Old Photograph Finmont Farm Kinglassie Scotland

Old photograph of Finmont Farm near Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. From a local paper Tuesday 2nd December 1902. Andrew McKenzie, farmer, Finmont, Kinglassie, commited suicide on Sabbath forenoon by cutting his throat in three places with a penknife. McKenzie had only moved into Finmont on Friday from Newton of Markinch, and seemed to have been considerably worried over his flitting,and as a further explanation for his rash act it is stated that he was recently thrown from his machine near Markinch, and since then had been rather curious at times. On Sunday morning he left the farmhouse after breakfast at about nine o`clock to go to the steading to give instructions about the farm stock,and at the time he spoke to one of his men,and seemed in his usual state of health. An hour afterwards the dairyman had occasion to go to the barn for a riddle, and he made the shocking discovery of his master lying behind the door at the foot of the stair leading to the mill loft, in a pool of blood. His throat was cut in three places, and in his right hand was a small penknife with one of the blades open. He was lying on his left side,with his head resting on his left arm. The dairyman ran for the foreman, Alexander Pringle, and when he came he asked his master what he had done, and got the reply, " Don`t tell my wife Mary ". He seemed to be in great pain and asked for a drink of water. The water was brought, but he could not take it. Considerable violence, the police affirm, must have been used to inflict the wounds, for the knife was not very sharp. Medical aid was summoned, but death ensued when he was being removed to the farmhouse.



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