From the Geneva Daily Gazette, 12 June 1885 :

A NAPLES TRAGEDY - An Insane Man Strangled by His Brother !

Special Dispatch to the Rochester Union. Canandaigua, June 10 -- Ontario county was yesterday the scene of another tragedy. Mr. Simeon B. Lyon of Naples had for some three months previous to yesterday's fatal affray exhibited signs of insanity. He refused to do anything about the work on his farm, giving as a reason that the spirits had told him that the fruit had all been destroyed by frost. He had become irritable and violent, having assaulted several people in the vicinity. Last Sunday his wife sent for her husband's brother, Mr. Irving M. Lyon, and consulted with him as to what should be done, as her husband was becoming dangerous. Yesterday at 3 o'clock Irving sent for Mr. J. B. Frazier, Superintendent of the Poor, to come over and see about it. They went to the house of the deranged man and were admitted by a daughter of Lyon, who informed them that her father was in and would see them directly. Lyon soon came into the room and went into a frenzy immediately. He glared at Frazier, exclaiming, "Damn you, you rake, get out of here." He then turned back into the dining room as if looking for a third party. He soon returned, and making a dive for Frazier, grappled with him and threw him backward, striking his head against the window and breaking the glass. Irving M. Lyon came to the rescue and the two attempted to tie the infuriated man with straps. Frazier went out to wash the blood from his eyes, and while he was gone Irving M. Lyon had a terrible struggle with the crazy man and was compelled to choke him in order to free his hand from his mouth. When Frazier returned Irving exclaimed that "he was afraid he was gone."

A doctor who was at work in a field near by was immediately summoned, who pronounced the man dead. Coroner Jewett, at this place, was sent for and a jury was impanelled. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from excitement caused by the struggle and that Irving M. Lyon and J. B. Frazier acted in justifiable self-defense. Irving M. Lyon is Supervisor of the town. Simeon B. Lyon leaves a wife and three daughters. He was an active business man, extensively engaged in grape growing.