a relative several miles north of the Scott farm. The team and buggy were hitched up and the three members of the family started out to get in. Scott had put a box of shells in the buggy and carried his loaded gun in his hand with the evident intention of doing some shooting along the way. Little Gladys Scott was lifted into the buggy, and as Mrs. Scott was in the act of steping in, her husband who was behind her leveled the gun and pulled the trigger .... there is only speculation as to what led Scott to commit the terrible deed. It is known that he has been morose and discouraged as a result of ill health and feared that he would die of cancer of the stomach, as his brother, Tom Scott, did two years ago. He owned an eighty acre farm and recently brought another eighty. He worried over this indebtedness, fearing he would not be able to pay out. While there was no violent quarrel between the husband and wife, Mrs. Scott had often displayed some fear of the husband and did not like to be alone with him. Scott was about forty-five years old and his wife about the same age. Their oldest daughter, Jessie, is sixteen and their son, Lawrence, is ten. Scott has a brother, C, J, Scott, living near him and a sister, Mrs. Tom Ross, living near Straight Creek. His father Joseph Scott a pioneer resident of Jackson county, died a few years ago ....Denison..
... William A. Scott was born August 3, 1868 at Morning Sun, Iowa, and came to Kansas in 1869. He united with the Presbyterian church by profession of faith in 1895. Luella Williamson was born near Denison, March 10, 1871, and died Dec. 8, 1911. She united with the United Presbyterian church of Denison, the first communion service after the congregation was organized. She was married to William A. Scott Sept. 20, 1893, five children being born to them, two dying in infancy. Jessie, Lawrence and Gladys are left orphans and Mr. Scott's three sisters and brother and Mrs. Scott's mother, four sisters, 3 brothers ... left to mourn for them .... Burial being made in the Denison cemetery.
The Holton Recorder, December 14, 1911:
William A. Scott and his wife are dead as the result of a double killing at the Scott farm seven miles southeast of Holton last Friday morning. William A. Scott shot his wife from behind, the charge entering near the shoulder blade and ranging downward through the heart. As the woman fell over dead, Scott turned the shotgun upon himself, emptying the other charge into his eye. The shot tore the top of his head off, resulting in instant death .... There were no witnesses to the tragedy except a five-year-old daughter. After the family had breakfast Friday morning, the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, and the son, aged 10, had started to school. Scott and his wife had prepared to drive to the home of a relative several miles north of the Scott farm. The team and buggy were hitched up and the three members of the family started out to get in. Scott had put a box of shells in the buggy and carried his loaded gun in his hand with the evident intention of doing some shooting along the way. Little Gladys Scott was lifted into the buggy, and as Mrs. Scott was in the act of steping in, her husband who was behind her leveled the gun and pulled the trigger .... there is only speculation as to what led Scott to commit the terrible deed. It is known that he has been morose and discouraged as a result of ill health and feared that he would die of cancer of the stomach, as his brother, Tom Scott, did two years ago. He owned an eighty acre farm and recently brought another eighty. He worried over this indebtedness, fearing he would not be able to pay out. While there was no violent quarrel between the husband and wife, Mrs. Scott had often displayed some fear of the husband and did not like to be alone with him. Scott was about forty-five years old and his wife about the same age. Their oldest daughter, Jessie, is sixteen and their son, Lawrence, is ten. Scott has a brother, C, J, Scott, living near him and a sister, Mrs. Tom Ross, living near Straight Creek. His father Joseph Scott a pioneer resident of Jackson county, died a few years ago ....Denison..
... William A. Scott was born August 3, 1868 at Morning Sun, Iowa, and came to Kansas in 1869. He united with the Presbyterian church by profession of faith in 1895. Luella Williamson was born near Denison, March 10, 1871, and died Dec. 8, 1911. She united with the United Presbyterian church of Denison, the first communion service after the congregation was organized. She was married to William A. Scott Sept. 20, 1893, five children being born to them, two dying in infancy. Jessie, Lawrence and Gladys are left orphans and Mr. Scott's three sisters and brother and Mrs. Scott's mother, four sisters, 3 brothers ... left to mourn for them .... Burial being made in the Denison cemetery.
William A. Scott and his wife are dead as the result of a double killing at the Scott farm seven miles southeast of Holton last Friday morning. William A. Scott shot his wife from behind, the charge entering near the shoulder blade and ranging downward through the heart. As the woman fell over dead, Scott turned the shotgun upon himself, emptying the other charge into his eye. The shot tore the top of his head off, resulting in instant death .... There were no witnesses to the tragedy except a five-year-old daughter. After the family had breakfast Friday morning, the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, and the son, aged 10, had started to school. Scott and his wife had prepared to drive to the home of a relative several miles north of the Scott farm. The team and buggy were hitched up and the three members of the family started out to get in. Scott had put a box of shells in the buggy and carried his loaded gun in his hand with the evident intention of doing some shooting along the way. Little Gladys Scott was lifted into the buggy, and as Mrs. Scott was in the act of steping in, her husband who was behind her leveled the gun and pulled the trigger .... there is only speculation as to what led Scott to commit the terrible deed. It is known that he has been morose and discouraged as a result of ill health and feared that he would die of cancer of the stomach, as his brother, Tom Scott, did two years ago. He owned an eighty acre farm and recently brought another eighty. He worried over this indebtedness, fearing he would not be able to pay out. While there was no violent quarrel between the husband and wife, Mrs. Scott had often displayed some fear of the husband and did not like to be alone with him. Scott was about forty-five years old and his wife about the same age. Their oldest daughter, Jessie, is sixteen and their son, Lawrence, is ten. Scott has a brother, C, J, Scott, living near him and a sister, Mrs. Tom Ross, living near Straight Creek. His father Joseph Scott a pioneer resident of Jackson county, died a few years ago ....Denison..
... William A. Scott was born August 3, 1868 at Morning Sun, Iowa, and came to Kansas in 1869. He united with the Presbyterian church by profession of faith in 1895. Luella Williamson was born near Denison, March 10, 1871, and died Dec. 8, 1911. She united with the United Presbyterian church of Denison, the first communion service after the congregation was organized. She was married to William A. Scott Sept. 20, 1893, five children being born to them, two dying in infancy. Jessie, Lawrence and Gladys are left orphans and Mr. Scott's three sisters and brother and Mrs. Scott's mother, four sisters, 3 brothers ... left to mourn for them .... Burial being made in the Denison cemetery.
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