Kansas City Star, Missouri
11 February 1905
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CRAZY MAN'S TERRIBLE DEED
James Estes of Oklahoma Killed His Wife, His Daughter & Himself
GUTHRIE, OK. Feb. 11 -- While temporarily insane today James Estes, a farmer who lived in Marshall, near here, murdered his wife and daughter, Maude Estes, attempted to kill his son, Lawrence, who escaped, set fire to the house and killed himself by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. The house burned and the bodies were consumed. Lawrence Estes says that he was awakened by his father trying to kill him. He escaped and ran from the house. Mrs. Estes and her daughter had already been killed with a club. Miss Estes, who was twenty years old, was a school teacher.
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