Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1884 — An Attempt to Assassinate St. John. [ARTICLE]

An Attempt to Assassinate St. John.

[Dispateh from Sullivan, Ind.] Some villain fired into the car in which Gov. St. John sat on his way from Carlisle to Terre Haute last night. The ball passed through the window on the opposite side, making a clean hole and lodging in the side on which St. John sat, ana a little in front of him. The train was just slowing np south of Sullivan when the shot was fired, it being exactly 8 o’clock. The Governor took the matter coolly and no disturbance was made, and many on the train were not aware of the occurrence. There is no clue to the motive or identity of the person who fired the shot.