Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1911 — Man Who Assaulted Delphi Marshall Killed at Kokomo. [ARTICLE]

Man Who Assaulted Delphi Marshall Killed at Kokomo.

William Bayer, the man who assaulted Marshal Jacob Metz, of Delphi, recently, because the marshal would not compel some laborers on the streets to quit work, on Sunday, was shot and instantly killed at Kokomo by Policeman Boland, who undertook tp arrest him. Bayer fled from Delphi after he struck the marshal 4n the head with a rock and officers in cities not far from Delphi were notified to be on the lookout for him. t If we are not mistaken this police officer Boland is frequently in a killing mix-up and it seems to us thut his wings should be clipped. Bayer’s assault on the Delphi marshal seems V) have been entirely unprovoked but that Is not sufficient cause for him being shot down by a bloodthirsty police officer. The officer tells how Bayer was aboue to escape when he fired. The bullet passed through his body, penetrating the intestines in seven placets