Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1913 — PAROLES ASKED FOR THREE MURDERERS [ARTICLE]

PAROLES ASKED FOR THREE MURDERERS

Mrs. Sarah Shenkenberger, who Killed Danghter-in-Law, is Now Seeking Her Freedom. Three persons who were sent to penitentiary for life terms for murder are now seeking paroles. They are: • ,*-J Mrs. Sarah Shenkenberger, sentenced almost fifteen years ago from Clinton county, where she was convicted of the murder of her daughter-in-law. Dr. E. E. Gray, sentenced from Greene county fourteen yeans ago for the murder of a woman alleged to have been his paramour. Lewis Fuller, sentenced six years ago from Elkhart county, for the murder of his wife. Mrs. Shenkenherger’s daughter and son are trying to procure her release, while her brother, Harry C. Sheridan, of Frankfort, three months ago filed a protest against her parole. She is 72 years of age. Dr. Gray was a victim of liquor and had other had habits. Although married, he had formed an attachment for the woman he murdered and had been in her company for much of the year before he attacked and murdered her in the presence of several people on the streets of Bloomfield. His father is trying to procure his release from prison. Lewis Fuller has always contended that a burglar killed his wife and that claim is the basis of the present effort to procure his relief. Vice President Marshall was one of the attorneys who prosecuted Fuller. v Several other petitions for paroles have been filed.