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Coeur D'alene Evening Press
Coeur D'alene, Kootenai County, Idaho
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In Columbus, Ohio, on June 23, W. R. Puryear, a student and assistant instructor at Ohio State University, shot and killed his brother-in-law Fred West, wounded his sister Mrs. West, barricaded himself in the family home, attempted to set it on fire, and then committed suicide. He was believed to be temporarily insane.
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Shoots Brother-in-Law, Sister and Kills Himself.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 23.—W. R. Puryear, a student in the Ohio state university, where he is also the assistant instructor in electrical engineering, today shot and killed his brother-in-law, Fred West, and shot his sister, Mrs. West and then committed suicide by shooting himself.
The scene of the shooting was the Puryear home, and after shooting his brother-in-law and sister Puryear barricaded himself in the house and endeavored to set fire to it. Policeman Creeden attempted to arrest him but before he could do so Puryear had taken his own life. He is believed to have been laboring under a fit of temporary insanity.
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Puryear Home, Columbus, Ohio
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June 23
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W. R. Puryear shot and killed his brother-in-law Fred West, shot his sister Mrs. West, barricaded himself in the Puryear home, attempted to set it on fire, and committed suicide by shooting himself while a policeman tried to arrest him; believed due to temporary insanity.