Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — One Policeman Dies as Result Of Fight With Desperadoes. [ARTICLE]

One Policeman Dies as Result Of Fight With Desperadoes.

The fight which two policemen had at Indianapolis early Tuesday morning with two young desperadoes resulted in the death of Policeman Joseph Krupp. The assailants of the police were apprehended by reason of the quick wit of Bert .Amos and'Chas. E Huron, who saw the men take shelter In a lonely shack along the Big Four right of way and at once notified the police. The young fellows proved to be Walter Whitelock and George Douglas, of Pittsburg, and the former confessed that he fired the shot that killed policeman. The city was intensely agitated over the affair. The young men had been drinking and assigned their use of liquor as the cause of the crime that unprovoked took the life of one of the best young policemen in the state capital.