Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1912 — Will Enforce Ordinance Against Carrying and. Use of Fire Anas. [ARTICLE]

Will Enforce Ordinance Against Carrying and. Use of Fire Anas.

This morping while Sylvester Gray was working in his yard a bullet crashed against the glass in a door at his residence, breaking the glass. The bullet, from a 22 rifle or revolver, dropped to the porch floor and was picked up by Mr. Gray and turned over to the marshal. The bullet came from the east Mr. Gray heard no report, so the bullet must have come from some distance and have been a spent one-, as the porch covered the door and neighboring houses would have prevented the bullet from having been fired in a straight line and striking where it did. Marshal Mustard has decided to enforce the city ordinance against firing or carrying fire arms in the city limits and hereafter will arrest anyone indulged in such practices. Any one carrying a gun through the streets will J)e required to have a hunter’s license. Shooting of fire arms within the city limits will not be allowed under any circumstances.