Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1910 — MAN KILLED AT SHELBY; HOW DID IT HAPPEN ? [ARTICLE]

MAN KILLED AT SHELBY; HOW DID IT HAPPEN ?

WlHlain Downer, of Tluijer, Found With Crushed Skull In Barn Belonging to Saloon Keeper. William Downer, of Thayer, was found dead Sunday morning in the barn belonging to James Doty, the Shelby saloonkeeper. It is said that Doty and others say Downer had gone, to the barn to stay all night and had fallen out of the hay now, crushing his skull and dying before any one discovered him. There also seems to be some indication of foul play. It is said that the skull is crushed in a manner to indicate that he had been struck with a club. It is said that he has been living in Lake county and signed the remonstrance against the saloons. The coroner of Lake county is investigating the death.