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The Yale Expositor
St. Clair county, MI
January 4, 1895


              MURDER AND SUICIDE
              
              A Farmer Kills His Wife With a Stick of
                Wood and Then Cuts His Throat.
                
              The residence of MATHEW PALMER, near Millington,
            was the scene of a bloody murder and suicide.
            PALMER having struck his wife SARAH with a piece
            of stovewood, crushing her skull, took a jack-
            knife and cut four gashes in her throat, and
            then cut his own throat from ear to ear in two
            strokes. His two youngest boys were witnesses
            of the double crime and in their endeavors to
            prevent the crazed father from accomplishing
            the deeds both were completely covered with
            their parent's blood.
              PALMER was owner of 80 acres of good land
            entirely free from debt. He was 48 years of
            age, and the wife 49. They were the parents
            of four boys and three girls. The cause of
            the deed seems to be known to the family and
            friends, but they are trying to keep it a
            secret. One of the most common theories is
            that PALMER thought his wife and children
            were trying to ruin him financially, and,
            thinking thus, had become partially insane.
            
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